British 3rd Infantry Division

The British 3rd Infantry Division was part of the ill-fated British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk early in World War II. It was the first British division to land at 'Sword' beach on D-Day.

When General Bernard Montgomery commanded the division during World War II, the insignia was the 'pattern of three' - a black triangle trisected by an inverted red triangle.

See British 3rd Division (World War I) for the division's World War I history.

Currently the 3rd Division is the only division at continual operational readiness in the United Kingdom and comprises three mechanised brigades; the 1st, 12th and 19th.

Table of contents

1 Formation 2 Battles 3 External links

Formation

; 8th Brigade :

• 1st Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment

• Battle of Dunkirk
• Battle of Normandy

• 3 (UK) Division