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![]() Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 5th Division, 1995 onwards | |
Active | 1810–1815 1906–1922 1929–1947 1958–1960 1968–1971 1995–2012 |
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Type | Infantry |
Nickname(s) | The Globe Trotters The Gypsies The Fighting Fifth |
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c. 1939–Cold War period | ![]() |
c. First World War | ![]() |
The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsular War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War and was disbanded soon after. The division was reformed in 1995 as an administrative division covering Wales and the English regions of West Midlands, East Midlands and East. Its headquarters were in Shrewsbury. It was disbanded on 1 April 2012.