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immediate reserve was, therefore, limited." Edward
Smalley comments that "48th Divisional Signals operated on an improvised organizational structure" for most of the 1930s, due to being below 50 per cent strength. He further highlights how the TA, and the division in particular, "never kept pace with technological developments." In 1937, the division was operating just two radio sets on a full-time basis and had to borrow additional units from the
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began to crumble all around them, they were ordered to continue to hold for a few more hours. The garrison from 145 Brigade at
Hazebrouck was overrun but some elements at Cassel and 144 Brigade at Wormhoudt withdrew that night. The remnants of 44th division and 48th Division were attached to 1st Corps and the last to leave the beaches on the 30th May.
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On 13 May 1915 the division was numbered, becoming the 48th (South
Midland) Division and the brigades in the division were also numbered, the Warwickshire Brigade became the 143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade, the Gloucester and Worcester Brigade became the 144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Infantry Brigade
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As part of the legislation, the territorials were only liable to serve within the United
Kingdom. Haldane envisioned that the territorials would take over the defence of the country against what was perceived as a very real threat of invasion, which would allow the regular army to be deployed aboard.
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and the Battle of
Normandy. The remaining 21,255 men were considered ineligible for service abroad due to a variety of reasons, ranging from medical, not being considered fully fit or insufficiently trained. Over the following six months, up to 75 per cent of these men were deployed to reinforce the
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In addition, Haldane saw the territorials as a source of reinforcements for the regular army. Six months following mobilisation, during which time the troops would have come up to an acceptable training standard, Haldane was confident that up to a quarter of the men would opt to go and fight abroad.
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reported that, in 1909, "The South
Midland Division ... had 13 units up to or over establishment, and the others very little below it." The following year, the Territorial Force as a whole peaked at a strength of 276,000 men; 26,000 men short of the peacetime establishment set by Haldane's reforms.
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and 144th
Brigade at Wormhoudt, saying that "it was their defence on the western side of the corridor in the closing stages that allowed so many of their comrades to pass into safety". The 48th and 44th Divisions withstood repeated attacks along the 20 mile frontage. On the 28th May when the front
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During the war, the divisions of the
British Army were divided between "Higher Establishment" and "Lower Establishment" formations. The former were intended for deployment overseas for field operations, whereas the latter were strictly for home defence in a static role. During November 1941, the
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debate on the
Territorial Army, stated that the division - on 1 October 1924 - mustered 338 officers and 7,721 other ranks. Historian David French highlights that "by April 1937 the Territorial Army had reached less than 80 per cent of its shrunken peacetime establishment" and "Its value as an
1070:, to improvise a defence line along the canal and prevent the Germans breaking through to the vital beaches east of Dunkirk where much of the BEF was waiting to be evacuated. At 11.00 on 28 May, advanced German troops reached the canal line, but Lawson seized on the Territorial gunners of the
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During the opening weeks of the war, as the
Territorials were not required to be deployed overseas, the troops were asked to volunteer. By the end of August, more than 70 battalions across the Territorial Force had volunteered with the number rising higher as the year progressed.
1047:, was sent with 'X Force' of artillery, machine guns and infantry ahead of the division to occupy the chosen positions. However, the unexpected surrender of Belgian forces on 27 May 1940 led to a gap appearing between 48th Division in action around Saint-Omer and the coast at
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who were marching towards Dunkirk having fired off all their ammunition and destroyed their guns. Together with detachments of Regular gunners from both the 2nd Medium and 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments, and sappers from 7th Field Company,
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During the winter of 1942–43, the British Army overhauled its training of recruits. The 48th was one of three divisions that were changed from "Lower Establishment" units to "Reserve Divisions". On 20 December, the division was renamed the
1340:, becoming a training formation in the process. This reorganisation took place during 1943 and the division held this training role for the remainder of the war. These three divisions were supplemented by a fourth training formation (the
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to the United Kingdom. It was converted into a training reserve division in December 1942, remaining in the United Kingdom in that status for the rest of the war. Disbanded after the war, the division was not reformed again. In both
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The members of the division who did not, or were not able to, volunteer for overseas service, were transferred to newly created second line units intended for home defence. These second line units were eventually formed into the
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In March 1915, with the threat of a German invasion having subsided, the South Midland Division was dispatched to France with the territorials who had volunteered for overseas service.
