4th Infantry Division

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The 4th Infantry Division is a historic British Army infantry formation that has served in multiple major conflicts, including both World Wars.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
4th Infantry Division canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry division ⓘ
activePeriod 1809–1919 ⓘ
1919–1947 ⓘ
1956–2012 ⓘ
alliance NATO ⓘ
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Crimean War ⓘ
First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Peninsular War ⓘ
Second Boer War ⓘ
Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II

War in Afghanistan ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded 2012 ⓘ
formedIn 1809 ⓘ
garrison Aldershot ⓘ
Colchester ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
motto Steadfast ⓘ
nickname The Fighting Fourth ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Arras (1917) ⓘ
Battle of Bussaco ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai (1917) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Colenso ⓘ
Battle of France (1940) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of France

Battle of Inkerman ⓘ
Battle of Monte Cassino ⓘ
Battle of Salamanca ⓘ
Battle of Spion Kop ⓘ
Battle of Vitoria ⓘ
Battle of the Alma ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alma

Battle of the Somme ⓘ
Dunkirk evacuation ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dunkirk

Gothic Line offensive ⓘ
Italian Campaign (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Siege of Sevastopol (Crimean War) ⓘ
Third Battle of Ypres ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
role infantry ⓘ
serviceBranch British Army ⓘ
size division ⓘ
theatre Afghanistan ⓘ
Italian Front (World War II) ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Western Front (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Western Front

Western Front (World War II) ⓘ
type line infantry division ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sir Neville Lyttelton → commanded → 4th Infantry Division ⓘ
Edmund Hakewill-Smith → commanded → 4th Infantry Division ⓘ