Seeking balloon unit information

[reese williams]

I am trying to understand the origin of a knife. It is the British 6353/1905 pattern but by an American cutler not previously known to have made knives for a British or Canadian contract. I have seen a picture of another of the same make/model knife that does have a Canadian property stamp on the spike. My knife is branded on the scales "BALLOON DIV. No. 29" and on the opposite side "No. 29" .

Does that fit any Canadian or British unit?

Any help greatly appreciated.

[nieuport11]

British Balloon Units comprised Wings, Companies and Sections.

The Navy had Balloon bases

There were Balloon Training Depots and Schools

The Army term 'Division' was not used

[reese williams]

@nieuport11 Thank you. I'm having the same problem with US balloon units, they were organized in wings, squadrons etc. not divisions.

[Airshipped]

I've seen the occasional reference to 'division' in the US context, e.g see Camp John Wise in Texas, but it's quite atypical and - given the organisational structures - is perhaps denoting the grouping of trainees rather than observation balloon divisions as such?