British units
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| Lineage |
| 09.1939 |
a
Regular Division in the UK (the two Infantry Brigades in the Division
went to France by early October 1939 as Independent Infantry Brigades) |
| 12.1939 |
Divisional
HQ crossed to France on 19.12.1939 and by 30.12.1939 the Division was
reformed |
| 04.1942 |
13th
& 17th Infantry Brigades with a proportion of Divisional Troops were
detached to Force 121 for operations in Madagascar; the Division was not
complete again until August 1942 |
| General
Officer Commanding (GOC) |
| 03.09.1939 |
Maj.Gen.
H.E. Franklyn |
| 19.07.1940 |
Maj.Gen.
H.P.M. Berney-Ficklin |
| 03.08.1943 |
Maj.Gen.
G.C. Bucknall |
| 22.01.1944 |
Maj.Gen.
P.G.S. Gregson-Ellis |
| 21.04.1944
(acting) |
Brig.
L.M. Campbell |
| 29.04.1944 |
Maj.Gen.
P.G.S. Gregson-Ellis |
| 24.11.1944 |
Maj.Gen.
R.A. Hull |
| Royal
Armoured Corps (RAC) |
| 5th Reconnaissance Regiment |
01.01.1944 - 31.08.1945 |
| Royal
Engineers (RE) |
| 245th
Field Company |
29.12.1939
- 31.08.1945 |
| 252nd Field Company |
29.12.1939
- 31.08.1945 |
| 506th
Field Company |
29.12.1939
- 29.01.1940 |
| 38th Field Company |
29.01.1940
- 07.04.1942 &
30.06.1942 - 31.08.1945 |
| 254th Field Park Company |
29.12.1939
- 31.08.1945 |
| 18th Bridging Platoon |
16.03.1944
- 31.08.1945 |
| Royal
Signals (Sigs) |
| 5th
Divisional Signals |
03.09.1939
- 31.08.1945 |
| Royal
Artillery (RA) |
| 9th
Field Regiment |
28.12.1939
- 07.04.1942 |
| 91st
Field Regiment |
28.12.1939
- 26.04.1942 &
02.07.1942 - 31.08.1945 |
| 92nd
Field Regiment |
28.12.1939
- 30.04.1940 &
06.06.1940 - 28.06.1945 |
| 97th
Army
Field Regiment |
14.05.1940
- 31.05.1940 |
| 156th
Field Regiment |
29.08.1942
- 31.08.1945 |
| 52nd
Anti-Tank Regiment |
28.12.1939
- 31.08.1945 |
| 18th
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment |
05.02.1943
- 31.08.1945 |
| Machine
Gun Battalion |
| 7th
Battalion The Cheshire Regiment |
11.11.1941
- 31.08.1945 |
| Reconnaissance |
| 3rd
Battalion Tower Hamlets Rifles |
15.01.1941
- 29.01.1941 |
| 5th Reconnaissance Battalion |
30.01.1941
- 05.06.1942 |
| 5th Reconnaissance Regiment |
06.06.1942
- 31.12.1943 |
| Brigades |
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| 13th Infantry Brigade |
03.09.1939
- 15.09.1939 &
30.12.1939 - 26.04.1942 &
02.07.1942 - 31.08.1945 |
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| 15th Infantry Brigade |
03.09.1939
- 04.10.1939 &
30.12.1939 - 16.04.1940 &
03.07.1940 - 31.08.1945 |
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| 17th Infantry Brigade |
30.12.1939
- 15.03.1942 &
30.06.1942 - 31.08.1945 |
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