Guards Division (United Kingdom)

Guards Division
ActiveAugust 1915 – 29 April 1919
12 June 1945 – January 1947
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleHeavy infantry
SizeDivision
PatronKing George V
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Earl of Cavan

The Guards Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed in the Great War in France in 1915 from battalions of the Guards regiments from the Regular Army. The division served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War. The division's insignia was the "All Seeing Eye".

There was also a Guards Division in the Second World War which was formed on 12 June 1945 from the Guards Armoured Division which had undergone reorganisation.