56e division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni)
La 56 division d'infanterie est une division d'infanterie de l'armée territoriale de l'armée britannique, qui a servi sous plusieurs titres et désignations différentes. La division a servi dans les tranchées du front occidental pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Démobilisée après la guerre, la division fut réformée en 1920 et retrouva son service actif pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Tunisie et en Italie. La division fut de nouveau dissoute en 1946 et réformée d'abord en tant que formation blindée, puis en tant que division d'infanterie avant sa dissolution finale en 1961.

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Liens externes 
 The Long, Long Trail
 56 Infantry Division (1942–43)
 56 Infantry Division (1943–45)
 Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
 The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
 Graham Watson, The Territorial Army 1947
 British Army units from 1945 on

Division de l'armée de terre britannique
Unité ou formation militaire dissoute en 1961
Unité ou formation militaire créée en 1947
Unité ou formation militaire dissoute en 1945
Unité ou formation militaire créée en 1940
Unité ou formation militaire dissoute en 1919
Unité ou formation militaire créée en 1908