Talk:History of the British 1st Division (1809–1909)

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Not a formation with a continuous existence.
TO say the 1st division had a very long history is misleading, since during the C19th there was a succession of divisions formed in the British army in the course of  successive campaigns, each  of which was identified as the '1st Division' being the first in the order of battle, nothing more.

JF42 (talk) 00:17, 25 January 2017 (UTC)

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Division's history
There was an RFC to discuss potential restructures to this and the 1st (United Kingdom) Division articles. However, the RFP ended without any consensus being reached. Rather than the info end-up being buried in the MILHIST archives, the sources have been copied to the latter article's talk page, see: Talk:1st (United_Kingdom) DivisionEnigmaMcmxc (talk) 08:49, 6 January 2022 (UTC)

Why is this a standalone article?
I don't understand. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 00:19, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * With the 2nd Division, I did the one article to cover everything approach and it came out at over 100k in size. That division, when compared to this one, was not as active in say the Second World War and was not involved in later conflicts. WP: Size suggests splitting off articles after they pass the 50k mark. So, the primary article for the 1st Division, in this case 1st (United Kingdom) Division article, is already around 40k in size and does not yet really cover the Gulf and Iraq wars. The article covering the world wars is also over 50k already, with little information about their First World War activities and little information about the fighting after Anzio. This article is, likewise, over 50k. Sure, some book citations would be merged if everything came together, but on the whole there is just too much content to provide a decent overview and be squished into one article.EnigmaMcmxc (talk) 02:26, 27 March 2023 (UTC)