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42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
09.1939 a First Line Territorial Army Division, embodied in the UK
01.11.1941 reorganized and redesignated 42nd Armoured Division
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.09.1939 Maj.Gen. W.G. Holmes
18.06.1940 Maj.Gen. B.D. Willcox
28.04.1941 Maj.Gen. E.G. Miles
06.10.1941 (acting) Brig. H.V.S. Charrington
08.10.1941 (acting) Brig. P.E. Bowden-Smith
28.10.1941 Maj.Gen. M.C. Dempsey

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
200th Field Company 03.09.1939 - 18.10.1939 &
27.04.1940 - 31.10.1941
201st Field Company 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
202nd Field Company 03.09.1939 - 11.04.1940
250th Field Company 14.05.1940 - 14.10.1941
203rd Field Park Company 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
42nd Divisional Signals 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
51st Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 10.04.1940
52nd Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 20.10.1941
53rd Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 20.10.1941
111th Field Regiment 03.07.1940 - 31.10.1941
147th Field Regiment 20.10.1941 - 31.10.1941
56th Anti-Tank Regiment 03.09.1939 - 20.10.1941
53rd Anti-Tank Regiment 20.10.1941 - 31.10.1941
 
Infantry

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Brigades
125th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
   
126th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
   
127th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1941
 
Literature
     































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