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DIVISIONAL
FLASH
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LOCATIONS
SERVED
September 1939 - A regular Infantry Division in the UK.
United Kingdom: 3.9.39 - 30.9.39
France & Belgium: 1.10.39 - 1.6.40
United Kingdom: 2.6.40 - 11.3.43
At Sea: 12.3.43 - 23.3.43
North Africa: 23.3.43 - 16.12.43
At Sea: 17.12.43 - 22.12.43
Egypt: 22.12.43 - 14.2.44
At Sea: 15.2.44 - 29.2.44
Italy: 21.2.44 - 12.12.44
Greece: 13.12.44 - 31.8.45
BATTLES
& ENGAGEMENTS
1940
26 May - 28 May: Ypres - Comines Canal
1943
7 April - 15 April: Oued Zarga
23 April - 30 April: Medjez Plain
5 May - 12 May: Tunis
1944
11 May - 18 May: Cassino II
18 May - 30 May: Liri Valley
20 June - 30 June: Trasimene Line
4 July - 17 July: Arezzo
17 July - 10 August: Advance to Florence
14 September - 21 September: Rimini Line
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BRIGADES
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10 Infantry Bde
3.9.39 - 31.8.45
2 Bedfs Herts
2 DCLI
1 RWK (until 3.5.40)
10 Inf Bde Atk Coy (until 1.1.41)
1/6 East Surreys (from 4.5.40)
11 Infantry Bde
3.9.39 - 5.6.42
2
Lancashire Fusiliers
1 East Surreys
1 Oxf Bucks L I
11 Inf Bde Atk Coy (until 31.12.40)
5 Northants (from 29.1.40)
12 Infantry Bde
3.9.39 - 31.8.45
2 Royal Fusiliers
1 South Lancs (until 13.6.40)
1 Black Watch (until 4.3.40)
12 Inf Bde Atk Coy (until 3.1.41)
6 Black Watch (from 4.3.40)
1 RWK (from 5.9.40)
21 Tank Bde
6.6.42 - 12.12.43
48 RTR
12 RTR
145 RAC
28 Infantry Bde
24.12.43 - 31.8.45 (1)
2 Somerset L I
2 Kings
1 A & S H (from 5.1.44)
2/4 Hampshires (from 24.3.44) (2)
(1)
Re-formed from 2nd Gibraltar Brigade, at
Gibraltar on 1.12.43
(2)
This Bn was in Crete on special duty
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DIVISIONAL
TROOPS
RAC
5 DG: 3.9.39 - 31.3.40
4 Recce Regt: 1.1.44 - 31.8.45
RE
7 Fd Coy: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
9 Fd Coy: 3.9.39 - 16.2.40
59 Fd Coy: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
225 Fd Coy: 16.2.40 - 31.8.45
18 Fd Pk Coy: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
3 Br Pl: 18.10.43 - 31.8.45
SIGS
4 Div: 3.9.-39 - 31.8.45
RA
17 Fd Regt: 3.9.39 - 19.2.40
22 Fd Regt: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
30 Fd Regt: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
77 Fd Regt: 19.2.40 - 31.8.45
14 ATK Regt: 3.9.39 - 31.8.45
91 LAA Regt: 26.1.42 - 6.11.44
INFANTRY
MG Bns
2 North'd Fusiliers: 11.11.41 -
20.5.42 & 7.6.44 - 31.8.45
RECCE
4 Bn: 1.1.41 - 5.6.42
4 Regt: 6.6.42 - 31.12.43
Sp Bn
2 North'd Fusiliers: 10.3.44 -
6.6.44
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DIVISIONAL
COMMANDERS
3.9.39
Maj-Gen D.G.Johnson
25.6.40
Maj-Gen T.R.Eastwood
4.10.40
Maj-Gen J.G. des R. Swayne
9.3.42
Maj-Gen J.L.I.Hawkesworth
22.8.43
Brig J.H.Hogshaw (Acting)
5.9.43
Maj-Gen H.J.Hayman-Joyce
20.4.44
Maj-Gen A.D.Ward
9.3.45
Brig R.C.H.Kirwan (Acting)
2.4.45
Maj-Gen A.D.Ward
20.4.45
Brig R.C.H.Kirwan (Acting)
25.4.45
Maj-Gen C.B.Callender
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NOTES
VICTORIA CROSS
T/Capt R.Wakeford VC
2/4 Bn Hampshire Regiment
Date: 13 May 1944
Place: Near Cassino, Italy
Fus F.A.Jefferson VC
2 Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Date: 16 May 1944
Place: Monte Cassino, Italy
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