Lineage |
30.09.1939 |
a
Second Line Territorial Army Division; duplicate of 54th (East Anglian)
Infantry Division |
15.02.1942 |
captured
in Malaya; Division was not reformed |
General
Officer Commanding (GOC) |
30.09.1939 |
Maj.Gen.
T.G. Dalby |
30.11.1939 |
Maj.Gen.
B.C.T. Paget |
20.04.1940
(acting) |
Brig.
E.H.W. Backhouse |
14.05.1940 |
Maj.Gen.
B.C.T. Paget |
27.05.1940
(acting) |
Brig.
G.E.W. Franklyn |
01.06.1940 |
Maj.Gen.
T.R. Eastwood |
09.06.1940 |
Maj.Gen.
L.H.K. Finch |
14.07.1940 |
Maj.Gen.
M.B. Beckwith-Smith (POW 15.02.1942) |
Royal
Engineers (RE) |
287th
Field Company |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
288th Field Company |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
560th
Field Company |
15.12.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
251st Field Park Company |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
Royal
Signals (Sigs) |
18th
Divisional Signals |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
Royal
Artillery (RA) |
105h
Field Regiment |
30.09.1939
- 11.11.1939 |
135th
Field Regiment |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
148th
Field Regiment |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
118th
Field Regiment |
30.06.1940
- 15.02.1942 |
65th
Anti-Tank Regiment |
30.09.1939
- 19.11.1939 |
125th
Anti-Tank Regiment |
04.07.1940
- 15.02.1942 |
Motor-cycle Battalion |
5th
Battalion The Loyal Regiment |
13.01.1941
- 25.04.1941 |
Reconnaissance |
18th
Reconniassance Battalion (The Loyal Regiment) |
26.04.1941
- 15.02.1942 |
Brigades |
53rd Infantry Brigade |
30.09.1939 -
23.12.1941 &
30.01.1942 - 15.02.1942 |
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54th Infantry Brigade |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
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55th Infantry Brigade |
30.09.1939
- 15.02.1942 |
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