56th (London) Infantry Division

1st London Division 56th (1st London) Division 1st London Infantry Division 56th (London) Infantry Division 56th (London) Armoured Division
The Shoulder patch of the 56th (1st London) Division, First World War.
Active	1908–1919 1920–1946 1947–1961
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Army
Type	Infantry Armoured warfare
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	New Broad Street (1914) Finsbury Barracks (1939)
Nickname(s)	"The Black Cats"
Engagements	First World War Second World War
Commanders
Notable commanders	Sir Charles Amyatt Hull Sir Claude Liardet Sir Montagu Stopford Douglas Graham Sir Gerald Templer Sir Harold Pyman
Insignia
Identification symbol	The formation badge for the 56th Division during the Second World War featured Dick Whittington's black cat on a red background.

The 56th (London) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations. The division served in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War. Demobilised after the war, the division was reformed in 1920 and saw active service again in the Second World War in Tunisia and Italy. The division was again disbanded in 1946 and reformed first as an armoured formation and then as an infantry division before final disbandment in 1961.