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18th Infantry Division

Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (MC Bn, Recce, Brigades)  |  Literature

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
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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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)

Divisional troops

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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
 
Infantry

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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
   
54th Infantry Brigade 30.09.1939 - 15.02.1942
   
55th Infantry Brigade 30.09.1939 - 15.02.1942
 
Literature
     































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