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The '''7th Infantry Division''' is a war-formed [[infantry]] [[Division (military)|division]], part of the Indian Army that saw service in the [[Burma Campaign]]. | The '''7th Infantry Division''' is a war-formed [[infantry]] [[Division (military)|division]], part of the British Indian Army that saw service in the [[Burma Campaign]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The division was created on 1 October 1940 at [[Attock]]. Its formation sign was an arrow, pointing bottom left to top right, in yellow on a black background. The division was sometimes known as the "Golden Arrow" division from this sign. When first formed, the division consisted of the [[13th Indian Infantry Brigade|13th]], [[14th Indian Infantry Brigade|14th]] and [[16th Indian Infantry Brigade]]s, but within eighteen months, both the 13th and 16th Brigades were removed and dispatched to [[Burma]], where both fought during the [[Japanese conquest of Burma]]. The 14th Brigade was renumbered the [[114th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and remained with the division. | The division was created on 1 October 1940 at [[Attock]], under the command of [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major General]] [[Arthur Wakely (Indian Army officer)|Arthur Wakely]]. Its formation sign was an arrow, pointing bottom left to top right, in yellow on a black background. The division was sometimes known as the "Golden Arrow" division from this sign. When first formed, the division consisted of the [[13th Indian Infantry Brigade|13th]], [[14th Indian Infantry Brigade|14th]] and [[16th Indian Infantry Brigade]]s, but within eighteen months, both the 13th and 16th Brigades were removed and dispatched to [[Burma]], where both fought during the [[Japanese conquest of Burma]]. The 14th Brigade was renumbered the [[114th Indian Infantry Brigade]] and remained with the division. | ||
During 1942, the [[33rd Indian Infantry Brigade|33rd]] and [[89th Indian Infantry Brigade|89th Brigades]] were added to the division. The division trained for operations in the deserts in the Middle East but by the end of the year, the [[North African | During 1942, the [[33rd Indian Infantry Brigade|33rd]] and [[89th Indian Infantry Brigade|89th Brigades]] were added to the division. The division trained for operations in the deserts in the Middle East but by the end of the year, the [[North African campaign]] was clearly at an end. In early 1943, the division was reassigned to the [[Burma campaign]] and Major General [[Frank Messervy]], a veteran of the fighting in North Africa, was appointed to command, replacing Major General [[Thomas Corbett (Indian Army officer)|Thomas Corbett]]. | ||
[[File:The British Army in Burma 1943 SE24.jpg|thumb|left|[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Louis Mountbatten]], Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia, talking to British officers of the 2nd Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] near the Arakan front, December 1943.]] | |||
After extensive retraining and preparation, 7th Division took part in an offensive in [[Rakhine State|Arakan]], the coastal province of Burma. Starting in December 1943, the division advanced down the Kalapanzin River valley as part of [[XV Corps (British India)|XV Corps]]. In February 1944, Japanese troops infiltrated through the division's front and overran the divisional HQ. Units of the division took part in the subsequent [[Battle of the Admin Box]], in which the Japanese failed to capture positions supplied by parachute drops and were forced to retreat. | After extensive retraining and preparation, 7th Division took part in an offensive in [[Rakhine State|Arakan]], the coastal province of Burma. Starting in December 1943, the division advanced down the Kalapanzin River valley as part of [[XV Corps (British India)|XV Corps]]. In February 1944, Japanese troops infiltrated through the division's front and overran the divisional HQ. Units of the division took part in the subsequent [[Battle of the Admin Box]], in which the Japanese failed to capture positions supplied by parachute drops and were forced to retreat. | ||
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[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II|D]] | [[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II|D]] | ||
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1947]] | [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1947]] | ||