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23 Infantry Division

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
16-Sep-1914 ? 16-Sep-1914 ? Created as a Service (or New Army) Division
31-Mar-1919 ? 31-Mar-1919 ? Disbanded in Italy
02-Oct-1939 02-Oct-1939 Reformed as 23 (Northumbrian) Infantry Division organised as a Motor Division
22-Apr-1940 22-Apr-1940 Event Moved to France, on labour & training duties.
20-May-1940 20-May-1940 Event Division suffered heavy casualties trying to hold up the German advance around Arras.
30-Jun-1940 30-Jun-1940 Disbanded in the United Kingdom
Number of Records Returned: 6
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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