a Second Line Territorial Army Division, organized as a Motor Division; a duplicate of 1st London Division: 06.1940: reorganized as a n Infantry Division: 21.11.1940: redesignated 47th (London) Division: 12.1941: placed on lower establishment: 08 & 09.1944 In 1935, a growing number of TA infantry battalions had been converted to the searchlight or anti-aircraft artillery role, and at the end of the year 47th Division was disbanded and converted into 1st Anti-Aircraft Division. 47 Division’s area of the front, 25 September 1915. On 21 November 1940 the Division was redesignated 47th (London) Division. Prior to 1936 there were two London TA Divisions, 56th (1st London) and 47th (2nd London). badge, formation, 47th (London) Infantry Division, 2nd (London) Infantry Division. Jump to navigation Jump to search. The gas was worked by the Special Coy., R.E., and the smoke by a company of the 4th R.W.F. On 1 December 1941 it was placed on lower establishment and on 1 September 1944 it was reorganized as 47th Infantry (Reserve) Division. In June 1940 the Division was reorganized as an ordinary infantry division with the addition of 25 Infantry Brigade following the latter's evacuation from France. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The division’s official history is available online. The 47th Division was sent to France in March 1915, the second TF division to arrive in France and Flanders. The 47th Division was sent to France in March 1915, the second TF division to arrive in France and Flanders. Dealer based in London UK. The first pilotless vehicles were built during the First World War but drones now have many functions. Those for the 12th and 23rd divisions were worn by a small number of troops left behind in Britain. Local counter-attacks were met and beaten off on the Double Crassier, in the spinney, and on the south-east edge of Loos, largely by the concentration of artillery fire previously arranged in anticipation of this counter-attack. (c)IWM Q 28987. © Crown Copywright (OP-TELIC 03-010-17-145). 47th (London) Infantry Division Cloth Formation Sign. This contained a network of trenches, and its very plucky defenders held us up for the next forty-eight hours. The remainder of September 25th was spent in consolidating. This page was last edited on 27 January 2020, at 19:02. During the night the Pioneers linked the southern point of the captured trenches with our old line, thus completing the defensive flank which it had been the task of the 47th Division to secure. Soon after nine o’clock all objectives had been captured by the Division except the western end of a narrow spinney which ran south-west from the Chalk-pit, which the 20th Battalion had taken. Their second objective was some 400 yards of the German second line north of its junction with the Crassier. It was the first offensive that was viewed, in Britain, as the British Expeditionary Force taking the fight to the Germans in an attempt to break the stalemate on the Western Front. Nearly all the cylinders were emptied, and our own casualties in letting off gas were few, owing entirely to discipline and obedience to orders regarding the wearing of smoke helmets in the advanced trenches before the attack. The real attack started opposite the Double Crassier, and north-wards of this point line after line of men left our trenches. In March 1917, the 47th (2nd London) Division was preparing to embark for service in France. The enemy tried to work round the end of the Crassier and eject them from the front line, but Captain Gasson’s A Company successfully met every attempt, and, with the help of the 8th Battalion grenadiers, established a firm position on the Crassier. 47th (London) Infantry Division. The division was eventually given the official title of the 47th Division – rather untidily, since the 1st London Division was made the 56th Division. Posted by Stuart on 25 September 2015 in Events, Ordinary Londoners. Two red bells with a red bow on black ground. An original woven cloth badge. British Army, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment & 47th (London) Infantry Division & 2nd (London) Infantry Division. A line was established northwards from the Chalk-pit to join up with the companies on the Loos Crassier. The remaining units of the 142nd Brigade were in reserve in the Grenay line.