| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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