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Lineage
09.1939 a First Line Territorial Army Division
31.01.1943 Divisional HQ disbanded in the Middle East
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.09.1939  Maj.-Gen. E.A. Osborne
25.06.1940 Maj.Gen. A.E. Percival
27.03.1941 (acting) Brig. F.C.A. Troup
31.03.1941 (acting) Brig. J.E. Utterson-Kelso
08.04.1941 Maj.Gen. F.N. Mason-MacFarlane
25.06.1941 Maj.Gen. B.G. Horrocks
14.03.1942 (acting) Brig. I.T.P. Hughes
20.03.1942 Maj.Gen. I.T.P. Hughes

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
208th Field Company RE 03.09.1939 - 04.05.1940
209th Field Company RE 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
210th Field Company RE 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
11th Field Company RE 04.05.1940 - 26.11.1942
211th Field Park Company RE 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
 
Royal Signals (R Sigs)
44th Divisional Signals 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
57th Field Regiment RA 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
58th Field Regiment RA  03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
65th Field Regiment RA 03.09.1939 - 19.11.1942
57th Anti-Tank Regiment RA 03.09.1939 - 26.11.1942
99th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 03.02.1942 - 25.03.1942
30th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 04.04.1942 - 23.11.1942
 
Infantry

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Machine Gun Battalion
6th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment 11.11.1941 - 24.11.1942
 
Reconnaissance
44th Reconnaissance Battalion 08.01.1941 - 05.06.1942
44th Reconnaissance Regiment 06.06.1942 - 24.11.1942
 
Brigades
131st Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 29.10.1942
   
132nd Infantry Brigade  03.09.1939 - 13.11.1942
   
133rd Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 08.09.1942

Literature
     































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