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21st Army Group, following the completion of their training and having met the required fitness levels. In 2007, Stephen Hart wrote that, by September, the 21st Army Group "had bled
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and the coast. Lord Gort's BEF story describes the distinguished and heroic defence by General Thorne, commanding the 48th Division and the delaying actions of his 145th Brigade at
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Birmingham Pals: 14th, 15th & 16th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment; A History of the Three City Battalions Raised in Birmingham in the Great War
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However, between 1910 and 1914, the overall strength of the force had declined to 250,000, 52,000 short of the peacetime establishment. In peacetime, the divisional
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B. The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th) with The Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions
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on 1 April 1967, when many individual TA units lost their identities. The district headquarters itself formed the core of the structure for the creation of
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The 48th Division, much depleted in numbers, completed its return to the United Kingdom on 1 June. The division, commanded from 18 June by Major General
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Soldiers who had completed their corps training were sent to these training divisions. The soldiers were given five weeks of additional training at the
1005:. This was official policy within the BEF and was, in theory, intended to strengthen the inexperienced Territorial divisions with experienced Regulars.
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on 10 May 1940, the BEF moved forward to occupy pre-planned positions in Belgium, but the rapid German breakthrough into France caused it to
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envisioned that, during future conflicts, the Territorial Army would be used as the basis for future expansion so as to avoid raising a new
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dry of draftable riflemen", due to the losses suffered in the Battle of Normandy, leaving the army in Britain (with the exception of the
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Lieutenant Baxter's Platoon, C Company, 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, resting in a cornfield near Lavieville, September 1916.
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Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
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at Nieuwpoort, but all subsequent attacks that day were repulsed. Brigadier Lawson's scratch force was relieved next day and then
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48th (1/1st South Midland) Ambulance Workshop (joined in concentration area, absorbed in Divisional Supply Column on 4 April 1916)
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145th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 11 January 1916, moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)
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144th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 23 January 1916; moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)
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48th (1/1st South Midland) Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps (formed 21 February 1915, left for III Corps 4 April 1917)
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calls 'the most dangerously exposed part of the bridgehead'. He was ordered by the commander of the Dunkirk perimeter, the
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A Brilliant Little Victory: The 48th (South Midland) Division on the Western and Italian Fronts During the First World War
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981:. Soon after their arrival, the 48th Division exchanged some of its units with the Regular divisions. For example, in the
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comments that starting in 1918 the white diamond "was painted on helmets ... with regimental badges superimposed" upon it.
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was assigned to the division for the holding and training of reinforcements to armoured units. On 7 November 1943, the
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prioritised funding for the regular army over the territorials, allowing recruitment and equipment levels to languish.
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The division was not reformed in the Territorial Army in 1947. In 1961 the division became a district headquarters as
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X/48, Y/48 and Z/48 Medium Mortar Batteries, RFA (formed 15 March 1916; on 21 March 1918 Z was absorbed by X and Y)
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The war establishment—the paper strength—of a "Higher Establishment" infantry division in 1944 was 18,347 men.
500:. In November 1917, the division was sent to Italy, where it remained until the end of the War. It fought the
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in 1908. This resulted in the creation of 14 Territorial Divisions, including the South Midland Division.
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4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (from 2 November 1943 until 9 July 1944)
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after Roberts' retirement in December, landed in France in early January 1940 and became part of the
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The Scottish Lion on Patrol: Being the History of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment, 1943–46
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On 30 June 1944, the 48th Infantry (Reserve) Division, along with the other training divisions (the
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5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (until 21 April 1941, then converted into 48th Battalion,
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1344:), which was raised on 1 January 1943. The 48th Infantry (Reserve) Division was assigned to
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887:(TA) and the 48th Division was reconstituted as the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division.
