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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.

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  • 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) (en)
  • 5e division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni) (fr)
  • 5e Infanteriedivisie (Verenigd Koninkrijk) (nl)
  • 5ª Divisão de Infantaria Britânica (pt)
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  • 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. (en)
  • La 5e division d'infanterie (5th Infantry Division) est une division de la British Army (armée de terre britannique). Elle est créée en 1806 par Arthur Wellesley, futur Duc de Wellington. Elle participe à la guerre d'indépendance espagnole, aux guerres napoléoniennes, à la Seconde Guerre des Boers et aux deux guerres mondiales. L'insigne actuel, adopté en 1995, représente un carré bleu traversé par une bande diagonale jaune, et un « V » (chiffre romain pour le nombre 5) dans le coin en haut à droite. (fr)
  • De 5e Infanteriedivisie (Engels: 5th Infantry Division) is een Britse infanteriedivisie. De huidige divisie, een militair district dat Wales en de Midlands omvat, heeft zijn hoofdkwartier in de Engelse stad Shrewsbury. (nl)
  • A 5ª Divisão de Infantaria Britânica foi estabelecida por Arthur Wellesley, 1.º Duque de Wellington, para atuar na Guerra Peninsular e desde então foi bastante ativa, inclusive na Primeira e na Segunda Guerra Mundial. (pt)
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  • 5th Division (en)
  • 5th Infantry Division (en)
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  • The Fighting Fifth (en)
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