General Officer Commanding (GOC):
| 03.09.1939 [1938] | Maj.-Gen. J.S. Drew |
| 29.03.1941 | Maj.-Gen. J.E. Laurie, Bart |
| 01.09.1942 (acting) | Brig. G.P. Miller |
| 11.09.1942 | Maj.-Gen. N.M. Ritchie |
| 11.11.1943 (acting) | Brig. E. Hakewill Smith |
| 19.11.1943 | Maj.-Gen. E. Hakewill Smith |
Divisional troops
| 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment | 01.01.1944-11.08.1944 & 01.11.1944-16.07.1945 |
Royal Engineers
(RE)
| 240th Field Company RE | 03.09.1939-20.09.1939 |
| 241st Field Company RE | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 242nd Field Company RE | 03.09.1939-19.10.1939 |
| 554th Field Company RE | 07.12.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 202nd Field Company RE | 07.06.1940-31.08.1945 |
| 243rd Field Park Company RE | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 17th Bridging Platoon RE | 01.10.1943-31.08.1945 |
Royal Signals
(Sigs)
| 52nd Divisional Signals | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
Royal Artillery
(RA)
| 78th Field Regiment RA | 03.09.1939-03.06.1942 |
| 79th Field Regiment RA | 03.09.1939-08.06.1940 & 01.07.1940-31.08.1945 |
| 80th Field Regiment RA | 03.09.1939-08.06.1940 & 01.07.1940-31.08.1945 |
| 186th Field Regiment RA | 27.12.1942-31.08.1945 |
| 54th Anti-Tank Regiment RA | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 108th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA | 12.03.1942-31.08.1945 |
Infantry
Machine
Gun Battalion
| 1st/9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment | 11.11.1941-04.05.1942 |
| 7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment | 19.03.1944-31.08.1945 |
Reconnaissance
| 52nd Reconnaissance Battalion | 08.01.1941-05.06.1942 |
| 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment | 06.06.1942-31.12.1943 |
Support
Battalion
| 7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment | 07.06.1943-18.03.1944 |
Brigades
| 155th Infantry Brigade | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 7th/9th Battalion The Royal Scots | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers | 03.09.1939-12.06.1940 & 20.06.1940-12.02.1945 |
| 6th Battalion The Highland Light Iinfantry | 12.02.1945-31.08.1945 |
| 156th Infantry Brigade | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 4th/5th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 6th Battalion The Cameronians | 03.09.1939-31.08.1945 |
| 7th Battalion The Cameronians | 03.09.1939-13.03.1945 |
| 1st Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders | 14.03.1945-31.08.1945 |
| 157th Infantry Brigade | 03.09.1939-01.09.1944 & 24.10.1944-31.08.1945 |
| 5th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry | 03.09.1939-08.08.1944 & 29.10.1944-31.08.1945 |
| 6th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry | 03.09.1939-12.02.1945 |
| 1st Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders | 03.09.1939-08.08.1944 & 29.10.1944-12.03.1945 |
| 5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers | 12.02.1945-31.08.1945 |
| 7th Battalion The Cameronians | 14.03.1945-31.08.1945 |
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