40th Division (United Kingdom)

40th Division
First World War division insignia showing a bantam referencing the division's original bantam nature. Used on sign boards and worn on the uniform.
Active	1915–1918 1943–1944 1949–?
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	Western Front (World War I) Battle of the Somme Battle of Cambrai (1917) First Battle of the Somme (1918) Battle of the Lys (1918) Hundred Days Offensive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Major-General H.G. Ruggles-Brise

The 40th Division was an infantry division of the British Army active during the First World War, where it served on the Western Front. It was a division of Lord Kitchener's New Army volunteers, mostly "bantam" recruits of below regulation height. It was later briefly reformed as a 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.