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Cap of Honour: The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment (The 28th/61st Foot) 1694–1950
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5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (from 3 January 1943 until 6 November 1943)
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2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (from 5 February 1940 until 9 December 1940)
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1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (until 9 November 1941))
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93rd Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 12 November 1941 until 7 August 1942)
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1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (from 29 January 1940)
551:(formed 8 January 1916; moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)
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Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents
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23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 13 February 1941 until 14 November 1941)
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9th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (from 20 April 1941 until 13 September 1942)
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V/48 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery (formed 21 April 1916, disbanded 10 November 1917)
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The Fateful Battle Line: The Great War journals and sketches of Captain Henry Ogle
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48th (Reserve) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (from 20 December 1942)
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During the same time frame the 48th divisional CRA (Commander, Royal Artillery),
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and the South Midland Brigade became the 145th (South Midland) Infantry Brigade.
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so it would be able to engage in European affairs if required. This task fell to
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5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (from 12 July 1941, converted into
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48th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (until 19 December 1942)
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left the division on 11 and 12 September 1918 and proceeded to the
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11th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (until 1 January 1943)
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could arrive to plug this gap, Lawson was responsible for what the
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1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until September 1918)
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10th Tank Brigade (from 17 October 1942 until 30 September 1943)
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53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
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History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
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80th Reconnaissance Regiment at The Reconnaissance Corps website.
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145th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (until 11 February 1940)
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division was placed on the "Lower Establishment" and assigned to
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96th Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 5 September 1942)
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2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (until 10 December 1942)
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The Patriot Files: British Southern Command on 3 September 1939
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Having entered military service, a recruit was assigned to the
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8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until 13 July 1944)
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99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (until 5 February 1940)
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477th (2/1st South Midland) Field Company (joined 10 June 1915)
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1/1st West Lancashire Field Company (attached 18–28 April 1915)
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7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (until 5 February 1940)
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in November 1917 and remaining there for the rest of the war.
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18th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 12 February 1941)
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11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (from 24 August 1944)
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143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (until 1 April 1941)
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4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
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1/3rd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
819:
1/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
3325:
3323:
2709:"THE TERRITORIAL FORCE: HL Deb 22 July 1925 vol 62 cc243-66"
1240:
225th (South Midland) Field Company (until 16 February 1940)
696:(became an Army Field Artillery Brigade on 20 January 1917)
1764:, and it was disbanded on the reduction of the TA into the
1683:
48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers
1644:
24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 22 August 1942)
1638:
68th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 22 August 1942)
1510:
144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (11 February 1941)
1218:
24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 31 January 1940)
768:
7th Field Company (joined 29 April 1915, left 17 June 1915)
293:, the division raised a second line reserve formation; the
3816:
The Greater Game: Sporting Icons Who Fell in The Great War
2317:"Badge, formation, 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division"
1507:
8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (until 9 July 1944)
4055:
Kitchener s Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 1916
3482:
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862:
242nd Divisional Employment Company (formed 16 June 1917)
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Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II
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3497:
3495:
3382:"148 (West Midlands) Brigade - History of the Brigade"
3167:
3165:
6097:
Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I
1663:
120th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1222:
115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
943:, between Douai and Orchies, France, 26 January 1940.
851:
461st (Gloucester and Worcester Brigade) Company, ASC
785:
1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
2357:
2355:
2353:
2351:
2182:
and a member of the division who was killed in 1915.
1201:
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1195:
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England's Last Hope: The Territorial Force, 1908-14
3898:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
398:Recruiting poster for the South Midland Divisional
197:
192:
168:
163:
149:
139:
129:
121:
111:
93:
75:
65:
34:
3912:Capt Walter Kemsley & Capt Michael R. Riesco,
3633:
405:On the outbreak of war, the division composed the
6107:Military units and formations established in 1908
3670:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954. (Online at
2172:, a member of the division and subsequent author.
1698:227th Field Park Company (until 13 December 1941)
1409:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1941–45)
1400:) with just "young lads, old men and the unfit".
1093:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1939–40)
627:145th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)
593:144th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)
554:143rd Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)
3783:Aspects of Birmingham: Discovering Local History
2620:"The 48th (South Midland) Division in 1914-1918"
1575:145th Infantry Brigade (until 6 November 1943)
4110:Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018).
