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Guards Division

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

Lineage
12.06.1945 formed in NW Europe by redesignation and reorganizations of the Guards Armoured Division
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
12.06.1945 Maj.Gen. HA.H.S. Adair

Divisional troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
2nd Household Cavalry Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
14th Field Squadron 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
615th Field Squadron 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
148th Field Park Squadron 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
11th Bridging Troop 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
Guards Divisional Signals 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
55th Field Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
92nd Field Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
153rd Field Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
75th Anti-Tank Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Infantry

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Machine Gun Company
1st Independent Machine Gun Company (Northumberland Fusiliers) 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Reconnaissance
1st Reconnaissance Battalion 08.01.1941 - 05.06.1942
1st Reconnaissance Regiment 06.06.1942 - 31.12.1943
 
Support Battalion
2nd/7th Battalion The Middlesex Regiment 17.08.1943 - 27.05.1944
 
Brigades
5th Guards Brigade 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
   
6th Guards Brigade 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
   
32nd Guards Infantry Brigade 12.06.1945 - 31.08.1945

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