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3rd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
The British 3rd Infantry Division, known as the Iron Division, was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars. The Division fought at the battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War and the Second Boer War.
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