49th West riding Infantry Division
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Januari 1941

Januari 1941 the division got redesignated as Iceland force before finally redesignated as HQ British troops Iceland.
In 1941, at the request of the prime minister Winston Churchill the division was trained in mountain warfare and arctic warfare.
They trained there untill 1942.

December 1941

British 70th Brigade with its three battalions returned to England in December 1941.

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