54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division

The 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division was a British Army infantry division that served in both World War I and World War II. Originally formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force (later the Territorial Army), it was composed of units from the counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, collectively known as East Anglia.

In World War I, the division saw extensive action on the Western Front, participating in major battles including the Battle of Gallipoli (1915), the Battle of the Somme (1916), and the Battle of Passchendaele (1917). The division suffered heavy casualties throughout the war.

Reformed in the Territorial Army after World War I, the 54th Division was mobilized again for service in World War II. Initially assigned to home defence, it was later deployed to the Middle East. The division participated in the Western Desert Campaign, including the Second Battle of El Alamein (1942), and subsequently the Tunisian Campaign (1943). It was later withdrawn and disbanded in 1944.