3683:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
2762:"48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1939)"
902:. However, as the 1920s and 1930s wore on, the
1533:(from 10 December 1942 until 19 November 1943)
1441:(from 16 November 1941 until 3 September 1942)
997:, a Regular Army unit, and transferred to the
995:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
774:48th (South Midland) Divisional Signal Company
716:IV South Midland (H) Brigade Ammunition Column
611:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
337:who implemented several policies known as the
4383:Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)
4181:
4004:. War, Armed Forces and Society. Manchester:
3896:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
2570:
2533:
2373:
1601:(from 12 December 1942 until 6 November 1943)
708:CCXLIII (IV South Midland) (Howitzer) Brigade
672:1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Gloucestershire Batteries
8:
5105:British deception formations in World War II
2485:
1659:(from 26 December 1942 until 31 August 1944)
1360:level, before undertaking a final three-day
1109:1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1015:Germans invaded France and the Low Countries
845:459th (Divisional Headquarters) Company, ASC
825:1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section
685:1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Worcestershire Batteries
541:1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
309:In 1901, following lessons learned from the
4388:Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)
3981:Ogle, Henry (1993). Glover, Michael (ed.).
3578:. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
2547:"The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918"
1692:9th Field Company (until 12 November 1941)
1304:and began training in preparation to repel
939:in the snow by men of the 1/7th Battalion,
702:III South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column
6018:
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3805:: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
3602:Lt-Col Ewan Butler and Maj J.S. Bradford,
3359:Kemsley, Riesco & Chamberlin, pp. 1–4.
2767:. British Military History. Archived from
2497:
1653:(from 12 January 1942 until 30 March 1943)
1448:(from 4 September 1942 until 26 July 1944)
1405:
1246:9th Field Company (from 16 February 1940)
1112:8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1089:
854:462nd (South Midland Brigade) Company, ASC
730:South Midland (Warwickshire) Heavy Battery
699:1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Warwickshire Batteries
688:II South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column
658:48th (South Midland) Divisional Artillery
514:48th (South Midland) Division (1914–1918)
510:
209:Divisional insignia adopted following the
46:
6112:1908 establishments in the United Kingdom
3576:The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945
1543:(from 19 November 1943 until 9 July 1944)
1233:48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers
848:460th (Warwickshire Brigade) Company, ASC
762:475th (1/2nd South Midland) Field Company
754:48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers
675:I South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column
604:1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
574:1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
4074:The British Expeditionary Force, 1939–40
3697:Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War
2816:
2814:
2420:
2418:
2303:
2205:
2203:
2201:
1792:
1739:48th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron
1686:224th Field Company(until 13 March 1943)
1249:227th (South Midland) Field Park Company
1186:145th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
1160:144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
1125:143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company
579:1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
559:144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade
4047:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
3716:Companion to the British Army 1939–1945
3574:Beckett, Ian Frederick William (1991).
2735:
2521:
2385:
2296:
2197:
1695:792nd Field Company (from 30 May 1945)
1255:48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals
1140:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
713:1/4th, 1/5th Warwickshire (H) Batteries
485:, deployed to France in February 1916.
343:Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907
4057:. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military.
3818:. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military.
3814:Harris, Clive; Whippy, Julian (2008).
3798:
3614:. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military.
3486:
3445:. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 104.
3329:
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1766:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1762:48th (South Midland) Division/District
1147:8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
993:was exchanged with the 1st Battalion,
266:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
39:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
31:
18:48th (South Midland) Infantry Division
3861:The insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920
3511:
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3171:
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2342:
1704:Divisional Field Stores, 77th Platoon
1701:Divisional Field Stores, 77th Section
1657:180th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1651:173rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
1599:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
1562:Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
813:1/1st South Midland Field Ambulance,
27:Infantry division of the British Army
7:
4049:, Oxford: University Press, 2004–15.
3640:. Men-At-Arms. Vol. I. London:
3286:
3274:
3250:
2582:
2509:
2409:
2397:
1871:Brigadier-General W. K. McClintock (
1735:15th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps
1720:48th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps
125:Infantry, home defence, and training
4147:53rd London Medium Regiment website
4076:. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
1629:143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
1624:109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
1619:108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
1462:(from 26 July until 23 August 1944)
1243:226th (South Midland) Field Company
1237:224th (South Midland) Field Company
650:(formed on 3 December 1914, joined
4053:Simkins, Frederick Peter (2007) .
