2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
1809-2012 BRITISH ARMY FORMATION
2nd Division (United Kingdom); British 2nd Division (World War I); 2nd Division (British); British 2nd Infantry Division; British 2nd Division; 2nd British Infantry Division
The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012. It was raised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley for service in the Peninsular War (part of the Coalition Wars of the Napoleonic Wars) as the 2nd Division.