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23rd (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (MC Bn, MG Bn, Recce, Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
02.10.1939 a Second Line Territorial Army Division; duplicate of 50th (Nortumbrian) Infantry Division
04.1940 on moving to France to join the BEF for training and labour duties the Division left in the UK all RA units, the bulk of Signals and part Administrative Units
30.06.1940 disbanded in the UK
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
02.10.1939 Maj.Gen. W.N. Herbert

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
233rd Field Company 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
507th Field Company 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
508th Field Park Company 02.10.1939 - 21.06.1940
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
23rd Divisional Signals 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
124h Field Regiment 02.10.1939 - 22.06.1940
125th Field Regiment 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
"A" Field Regiment [formed in France by RA Details GHQ Troops] 17.05.1940 - 31.05.1940
 
Infantry

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Motor-cycle Battalion
8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
 
Machine Gun Battalion
8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
 
Reconnaissance
9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers [only under command for labour duties & training] 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
 
Brigades
69th Infantry Brigade 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
   
70th Infantry Brigade 02.10.1939 - 29.06.1940
 
Literature
     































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