Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWI — List of British divisions in WWII Insignia: ? 53rd (Welsh) Division Army Territorial Army Formed 1908 Demobilised The British 53rd (Welsh) Division was a Territorial Army division. During World War I the division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East. Table of contents 1 Formation 2 Unit History 2.1 World War I 2.2 World War II 3 Battles 4 External Links Formation The division comprised three infantry brigades. Some original battalions were detached early in the war to reinforce other divisions. ; 158th (North Wales) Brigade : 1/5th (Flintshire) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1/6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1/7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers 1/1st Battalion, the Herefordshire Regiment ; 159th (Cheshire) Brigade : 1/4th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until February 1915) 1/7th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until April 1915) 2/6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until April 1915) 1/4th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment 1/5th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment ; 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade : 2/4th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment 1/4th Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment 2/4th Battalion, the Royal West Kent Regiment 2/10th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment 1/1st Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment (until February 1915) 1/3rd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment (until February 1915) Unit History World War I The division landed at Suvla on August 9. Palestine. World War II Battles Battle of Gallipoli Battle of Sari Bair External Links The British Army in the Great War: The 53rd (Welsh) Division This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.