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54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division

Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (Recce, Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
09.1939 a First Line Territorial Army Infantry Division
01.1942 placed on Lower Establishment [05.1943 HQ RA became HQ 8 AGRA, HQ RE became HQ RE 6th Airborne Division]
14.12.1943 Divisional HQ redesignated HQ Lines of Communication (54th Division); Division ceased to exist
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.09.1939 Maj.Gen. J.H.T. Priestman
11.02.1941 Maj.Gen. E.H. Barker
14.04.1943 Maj.Gen. C.B. Wainwright
17.05.1943 Maj.Gen. C.B. Callander

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
248th Field Company 04.09.1939 - 16.09.1939
249th Field Company 04.09.1939 - 20.05.1943
286th Field Company 04.09.1939 - 20.05.1943
250th Field Company 20.09.1939 - 20.10.1939
556th Field Company 04.01.1940 - 29.12.1941
591st Field Company 01.01.1942 - 20.05.1943
289th Field Park Company 04.09.1939 - 02.03.1942
Field Stores Section 01.12.1941 - 20.05.1943
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
54th Divisional Signals 03.09.1939 - 13.12.1943
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
85th Field Regiment 03.09.1939  - 24.08.1942
86th Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 09.06.1942
134th Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 10.02.1942
168th Field Regiment 09.06.1942 - 09.06.1943
55th Anti-Tank Regiment 03.09.1939 - 21.02.1943
199th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 21.04.1942 - 09.09.1942
 
Infantry

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Reconnaissance
54th Reconnaissance Battalion 15.07.1941 - 31.12.1941
54th Independent Reconnaissance Company 01.01.1942 - 05.06.1942
54th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron 06.06.1942 - 09.02.1943
 
Brigades
161st Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 17.12.1940
198th Infantry Brigade 20.12.1940 - 13.12.1943
   
162nd Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 10.11.1942 &
05.09.1943 - 13.12.1943
   
163rd Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 13.12.1943
 
Literature
     































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