3699:. Vol. I. Luton: Andrews UK.
1316:, commanded by Lieutenant General
694:CCXLII (III South Midland) Brigade
481:and, following the passing of the
249:, the division saw service on the
25:
4000:Perry, Frederick William (1988).
3942:. www.gulabin.com. Archived from
3937:"Senior Army Appointments: 1860-"
2836:Butler & Bradford, pp. 158–9.
2180:England national rugby union team
2082:Brigadier William Leslie Dibben (
1072:53rd (London) Medium Regiment, RA
721:48th Divisional Ammunition Column
654:Cyclist Battalion on 14 May 1916)
565:1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion
479:61st (2nd South Midland) Division
295:61st (2nd South Midland) Division
3966:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
3919:Cliff Lord & Graham Watson,
2864:Chronology at 53rd Regt website.
2154:
1398:52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
1342:80th Infantry (Reserve) Division
1338:48th Infantry (Reserve) Division
681:CCXLI (II South Midland) Brigade
643:Cavalry Regiment on 13 May 1916)
411:Gloucester and Worcester Brigade
341:. As part of these reforms, the
253:before being transferred to the
203:
98:
80:
41:48th Infantry (Reserve) Division
3636:British Battle Insignia 1914–18
3606:, London: Hutchinson/Arrow, nd.
3597:The Turn of the Tide, 1939–1943
3557:His Majesty's Stationery Office
3534:His Majesty's Stationery Office
3305:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
2760:Palmer, Rob (22 January 2012).
2714:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1724:43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
268:, it saw active service in the
3833:Hart, Stephen Ashley (2007) .
2652:"Royal Engineers, World War I"
2135:April 1965 (until April 1967)
668:XXCL (I South Midland) Brigade
639:(joined 24 April 1915, joined
488:The division took part in the
1:
4268:6th (United Kingdom) Division
4263:3rd (United Kingdom) Division
4258:1st (United Kingdom) Division
3429:Watson & Rinaldi, p. 289.
1737:4 January 1942, redesignated
1548:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1467:Duke of Wellington's Regiment
1288:, was subsequently posted to
598:145th (South Midland) Brigade
538:, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
224:48th (South Midland) Division
37:48th (South Midland) Division
4154:Royal Engineers, World War I
1741:6 June 1942; transferred to
1541:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1327:Men of the 1/7th Battalion,
1155:South Staffordshire Regiment
710:(broken up 16 October 1916)
521:143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade
421:, for example, departed for
419:143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade
297:in the First World War, and
4093:Chelmsford in the Great War
4006:Manchester University Press
3718:(ePub ed.). New York:
3695:FitzM. Stacke, H. (2013) .
3677:General Sir Martin Farndale
2657:. Orbat.com. Archived from
2102:29 March 1944 (until 1946)
1894:Brigadier-General J Steele
1799:General officer commanding
1722:14 October, transferred to
1474:York and Lancaster Regiment
1329:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
968:British Expeditionary Force
941:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
919:for annual training camps.
547:143rd Machine Gun Company,
531:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
274:British Expeditionary Force
6128:
5655:66th (2nd East Lancashire)
5610:57th (2nd West Lancashire)
3962:Mitchinson, K. W. (2008).
3923:, Solihull: Helion, 2003,
3551:Becke, Major A.F. (1937).
3528:Becke, Major A.F. (1936).
2674:Lord & Watson, p. 159.
2043:Brigadier James Muirhead (
2009:Brigadier James Muirhead (
1786:General officer commanding
1783:
1780:General officer commanding
1729:48th Independent Company,
1610:
1577:
1492:
1417:
1166:
1131:
1101:
504:(15–16 June 1918) and the
331:Secretary of State for War
6032:
6017:
5970:
5955:
5820:
5805:
5218:
5203:
4662:
4647:
4626:1st Commonwealth Division
4415:
4404:
4337:Scottish, Welsh and Irish
4295:
4284:
4215:
4204:
3857:Haldane, J. Aylmer L. Sir
3662:, London: Harrap, 1951.*
3407:T F Mills (26 May 2006).
