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The British 2nd Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke Of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War . During the First World War it was a permanently established Regular Army Division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the war. It served on the Western Front for the duration of the war. After the war the division was part of the occupation force stationed at Cologne . The division's insignia is a pair of crossed keys. UNIT HISTORY FORMATION ; 4th (Guards) Brigade :
The brigade left the division on August 20 1915 to join the Guards Division and was renamed the 1st Guards Brigade. ; 5th Brigade :
The following battalions were part of the brigade during 1915.
; 6th Brigade :
The following battalions were part of the brigade during 1915.
The 17th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers joined the brigade from the 5th Brigade in February 1918. ; 19th Brigade ( August 19 1915 to November 25 1915 ) :
The brigade joined the division in August 1915 from the 27th Division and left in November for the 33rd Division , where it swapped with the 99th Brigade. ; 99th Brigade :
The brigade joined the division from the 33rd Division in November 1915. The following battalions left the brigade shortly afterwards:
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