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British 50th Infantry Division

HISTORY

This formation was sent to France in 1940 as a Territorial Army division, and was involved in the evacuation at Dunkirk . It saw service in the Western Desert Campaign ,losing one of it's brigades ( British 150th Infantry Brigade ), and then was involved in the Sicily landings of 1943 . The division was withdrawn to Great Britain and then landed on Gold Beach on D-Day 6th June 1944. The division stayed in North West Europe until December 1944 when it was again returned to Great Britain for the remainder of the war.

ORDER OF BATTLE

69th Infantry Brigade

5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

6th Battalion, Green Howards

7th Battalion, Green Howards

150th Infantry Brigade

4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

4th Battalion, Green Howards

5th Battalion, Green Howards

151st Infantry Brigade

6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry

168th Infantry Brigade

7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment

7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (To October 1942)

7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (From October 1942)

10th Battalion, The Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Battalion, The London Scottish

1st Battalion, The London Irish Rifles

231st Infantry Brigade

1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment

1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment

SOURCES

Order of Battle of 50th Division

SEE ALSO

British Divisions In WWII