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History
World War I
The British
46th (North Midland) Division was a 1st Line
Territorial Army division. At the outbreak of the war, the 46th Division was commanded by
Major General Hon.
E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Originally called the 'North Midland Division', it was redesignated as the 46th Division in
1915. The division was sent to
France in February
1915 and served on the
Western Front for the duration of the
First World War. During the
Battle of Loos the Division was decimated in an attack on the
Hohenzollern Redoubt on October 13th 1915. It was later involved in the
Battle of the Somme (1916) and the
Battle of Albert.
As part of
VII Corps, the southern-most corps of the
Third Army, the 46th Division was involved in the diversion at
Gommecourt on the
first day on the Somme,
1 July,
1916.
Image:46th Division Memorial.JPG|The 46th (North Midland) Division memorial.
Image:Redoubt Memorial.JPG|The memorial honouring the casualties of the 46th Division at the Hohenzollern Redoubt
World War II
The Division was formed again as a 2nd Line
Territorial Army formation during the
Second World War.
The 46th Infantry Division was part of the
British Expeditionary Force sent to
France in
1940 as a labour and training unit but ended up fighting in the retreat to
Dunkirk and evacuation to
Britain. It was reorganised as a 'mixed' division for the Tunisian Campaign, for which its 137th Infantry Brigade was converted to armour as the
137th Armoured Brigade, but in the event, 128th Infantry Brigade was attached in its place. From
17 January 1943 it was part of the
1st Army in
Tunisia and from there it fought through the
Italian Campaign. In
1945 the division was sent with
Scobie's III Corps to re-occupy
Greece.
World War I Order of Battle
137th Brigade (Staffordshire) :
138th Brigade (Lincoln and Leicester) :
1/4th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (until January 1918)
1/5th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
1/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
139th Brigade (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire) :
1/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
1/6th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (until January 1918)
1/8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
Pioneers :
1/1st Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment
World War II Order of Battle
137th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Bn, The West Yorkshire Regiment
2nd/6th Bn, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
2nd/7th Bn, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
British 138th Infantry Brigade
2nd/4th Bn, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
6th Bn, The Lincolnshire Regiment
6th Bn, The York and Lancaster Regiment
British 139th Infantry Brigade
2nd/5th Bn, The Leicestershire Regiment
2nd/5th Bn, The Sherwood Foresters
16th Bn, The Durham Light Infantry
British 128th Infantry Brigade
(From Tunisia onwards)
1st/4th Bn, The Hampshire Regiment
2nd/4th Bn, The Hampshire Regiment
5th Bn, The Hampshire Regiment
2nd Bn, The Hampshire RegimentFurther Information
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