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th 4 Infantry Division (1)

Headquarters, 4th Infantry Division & Employment Platoon

21st Tank Brigade (2)

Headquarters, 21st Tank Brigade & Signal Section

12th Royal Tank 48th 145th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

10th Infantry Brigade (3)

Headquarters, 10th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section

2nd Bn. The Bedfordshire and 1st/6th Bn. The 2nd Bn. The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

12th Infantry Brigade (4)

Headquarters, 12th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section

2nd Bn. The Royal ( Regiment) 1st Bn. The South Lancashire Regiment 6th (Perthshire) Bn. The (Royal Highland Regiment)

Divisional Troops

4th Reconnaissance Regiment,

Headquarters, 4th Infantry Divisional Royal 22nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 30th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 77th (Highland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 14th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

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Headquarters, 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Engineers 7th Field , Royal Engineers 59th Field Company, Royal Engineers 225th (South Midland) Field Company Royal Engineers 18th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers

4th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals

Headquarters, 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Service Corps 21st Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps 38th Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps 107th Tank Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps 473rd Divisional Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps

Headquarters, 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Army Medical Corps 6th Light Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

Xx Mobile Bath Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Headquarters, 4th Infantry Divisional Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 6th Light Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 10th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 12th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

4th Infantry Divisional Field Cash Office, Royal Army Pay Corps

4th Infantry Divisional Field Post Office, Royal Engineers

4th Infantry Divisional Provost Company, Corps of Military Police

6th Field Security Section, Intelligence Corps

2nd Bn. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

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NOTES:

1. The 4th Infantry Division was based in Eastern Command, had arrived in on 1 October 1940. It came under the command of II Corps. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries, the division came under the command of III Corps for a period of three days, before reverting to II Corps command. It was evacuated from Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. The division remained in the until leaving for the invasion of North Africa on 12 March 1943. It had reorganised as a mixed division in June 1942, losing the 11th Infantry Brigade and gaining the 21st Tank Brigade. 2. This brigade was a pre-war Territorial Army formation, originally comprising three T.A. of the Royal Tank Regiment. By 1943, of the three original regiments, only the 48th R.T.R.. On 26 April 1941, the 12th R.T.R. joined the brigade, and on 15 November 1941, the 145th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps. This latter regiment had been formed by the conversion of the 8th Bn. The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding). All three units within the brigade were equipped with Churchill Mk. I and Mk. III tanks. Brigadier (Temporary) Thomas IVOR-MOORE commanded the brigade throughout the campaign in Italy. The brigade left the division on 12 December 1943 prior to the division’s deployment to Italy. 3. 4. Commanded by Brigadier (Temporary) Robert Gerald William CALLAGHAN, this pre-war Regular Army formation was one of the two infantry brigades that fought in Tunisia. CALLAGHAN joined the on 12 May 1915, and fought in the First World War. Transferring to the Fusiliers on 2 August 1922, he rose to command the ?? Battalion of the regiment on 24 June 1940. He assumed command of this brigade on 30 December 1941.

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