52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

Lowland Division
52nd (Lowland) Division
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Lowland Division; 52nd (Lowland) Division; 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
	Shoulder badge of the 52nd (Lowland) Division during the Second World War
Active	1908 – 1919; 1920 – 1947; 1950 – 1968
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Force
Type	Infantry
Role	Infantry, Air Landing, and Mountain
Size	Second World War: 18,347 men
Peacetime HQ	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Engagements	First World War Middle Eastern theatre Battle of Romani; First Battle of Gaza; Second Battle of Gaza; Third Battle of Gaza; ; ; Second World War Western Front Battle of the Scheldt; Operation Blackcock; Invasion of Germany; ; ;
Battle honours	The Scheldt; The Rhineland; The Rhine
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Herbert Lawrence; Neil Ritchie; Edmund Hakewill-Smith

The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Lowland) Division fought in the First World War before being disbanded, with the rest of the Territorial Force, in 1920.

The Territorial Force was later reformed as the Territorial Army and the division was again raised, during the inter-war years, as the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division - a 1st Line Territorial Army Infantry Division - and went on to serve during the Second World War.

By December 1947, the formation amalgamated with 51st (Highland) Infantry Division to become 51st/52nd Scottish Division,^[6] but, by March 1950, 51st Division and 52nd Division had been recreated as separate formations.^[3] 52nd (Lowland) Division finally disbanded in 1968.

^ "52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 1930 - 1938" (PDF). British Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ "52nd Infantry Division 1944-1945" (PDF). British Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b Beckett 2008, 178.
^ Joslen, p. 129
^ Tillman, Barrett (2004). D-Day Encyclopedia: Everything You Want to Know About the Normandy Invasion. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1574887600.
^ Graham Watson, The Territorial Army, 1947 Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, v1.0, 10 March 2002

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[1] "52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 1930 - 1938" (PDF). British Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[2] "52nd Infantry Division 1944-1945" (PDF). British Military History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2017.

[beckett178-3] Beckett 2008, 178.

[4] Joslen, p. 129

[6] Tillman, Barrett (2004). D-Day Encyclopedia: Everything You Want to Know About the Normandy Invasion. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-1574887600.

[watson-7] Graham Watson, The Territorial Army, 1947 Archived 5 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine, v1.0, 10 March 2002

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Lowland Division 52nd (Lowland) Division 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Shoulder badge of the 52nd (Lowland) Division during the Second World War
Active	1908 – 1919^[1] 1920 – 1947^[2] 1950 – 1968^[3]
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Force
Type	Infantry
Role	Infantry, Air Landing, and Mountain
Size	Second World War: 18,347 men^{[nb 1]}^[5]
Peacetime HQ	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Engagements	First World War Middle Eastern theatre Battle of Romani First Battle of Gaza Second Battle of Gaza Third Battle of Gaza Second World War Western Front Battle of the Scheldt Operation Blackcock Invasion of Germany
Battle honours	The Scheldt The Rhineland The Rhine
Commanders
Notable commanders	Herbert Lawrence Neil Ritchie Edmund Hakewill-Smith