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27 November 2019 [50 (NORTHUMBRIAN) (1944-45)]

th 50 (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (1)

Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division Headquarters Defence & Employment xx Field Security , Intelligence

69th Infantry

Headquarters, 69th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section

5th Bn. The East Yorkshire (The ’s Own) 6th Bn. The (Alexandra, Princess of ’s Own ) 7th Bn. The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)

151st Infantry Brigade

Headquarters, 151st Infantry Brigade & Signal Section

6th Bn. The Durham 8th Bn. The 9th Bn. The Durham Light Infantry (2)

231st Infantry Brigade

Headquarters, 231st Infantry Brigade & Signal Section

2nd Bn. The (3) 1st Bn. The Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. The Regiment

Divisional

61st Regiment, (4)

2nd Bn. The

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Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional 74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (5) 90th (City of ) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (6) 124th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (7) 102nd (Northumbrian ) Anti- Regiment, Royal Artillery 25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery

Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional 233rd (Northumbrian) Field , Royal Engineers 295th Field Company, Royal Engineers 505th Field Company, Royal Engineers 235th (Northumbrian) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 15th Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers

50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Signals,

Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Royal Service Corps 346th Infantry Brigade Company, 508th Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps 522nd Infantry Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps 524th Divisional Troops Company, Royal Army Service Corps

Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional 149th (Northumbrian) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 186th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 200th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps 47th Field Dressing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 48th Field Dressing Station, Royal Army Medical Corps 22nd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps

Headquarters, 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 69th Infantry Brigade Workshops, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 151st Infantry Brigade Workshops, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 231st Infantry Brigade Workshops, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers

50th (Northumberland) Divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

50th (Northumberland) Divisional Postal Unit, Royal Engineers

50th (Northumberland) Divisional Provost Company, Corps of

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NOTES:

1. This division was a former Territorial Army formation, and was well travelled. It had fought in in 1940, and then moved to Egypt in August 1941. It had then been based in , , back to Egypt, , Tunisia, and Sicily before returning to the U.K.. The division landed in Normandy as one of the assault formations on D-Day on 6 June 1944 under command of XXX Corps. The divisional was D. A. H. GRAHAM. The division fought throughout Normandy, and later in Operation Market Garden, the for the Nederrijn. In the latter stages of that battle, the division transferred to XIII Corps on 26 September. As infantry reinforcements became more problematical, the decision was taken for this division to return to the U.K. and assume the role as a reserve formation. It left North West Europe on 12 December 1944, arriving back in the two days later. Elements of the division sent to Norway in August 1945. 2. This transferred from this brigade to 131st Infantry Brigade, 7th Armoured Division on 3 December 1944. It was replaced in this brigade by: 1st/7th Bn. The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) This battalion transferred in from 131st Infantry Brigade on the same date. 3. This battalion transferred from this brigade to 131st Infantry Brigade, 7th Armoured Division on 3 December 1944. It was replaced in this brigade by: 1st/6th Bn. The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) This battalion transferred in from 131st Infantry Brigade on the same date. 4. As this division had no reconnaissance regiment allocated on its return from Sicily, this regiment joined the division on 24 January 1944, transferring from the 61st Infantry Division. 5. When the division returned to the U.K. this regiment transferred to 49th Infantry Division and remained in North West Europe. 6. When the division returned to the U.K., this regiment came under command of 2nd Army Troops and remained in N.W. Europe until the end of the war. 7. This regiment returned to the U.K. with the division but then came under command of Home Forces until June 1945, and then 55th Infantry Division.

SOURCES:

BAKER, and RUST A Short History of the 50th Northumbrian Division (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Tweeddale Press, 1966) BELLIS, Malcolm A. Divisions of the 1939 – 1945 (Malcolm A. BELLIS 2nd Edition, 2000) [ISBN 0-9529693-1-9] BELLIS, Malcolm A. of the British Army 1939 – 45 (Malcolm A. BELLIS, 1986) [ISBN 0 9512126 1 3] BEVIS, British and Commonwealth 1944-45 (Helion Order of Battle 2 – Helion and Company, 2001) [ISBN 1 874622 90 6] BEVIS, Mark British and Commonwealth Armies 1939-45 Supplement Volume 1 (Helion Order of Battle 3 – Helion and Company, 2005) [ISBN 1 874622 18 3] BEVIS, Mark British and Commonwealth Armies 1939-45 Supplement Volume 2 (Helion Order of Battle 4 Helion and Company (2005) [ISBN 1 874622 38 8] DELAFORCE, Patrick Monty’s Northern Legions – 50th Northumbrian and 15th Scottish Divisions at War 1939 – 1945 (Stroud, Sutton Publishing, 2004) [ISBN 0-7509-3556-1] JOSLEN, Lt.-Col. H. F Orders of Battle Second World War 1939-1945 (First Published by the H..S.O. in 1960 Reprinted, London, The London Stamp Exchange Ltd., 1990) [ISBN 0 948130 03 2] WILMOT, Chester The Struggle for Europe (London, William Collins and Co Ltd., 1952 – Fourth Impression November 1954.

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