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52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

General Officer Commanding (GOC):
03.09.1939 [1938] Maj.-Gen. J.S. Drew
29.03.1941 Maj.-Gen. J.E. Laurie, Bart
01.09.1942 (acting) Brig. G.P. Miller 
11.09.1942 Maj.-Gen. N.M. Ritchie
11.11.1943 (acting) Brig. E. Hakewill Smith
19.11.1943 Maj.-Gen. E. Hakewill Smith

 
 

Divisional troops

Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
 
52nd Reconnaissance Regiment  01.01.1944-11.08.1944  &  01.11.1944-16.07.1945

Royal Engineers (RE)
 
240th Field Company RE 03.09.1939-20.09.1939
241st Field Company RE 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
242nd Field Company RE 03.09.1939-19.10.1939
554th Field Company RE 07.12.1939-31.08.1945
202nd Field Company RE 07.06.1940-31.08.1945
243rd Field Park Company RE 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
17th Bridging Platoon RE 01.10.1943-31.08.1945

Royal Signals (Sigs)
 
52nd Divisional Signals  03.09.1939-31.08.1945

Royal Artillery (RA)
 
78th Field Regiment RA 03.09.1939-03.06.1942
79th Field Regiment RA  03.09.1939-08.06.1940  &  01.07.1940-31.08.1945
80th Field Regiment RA 03.09.1939-08.06.1940  &  01.07.1940-31.08.1945
186th Field Regiment RA 27.12.1942-31.08.1945
54th Anti-Tank Regiment RA 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
108th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 12.03.1942-31.08.1945

Infantry

Machine Gun Battalion
 
1st/9th Battalion The Manchester Regiment 11.11.1941-04.05.1942
7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment 19.03.1944-31.08.1945

Reconnaissance
 
52nd Reconnaissance Battalion  08.01.1941-05.06.1942
52nd Reconnaissance Regiment 06.06.1942-31.12.1943

Support Battalion
 
7th Battalion The Manchester Regiment  07.06.1943-18.03.1944

Brigades
 
155th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
7th/9th Battalion The Royal Scots 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
4th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 03.09.1939-12.06.1940  &  20.06.1940-12.02.1945
6th Battalion The Highland Light Iinfantry 12.02.1945-31.08.1945

 
156th Infantry Brigade  03.09.1939-31.08.1945
4th/5th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers 03.09.1939-31.08.1945
6th Battalion The Cameronians  03.09.1939-31.08.1945
7th Battalion The Cameronians  03.09.1939-13.03.1945
1st Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders 14.03.1945-31.08.1945

 
157th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939-01.09.1944  &  24.10.1944-31.08.1945
5th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry 03.09.1939-08.08.1944  &  29.10.1944-31.08.1945
6th Battalion The Highland Light Infantry 03.09.1939-12.02.1945
1st Battalion The Glasgow Highlanders  03.09.1939-08.08.1944  &  29.10.1944-12.03.1945
5th Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers 12.02.1945-31.08.1945
7th Battalion The Cameronians  14.03.1945-31.08.1945

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