Guards Division (United Kingdom)

Guards Division
Divisional insignia.
Active	August 1915 – 29 April 1919 12 June 1945 – January 1947
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Heavy infantry
Size	Division
Patron	King George V
Engagements	First World War Western Front Battle of Loos Battle of the Somme Battle of Cambrai First Battle of the Somme Second Battle of the Somme Second Battle of Arras Hindenburg Line Third Battle of Picardy
Commanders
Notable commanders	Earl of Cavan

The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed in the Great War in France in 1915 from battalions of the Guards regiments from the Regular Army. The division served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War. The division's insignia was the "All Seeing Eye".

There was also a Guards Division in the Second World War which was formed on 12 June 1945 from the Guards Armoured Division which had undergone reorganisation.