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2nd Infantry Division
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Lineage
09.1939 a Regular Division in the UK
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
03.09.1939 (sick 16.05.1940) Maj.Gen. H.C. Loyd
16.05.1940 (acting) Brig. F.H.N. Davidson
20.05.1940 Maj.Gen. N.M.S. Irwin
12.08.1940 (acting) Brig. C.B. Findlay
15.08.1940 (acting) Brig. G.I. Gartlan
18.09.1940 Maj.Gen. D.G. Watson
11.10.1941 Maj.Gen. J.M.L. Grover
08.07.1944 Maj.Gen. C.G.G. Nicholson
15.08.1944 (acting) Brig. M.M.A.R. West
23.08.1944 Maj.Gen. C.G.G. Nicholson
26.08.1944 (acting) Brig. H.S.J. Bourke
10.09.1944 Maj.Gen. C.G.G. Nicholson
13.09.1944 (acting) Brig. H.S.J. Bourke
24.09.1944 Maj.Gen. C.G.G. Nicholson
01.06.1945 (acting) Brig. H.S.J. Bourke
12.07.1945 Maj.Gen. C.G.G. Nicholson

Divisional troops

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Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)
4th/7th Dragoon Guards 03.09.1939 - 31.05.1940
2nd Reconnaissance Regiment (Loyals) 01.01.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
5th Field Company 03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
11th Field Company 03.09.1939 - 04.05.1940
38th Field Company 03.09.1939 - 29.01.1940
506th Field Company 29.01.1940 - 31.10.1942 & 01.06.1943 - 18.04.1945
208th Field Company 04.05.1940 - 31.08.1945
21st Field Park Company 03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
2nd Divisional Signals 03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
10th Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 05.04.1943 & 06.07.1943 - 31.08.1945
16th Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
18th Field Regiment 03.09.1939 - 01.02.1940
99th Field Regiment 01.02.1940 - 31.08.1945
13th Anti-Tank Regiment 03.09.1939 - 02.07.1942
100th Anti-Tank Regiment (Gordons) 18.03.1943 - 30.11.1943 & 01.10.1944 - 31.08.1945
100th Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment (Gordons) 01.12.1943 - 30.09.1944
89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 24.01.1942 - 24.03.1942
60th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 18.04.1943 - 15.07.1943
 
Infantry

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Motor-cycle Battalion
46th Battalion The Loyal Regiment 30.11.1940 - 29.04.1941
 
Machine Gun Battalion
2nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment 11.11.1941 - 31.08.1945
 
Reconnaissance
2nd Reconnaissance Battalion (Loyals) 30.04.1941 - 05.06.1942
2nd Reconnaissance Regiment (Loyals) 06.06.1942 - 31.12.1943
  
Brigades
4th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 25.07.1944 & 20.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
   
5th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 31.08.1945
   
6th Infantry Brigade 03.09.1939 - 31.10.1942 & 01.06.1943 - 18.04.1945
 
Literature
     































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