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British 18th Infantry Division





General Officer Commanding (G.O.C)


30.09.1939 Maj-Gen.T.G.Dalby

30.11.1939 Maj-Gen. B.C.T.Paget

20.04.1940 (Acting) Maj-Gen. E.H.W.Backhouse

14.05.1940 Maj-Gen. B.C.T.Paget

27.05.1940 (Acting) Brig.G.E.W.Franklyn

01.06.1940 Maj-Gen. T.R.Eastwood

09.06.1940 Maj-Gen.L.H.K.Finch

14-07-1940 Maj-Gen. Merton Beckwith-Smith (P.O.W 15.02.1942)


ORDER OF BATTLE



18th Division H.Q.




251st Battalion, The Recce Regt (5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment )

9th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers , M.G.


53rd Infantry Brigade


2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment

5th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment

6th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment


54th Infantry Brigade


4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment

4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment

5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment


55th Infantry Brigade


1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment

5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire And Hertfordshire Regiment

1st/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters


LINKS


British Divisions In WWII

Battle Of Singapore


SOURCES


  • http://www.unithistories.com/units_british/units_british.html

  • http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/index.htm

  • http://www.unithistories.com/units_british/18InfDiv.html

  • http://niehorster.orbat.com/017_britain/39_org/div_inf.html#div-08