Beauman Division

Beauman Division
Men of the 4th Battalion, Border Regiment in defensive positions, May 1940. The battalion defended the BEF lines of communication and became part of Beauforce, later A Brigade of the Beauman Division.
Active27 May – 17 June 1940
Disbanded17 June 1940
Country UK
Branch British Army
Typeinfantry
Rolead hoc defensive force
Sizedivision
Part ofBritish Lines of Communication, French Tenth Army
EngagementsOperation Red/Fall Rot
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Archibald Bentley Beauman

The Beauman Division was an improvised formation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) during the Second World War, which fought in France against the German 4th Army in June 1940, during Fall Rot (Case Red), the final German offensive of the Battle of France.