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The 40th Division was a formation of the British Army active during the First World War, where it served on the Western Front. It was a division of New Army volunteers, mostly "bantam" recruits of below regulation height. It was later briefly reformed as a fictional deception formation in the Second World War, and during the early years of the Cold War was recreated a third time to garrison Hong Kong.

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  • 40th Division (United Kingdom)
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  • The 40th Division was a formation of the British Army active during the First World War, where it served on the Western Front. It was a division of New Army volunteers, mostly "bantam" recruits of below regulation height. It was later briefly reformed as a fictional deception formation in the Second World War, and during the early years of the Cold War was recreated a third time to garrison Hong Kong.
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  • Great Britain
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  • 1915(xsd:integer)
  • 1943(xsd:integer)
  • 1949(xsd:integer)
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  • 40(xsd:integer)
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  • The 40th Division was a formation of the British Army active during the First World War, where it served on the Western Front. It was a division of New Army volunteers, mostly "bantam" recruits of below regulation height. It was later briefly reformed as a fictional deception formation in the Second World War, and during the early years of the Cold War was recreated a third time to garrison Hong Kong.
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