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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. The British 3rd Division is sometimes referred to as the 'Iron Division,' a nickname earned during the bitter fighting of 1916. 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. FORMATION ; 8th Brigade :
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