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36th Infantry Division

Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RE, IE, R Sigs, RA, IA)  |  Infantry (Def Bn, MG Bn, Recce, Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
01.09.1944 formed by redesignation of 36th Indian Infantry Division in Burma
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
01.09.1944 Maj.Gen. F.W. Festing
21.05.1945 (acting) Brig. A.R. Aslett
16.06.1945 (acting) Brig. G.H. Inglis
26.06.1945 Maj.Gen. F.W. Festing

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
236th Field Company 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
2nd Field Company 22.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
54th Field Company 22.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
219th Field Park Company 25.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Indian Engineers (IE)
30th Indian Field Company 01.09.1944 - 21.06.1945
58th Indian Field Company 15.11.1944 - 21.06.1945
234th Indian Field Park Company 01.09.1944 - 21.06.1945
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
36th Divisional Signals 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
130h Assault Field Regiment 01.09.1944 - 13.06.1945
178th Assault Field Regiment 01.09.1944 - 05.07.1945
145th Field Regiment 22.06.1945 - 13.07.1945
158th Field Regiment 08.07.1945 - 31.08.1945
8th Field Regiment 20.07.1945 - 31.08.1945
455th Light Battery 01.09.1944 - 07.11.1944
122nd Anti-Tank Regiment 15.09.1944 - 20.08.1945
122nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment 01.09.1944 - 14.09.1944
 
Indian Artillery (IA)
12th Mountain Battery 03.12.1944 - 05.02.1945
28th Mountain Battery 03.12.1944 - 05.02.1945
32nd Mountain Regiment 06.02.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Infantry

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Defence Battalion
2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment 20.05.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Machine Gun Battalion
'D' Company 2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment 01.09.1944 - 15.05.1945
1st Battalion 7th Rajput Regiment [Indian Army] 22.06.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Reconnaissance
2nd Battalion The Border Regiment 10.04.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Brigades
29th Infantry Brigade 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
   
72nd Infantry Brigade 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
   
26th Indian Infantry Brigade 14.12.1944 - 05.04.1945
26th Infantry Brigade 06.04.1945 - 31.08.1945
 
Literature
     































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