Unit Histories

From	To	Type	Notes
04-Aug-1914	04-Aug-1914	Active	in the United Kingdom
04-Oct-1918	04-Oct-1918	Reorganised	on a 9 Battalion basis
11-Nov-1918	11-Nov-1918	Active	in France
10-May-1919	10-May-1919	Demobilised
15-Oct-1919 ?	15-Oct-1919 ?	Reformed	in the United Kingdom
31-Jul-1922	31-Jul-1922	Disbanded
13-Dec-1929 ?	13-Dec-1929 ?	Reformed	at York or Catterick
03-Sep-1939	03-Sep-1939	Active
04-Oct-1939	04-Oct-1939	Dispersed	Brigades detached to go to France as Independant Brigades.
30-Dec-1939	30-Dec-1939	Reformed	Division reformed in France with three Brigades.
16-Apr-1940	16-Apr-1940	Reduced	15 Infantry Brigade detached to Norway. Division fought in the French Campaign with only two Brigades.
03-Jul-1940	03-Jul-1940	Reinforced	15 Infantry Brigade rejoins Division.
15-Mar-1942	15-Mar-1942	Reduced	17 Infantry Brigade detached to Force 121 for operations in Madagascar.
26-Apr-1942	26-Apr-1942	Reduced	13 Infantry Brigade detached to Force 121 for operations in Madagascar.
02-Jul-1942	02-Jul-1942	Reinforced	13 Infantry Brigade and 17 Infantry Brigade have both rejoined Division by this date.
31-Aug-1945	31-Aug-1945	Active	Still Active.

Number of Records Returned: 16
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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Page	Description
Home	Unit Definition
Appointments	Commanders and Staff Officers assigned to the Unit
Battle Honours	Battle Honours or Campaigns awarded to the Unit
History	Important Dates and Events in the History of the Unit
Forces	Forces of which the Unit was a part (British Commonweath and American Units only)
Notes	Miscellaneous Notes for Unit
Order of Battle	Order of Battle for this Unit
Sources	Bibliography for Unit
Subordinates	Units subordinated to or attached to the Unit
Superiors	Units to which this Unit was subordinated or attached
Theatres	Theatres of Operations which Unit served in