The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was a British Territorial Force division formed in 1908. It was reformed in 1920 as part of the Territorial Army. A second line duplicate, the 45th (Wessex) Infantry Division, was raised on the doubling of the Territorials for both world wars.
The division was reformed in the Territorial Army after the Second World War. Beckett 2008 says that TA units that were in suspended animation were formally reactivated on 1 January 1947, though no personnel were assigned until commanding officers and permanent staff had been appointed in March and April 1947. On 1 May 1961 the division was merged with a district to become 43rd (Wessex) Division/District.
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