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12th (Eastern) Infantry Division
Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RAC, RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (MG Bn, Recce, Sp Bn, Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
09 & 10.1939 a second line Territorial Army Division, duplicate of 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division
04.1940 on moving to France to join the BEF for training and labour duties, the Division left in the UK all RA Unites, the bulk of Divisional Signals and some Administrative Units
11.07.1940 Division disbanded in the UK
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
07.10.1939 Maj.Gen. R.L. Petre
20.05.1940 (acting) Brig. R.J.P. Wyatt
11.06.1940 Maj.Gen. R.L. Petre
18.06.1940 (acting) Brig. R.J.P. Wyatt

Divisional troops

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Royal Engineers (RE)
262nd Field Company 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
263rd Field Company 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
264th Field Company 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
265th Field Park Company 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
12th Divisional Signals 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
113th Field Regiment 07.10.1939 - 08.07.1940
114th Field Regiment 07.10.1939 - 05.07.1940
118th Field Regiment 07.10.1939 - 02.07.1940
67th Anti-Tank Regiment 07.10.1939 - 01.07.1940
 
Infantry

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Brigades
35th Infantry Brigade 07.10.1939 - 02.07.1940
   
36th Infantry Brigade 07.10.1939 - 10.07.1940
   
37th Infantry Brigade 07.10.1939 - 09.07.1940
 
Literature
     































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