1413:
1300:under Lieutenant General
1280:Home defence and training
1265:Lothians and Border Horse
1117:Northamptonshire Regiment
1097:
991:Northamptonshire Regiment
646:South Midland Divisional
518:
506:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
483:Military Service Act 1916
301:in the Second World War.
45:
5660:67th (2nd Home Counties)
5630:61st (2nd South Midland)
5620:59th (2nd North Midland)
4072:Smalley, Edward (2015).
4023:Plews, Derek A. (2024).
3766:Hazell, Watson and Viney
3762:Hazell's Annual for 1910
3599:, London: Collins, 1957.
2486:Harris & Whippy 2008
2427:"The British Army, 1914"
2250:and 2 batteries of four
1571:(from 10 September 1944)
1455:(from 13 September 1942)
1408:
1164:145th Infantry Brigade
1092:
815:Royal Army Medical Corps
741:Trench Mortar Batteries
734:Royal Garrison Artillery
569:Gloucestershire Regiment
513:
364:The 1910 edition of the
349:by merging the existing
260:Reformed in 1920 in the
5670:69th (2nd East Anglian)
5640:63rd (2nd Northumbrian)
4982:Durham and North Riding
4091:Swan, Jonathan (2015).
3894:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
3743:Oxford University Press
3737:French, David (2001) .
3714:Forty, George (2013) .
3610:Carter, Terry (2011) .
3409:"West Midland District"
3350:Frederick, pp. 11, 111.
2845:Bryant, pp. 144–5, 149.
2258:and 2 batteries of six
1984:Honorable Edward Lawson
1743:80th (Reserve) Division
1665:(from 1 September 1944)
1490:144th Infantry Brigade
1460:West Yorkshire Regiment
1439:Somerset Light Infantry
1415:143rd Infantry Brigade
1208:(until 1 February 1940)
1197:(until 31 January 1940)
1129:144th Infantry Brigade
1119:(until 29 January 1940)
1099:143rd Infantry Brigade
1019:retreat towards Dunkirk
947:On the outbreak of the
809:Medical and Veterinary
787:(joined 21 August 1915)
637:1st King Edward's Horse
585:Worcestershire Regiment
5635:62nd (2nd West Riding)
5584:55th (West Lancashire)
5524:42nd (East Lancashire)
4908:55th (West Lancashire)
4843:42nd (East Lancashire)
3985:. London: Leo Cooper.
3935:Mackie, Colin (2015).
3760:Hall, Hammond (1910).
2622:. The Long, Long Trail
2447:Westlake, Ray (2011).
2096:Horatio Berney-Ficklin
1973:Frank Crowther Roberts
1824:Alexander Thorneycroft
1770:West Midlands District
1580:145th Infantry Brigade
1523:(19-27 September 1942)
1495:144th Infantry Brigade
1420:143rd Infantry Brigade
1370:145th Infantry Brigade
1332:
1259:Royal Corps of Signals
1215:(from 1 February 1940)
1169:145th Infantry Brigade
1157:(from 9 December 1940)
1134:144th Infantry Brigade
1104:143rd Infantry Brigade
944:
931:An officer briefs his
606:(until September 1918)
587:(until September 1918)
466:
450:
402:
286:evacuated from Dunkirk
243:South Midland Division
35:South Midland Division
5187:British Army in India
3781:Hall, Brian (2011) .
3658:David Scott Daniell,
2822:France & Flanders
2803:France & Flanders
2425:Conrad, Mark (1996).
2273:General Service Corps
2176:Ronald Poulton-Palmer
2162:United Kingdom portal
2023:Roderic Loraine Petre
1790:Commanders included:
1326:
1271:(until 27 April 1940)
1211:18th Field Regiment,
1003:4th Infantry Division
999:11th Infantry Brigade
930:
917:3rd Infantry Division
827:Army Veterinary Corps
663:Royal Field Artillery
498:Third Battle of Ypres
456:
448:
415:South Midland Brigade
397:
325:sought to reform the
5549:48th (South Midland)
5539:46th (North Midland)
5534:44th (Home Counties)
4918:59th (Staffordshire)
4873:48th (South Midland)
4853:44th (Home Counties)
4631:17th Gurkha Division
4585:44th (Home Counties)
4420:Administrative units
4300:Administrative units
4290:Post-Cold War period
4227:Guards and Parachute
4220:Administrative units
4161:The battle at Cassel
4152:Richard A. Rinaldi,
4114:. Tiger Lily Books.
