5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)

  • 5th Division
  • 5th Infantry Division
Shoulder sleeve insignia of the 5th Division, 1995 onwards
Active1810–1815
1906–1922
1929–1947
1958–1960
1968–1971
1995–2012
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
Nickname(s)The Globe Trotters
The Gypsies
The Fighting Fifth
Engagements
Insignia
c. 1939–Cold War period
c. First World War

The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsular War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War and was disbanded soon after. The division was reformed in 1995 as an administrative division covering Wales and the English regions of West Midlands, East Midlands and East. Its headquarters were in Shrewsbury. It was disbanded on 1 April 2012.