7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

7th Division
7th Infantry Division
7th Division; 7th Infantry Division
	The divisional insignia during the First World War (1916 onwards)
Active	1811 - 1814; 1900 - 1902; 1914 - 1919; 1938 - 1939
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Nickname(s)	The Mongrels (Peninsular War); The Immortal Seventh (First World War)
Engagements	Napoleonic War Peninsula War; ; Second Boer War Battle of Poplar Grove; ; First World War First Battle of Ypres; Battle of Neuve Chapelle; Battle of Aubers Ridge; Battle of Festubert; Battle of Loos; Battle of the Somme; Battle of Passchendaele; Battle of Vittorio Veneto; Siege of Antwerp; ; Arab revolt; Second World War;

The 7th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, first established by The Duke of Wellington as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army for service in the Peninsular War, and was active also during the First World War from 1914 to 1919, and briefly in the Second World War in 1939.

7th Division 7th Infantry Division
The divisional insignia during the First World War (1916 onwards)
Active	1811 - 1814 1900 - 1902 1914 - 1919 1938 - 1939
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Nickname(s)	The Mongrels (Peninsular War) The Immortal Seventh (First World War)
Engagements	Napoleonic War Peninsula War Second Boer War Battle of Poplar Grove First World War First Battle of Ypres Battle of Neuve Chapelle Battle of Aubers Ridge Battle of Festubert Battle of Loos Battle of the Somme Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Vittorio Veneto Siege of Antwerp Arab revolt Second World War

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7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

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