3604:The Story of Dunkirk
3191:, Reserve Divisions.
2774:on 23 September 2015
2650:Rinaldi, Richard A.
1731:Reconnaissance Corps
1689:226th Field Company
1555:Seaforth Highlanders
1502:Reconnaissance Corps
1476:(from 1 August 1944)
1269:Royal Armoured Corps
1085:evacuated to Britain
736:(left 16 April 1915)
407:Warwickshire Brigade
5645:64th (2nd Highland)
5625:60th (2/2nd London)
5615:58th (2/1st London)
5589:56th (1/1st London)
5579:54th (East Anglian)
5559:50th (Northumbrian)
5544:47th (1/2nd London)
4903:54th (East Anglian)
4883:50th (Northumbrian)
4828:23rd (Northumbrian)
4590:50th (Northumbrian)
3439:Paxton, J. (1972).
3341:Daniell, pp. 288–9.
3332:, pp. 77, 608.
3265:, pp. 130–131.
2664:on 24 January 2014.
2453:. Pen & Sword.
2322:Imperial War Museum
2068:Philip Bowden-Smith
2057:Hayman Hayman-Joyce
1885:Sir Robert Fanshawe
1564:(from 22 July 1944)
1557:(from 24 July 1944)
1550:(from 23 July 1944)
1521:Royal Ulster Rifles
1469:(from 28 July 1944)
490:Battle of the Somme
54:divisional insignia
5690:63rd (Royal Naval)
5650:65th (2nd Lowland)
5554:49th (West Riding)
5151:82nd (West Africa)
5146:81st (West Africa)
5136:11th (East Africa)
4972:Devon and Cornwall
4964:"County Divisions"
4878:49th (West Riding)
4653:Second World War (
4621:Artillery Division
4524:49th (West Riding)
3419:on 16 August 2007.
3388:on 12 October 2012
3308:. 27 November 1945
2571:FitzM. Stacke 2013
2534:FitzM. Stacke 2013
2476:, pp. 26, 30.
2374:FitzM. Stacke 2013
2229:where they joined
2170:Charles Carrington
1929:Thomas Tait Pitman
1916:Major-General Sir
1905:Major-General Sir
1634:Divisional Troops
1481:Sherwood Foresters
1389:Operation Overlord
1333:
1306:Operation Sea Lion
1224:(from 19 May 1940)
1190:Divisional Troops
1065:Lieutenant-General
1009:France and Dunkirk
972:Lieutenant General
958:, who had won the
945:
935:leaders during an
904:British Government
840:Army Service Corps
838:Divisional Train,
494:Battle of Pozières
467:
465:, September, 1918.
451:
403:
315:diplomatic clashes
6084:
6083:
6080:
6079:
6023:Napoleonic Wars (
6013:
6012:
5951:
5950:
5947:
5946:
5811:Second Boer War (
5801:
5800:
5797:
5796:
5793:
5792:
5678:
5677:
5605:45th (2nd Wessex)
5510:Territorial Force
5505:
5504:
5209:First World War (
5199:
5198:
5195:
5194:
4643:
4642:
4639:
4638:
4575:42nd (Lancashire)
4442:Prince of Wales's
4400:
4399:
4396:
4395:
4353:1st (UK) Armoured
4322:Prince of Wales's
4280:
4279:
4276:
4275:
4196:Divisions of the
4102:978-1-473-82114-9
4083:978-1-137-49419-1
4064:978-1-844-15585-9
4015:978-0-719-02595-2
3973:978-0-230-57454-0
3905:978-1-84342-474-1
3848:978-0-811-73383-0
3837:. Mechanicsburg:
3825:978-1-844-15762-4
3792:978-1-84884-422-3
3752:978-0-199-24630-4
3729:978-0-750-95139-5
3706:978-1-781-50847-3
3664:Major L. F. Ellis
3651:978-0-850-45727-8
3621:978-1-8488-4422-3
3593:Sir Arthur Bryant
3452:978-0-230-27101-2
3289:, pp. 49–50.
