49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
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146th Infantry Brigade
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(1939-1945)
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147th Infantry Brigade
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(1939-1945)
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1/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (to September 1942)
1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment (west riding) (merged into 1/7th Battalion on 17 august 1944) 1/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's regiment (west riding) 11th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers (from September 1942, replacing 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment (from july 1944, replacing 1/6th Duke of Wellington's Regiment) |
148th Infantry Brigade
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(1939-April1940)
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70th Infantry Brigade
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May1942-October1944
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56th Infantry Brigade
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August1944-1945
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Divisional Troops
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2nd Battalion, Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment
(from 7 June 1943, joined as divisional support battalion, became machine gun battalion 28 February 1944) 49th Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps (formed 5 September 1942, became 49th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps 1 January 1944) 49th (West Riding) Divisional Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals 49th divisional Ordnance Field Park, Royal Army Ordnance Corps 49th Mobile Bath and Laundry Unit 49th Divisional Postal Unit, Royal Engineers |
Royal Artillery
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Field Regiment
69th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 70th (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 6 August 1940) 71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 6 August 1940) 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 30 November 1944) 79th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 8 until 23 June 1940) 80th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 8 until 23 June 1940) 143rd (Kent Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 26 April 1942) 178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 15 May 1942) 185th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 24 December 1942, disbanded 29 November 1944) Anti-Tank Regiment 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 26 July 1943) 58th (Duke of Wellington's) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 23 June 1940) 88th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 17 June 1942 until 24 July 1943) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 118th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 5 July until 8 December 1942) 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 29 December 1942) |
Royal Engineers
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Field Company
228th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers (until 30 September 1939) 229th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers (until 4 April 1940) 230th (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers (until 4 April 1940) 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers (from 26 April 1942) 756th Field Company, Royal Engineers (from 26 April 1942) 757th Field Company, Royal Engineers (from 26 April 1942) Field Park Company 231st (West Riding) Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (until 4 April 1940) 289th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers (from 26 April 1942) Bridging Platoon 23rd Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers (from 1 November 1943) Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 70th Infanty Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 146th Infanty Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers 147th Infanty Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers |
