History
Despite its relatively late introduction into the mainstream of battle its members won nearly 600 awards and honours including 4 Victoria Crosses, 26 DSOs and 149 MCs. During the war the division sustained casualties totalling 2012 dead, 8189 wounded and 749 missing.
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