3277:, pp. 48–51.
2750:, pp. 77–78.
2738:, pp. 88–89.
2608:, pp. 77–83.
2524:, pp. 43–46.
2376:, p. xxviii.
2178:, captain of the
2145:
2144:
2091:6 September 1943
2079:3 September 1943
2040:14 November 1941
1808:Brigadier-General
1774:HQ UK Land Forces
1753:
1752:
1726:18 November 1941)
1613:10th Tank Brigade
1483:(23-31 July 1944)
1387:, at the time of
1366:10th Tank Brigade
1277:
1276:
964:Sir Andrew Thorne
868:
867:
803:Machine Gun Corps
618:1/4th Battalion,
609:1/4th Battalion,
583:1/8th Battalion,
549:Machine Gun Corps
502:on Asiago Plateau
459:The Earl of Cavan
347:Territorial Force
317:with the growing
239:Territorial Force
217:
216:
187:Sir Andrew Thorne
179:Sir Harold Walker
16:(Redirected from
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1861:sick, 7 May 1915
1793:
1745:3 January 1943).
1560:10th Battalion,
1546:10th Battalion,
1529:17th Battalion,
1519:31st Battalion,
1472:11th Battalion,
1465:10th Battalion,
1451:11th Battalion,
1446:Suffolk Regiment
1437:10th Battalion,
1406:
1346:Northern Command
1314:I Corps District
1294:Southern Command
1153:11th Battalion,
1090:
1057:Official History
949:Second World War
923:Second World War
908:Baron Templemore
900:Kitchener's Army
885:Territorial Army
801:48th Battalion,
726:Heavy Artillery
511:
270:Second World War
262:Territorial Army
211:Battle of France
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158:Second World War
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5359:17th (Northern)
5349:15th (Scottish)
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2150:
2129:John Willoughby
2063:29 August 1943
2034:Arthur Grassett
2029:8 October 1941
1979:8 October 1939
1951:Cuthbert Fuller
1918:Percy Radcliffe
1817:September 1911
1788:
1782:
1758:
1715:Reconnaissance
1615:
1597:6th Battalion,
1582:
1569:London Scottish
1567:2nd Battalion,
1553:9th Battalion,
1539:5th Battalion,
1531:Royal Fusiliers
1497:
1479:1st Battalion,
1458:5th Battalion,
1444:8th Battalion,
1422:
1385:21st Army Group
1372:was disbanded.
1302:Harold Franklyn
1290:Western Command
1282:
1263:1st Battalion,
1213:Royal Artillery
1171:
1136:
1115:5th Battalion,
1106:
1077:Royal Engineers
1011:
925:
910:, as part of a
892:interwar period
873:
648:Cyclist Company
631:Mounted Troops
536:1/6th Battalion
527:1/5th Battalion
443:
400:Cyclist Company
392:
387:
385:First World War
366:Hazell's Annual
355:Volunteer Force
339:Haldane Reforms
335:Richard Haldane
311:Second Boer War
307:
247:First World War
220:
208:
199:
185:
181:
177:
175:Robert Fanshawe
170:
156:
154:First World War
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5607:
5601:
5599:
5595:
5594:
5592:
5591:
5586:
5581:
5576:
5571:
5569:52nd (Lowland)
5566:
5561:
5556:
5551:
5546:
5541:
5536:
5531:
5526:
5520:
5518:
5511:
5507:
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5438:
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5425:
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5407:
5402:
5397:
5392:
5386:
5384:
5380:
5379:
5377:
5376:
5371:
5369:19th (Western)
5366:
5364:18th (Eastern)
5361:
5356:
5351:
5345:
5343:
5339:
5338:
5336:
5335:
5330:
5328:13th (Western)
5325:
5323:12th (Eastern)
5320:
5315:
5310:
5308:9th (Scottish)
5304:
5302:
5295:
5291:
5290:
5288:
5287:
5282:
5277:
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5169:
5163:
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5143:
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5133:
5131:11th (African)
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5007:Northumberland
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4962:Anti-Invasion
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4893:52nd (Lowland)
4890:
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4865:
4860:
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3252:
3247:
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3168:
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1908:
1907:Harold Walker
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