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unusual facts about 4th Division



Ernest Frederick Armstrong

He served during World War I as a commanding officer for 159th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force and the 197th Regiment and also served with the 4th Division in France and Belgium.


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Albert Bartholomé

Paul-Albert Bartholomé (1848 in Thiverval-Grignon, Yvelines, France – 1928 in Paris), was a French painter and sculptor and is inhumed in the 4th division of the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Anthony Emmett

First, in Abrantes and skirmishes near it, while the French were in front of the lines of Lisbon; secondly, at both the sieges of Badajoz in 1811, at the cavalry affair of El Boden, and in the trenches before Ciudad Rodrigo; and thirdly, at the siege of Badajoz in 1812, when he led on the Portuguese column of the 4th division to the assault of the breach of the curtain, and was severely wounded.

Army Manoeuvres of 1912

The Blue cavalry was ordered to co-operate on the right of the 4th Division and the Territorials to advance from Cambridge to Linton.

Battle of Castel di Sangro

Following defeat at the Battle of Tolentino, the 4th Division of the Neapolitan army, commanded by General Pignatelli Cerchiara had detached from the main army under their king, Joachim Murat, and were retreating south.

Battle of Feistritz

The Italian Guard moved from Tarvisio to Jesenice (Assling) while the 4th Division under General of Division Pierre-Louis Binet de Marcognet held a position at Bistrica (Neumarkt).

Battle of Pułtusk

To the north-west, most of the 4th Division commanded by Golitsyn and the 5th Division under Lieutenant General Dmitry Dokhturov fought the Battle of Gołymin on the same day.

Battle of Sarantaporo

The Greek offensive against the Ottoman position began on 9 October, with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions attacking the Ottoman main line frontally, the 4th Division attempting a flanking move to the west to bypass the fortifications and thence occupy the Porta pass, in the rear of the Ottoman positions, while the 5th Division was ordered to execute an even wider manoeuvre to the west.

Gheorghe Manu

As the Romanian War of Independence began in 1877, General Manu was the commander of the 4th division, in charge with defending Romania in Oltenița, Corabia, Bechet, Islaz and Turnu Măgurele, but following the offensive, his division took part in the campaign on the plains of Bulgaria, in Pleven and Vidin.

Maoping Township, Jiangxi

It is noted as the location of the headquarters of the 4th Division of the Chinese Red Army and the base of operations of Yuan Wencai.

Nzara, South Sudan

Nzara served as the operational headquarters of the 4th Division of the UPDF, the Ugandan contingent in Operation Rudia II, part of the regional campaign military against the Lord's Resistance Army.

Platine War

The second force, under the command of Colonel David Canabarro departed from Quaraim, comprising the 4th division, protecting Caxias' right flank.

Rostock Piranhas

The team mainly found itself in the Verbandsliga (5th division) and Regionallia (4th division) levels during this time, with the team slowly growing in popularity.