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38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
Lineage  |  HQ (GOC)  |  Divisional troops (RAC, RE, R Sigs, RA)  |  Infantry (MG Bn, Recce, Brigades)  |  Literature

Lineage
09.1939 a second line Territorial Army Division embodied in the UK, duplicate of 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
01.12.1941 placed on Lower Establishment
15.08.1944 Divisional HQ ceased to command Formations and Units and began to disperse
01.09.1944 Divisional HQ reorganized and redesignated HQ 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division
 
Headquarters (HQ)

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General Officer Commanding (GOC)
18.09.1939 Maj.Gen. G.T. Raikes
11.05.1940 Maj.Gen. A.E. Williams
28.10.1940 Maj.Gen. N.M.S. Irwin
07.11.1941 (acting) Brig. A.E. Robinson
15.11.1941 Maj.Gen. A.A.B. Dowler
08.04.1942 (acting) Brig. A.E. Robinson
23.04.1942 Maj.Gen. D.C. Butterworth
01.09.1944 Maj.Gen. L.H. Cox

Divisional troops

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Royal Armoured Corps
38th Reconnaissance Regiment 01.01.1944 - 14.08.1944 &
02.10.1944 - 06.11.1944
80th Reconnaissance Regiment 01.09.1944 - 01.10.1944
 
Royal Engineers (RE)
283rd Field Company 18.09.1939 - 02.02.1944
284th Field Company 18.09.1939 - 06.10.1943
561st Field Company 30.12.1939 - 24.11.1941
616th  Field Company 18.02.1943 - 14.08.1944
502nd  Field Company 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
247th Field Park Company 18.09.1939 - 12.12.1941
Field Stores Section 12.12.1941 - 14.08.1944
Field Stores Platoon 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Signals (Sigs)
38th Divisional Signals 18.09.1939 - 14.08.1944
38th Infantry (Reserve) Divisional Signals 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Royal Artillery (RA)
102nd Field Regiment 18.09.1939 - 23.11.1941
132nd Field Regiment 18.09.1939 - 15.07.1942
146th Field Regiment 18.09.1939 - 13.05.1942
183rd Field Regiment 04.07.1942 - 07.04.1943
182nd Field Regiment 02.01.1943 - 14.08.1944
193rd Field Regiment 22.05.1943 - 21.10.1943
195th Field Regiment 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
70th Anti-Tank Regiment 17.10.1939 - 29.07.1944 &
01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Infantry

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Machine Gun Battalion
5th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment 01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
 
Reconnaissance
38th Independent Reconnaissance Company 02.01.1942 - 05.06.1942
38th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron 06.06.1942 - 18.10.1943
161st Reconnaissance Regiment 24.10.1943 - 12.11.1943
38th Reconnaissance Regiment 13.11.1943 - 31.12.1943
 
Brigades
113th Infantry Brigade 18.09.1939 - 18.01.1944 &
26.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
45th Infantry Brigade 01.09.1944 - 25.09.1944
   
114th Infantry Brigade 18.09.1939 - 19.07.1944 &
01.09.1944 - 31.08.1945
   
115th Infantry Brigade 18.09.1939 - 03.07.1944
 
Literature
     































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