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spidge · 22-10-2007, 09:26 AM

44th (Home Counties) DivisionA first line Territorial infantry division at the outbreak of war, the Division served briefly on the continent in April and May 1940, then trained in the UK until May 1942. It arrived in Egypt in July 1942. The Division fought in several engagements in North Africa, and was disbanded after El Alamein where it fought in the southern sector of the front; official disbandment of Divisional Headquarters followed in late January 1943.

Composition Jul 1942 - Jan 1943 Major Battles

131 Infantry Brigade
(to 29 Oct 42) 1st/5th Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/6th Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/7th Queen's Royal Regiment 132 Infantry Brigade
(to 13 Nov 42) 4th Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Buffs 133 Infantry Brigade
(to 8 Sep 42)4th Buffs4th Royal Sussex Regiment5th Royal Sussex Regiment2nd Royal Sussex Regiment

23 May 40 - 29 May 40 St. Omer - La Bassee 30 Aug 42 - 7 Sep 42 Alam el Halfa 23 Oct 42 - 4 Nov 42 El Alamein

22-10-2007, 09:26 AM	#5 (permalink)
spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,317 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	44th (Home Counties) DivisionA first line Territorial infantry division at the outbreak of war, the Division served briefly on the continent in April and May 1940, then trained in the UK until May 1942. It arrived in Egypt in July 1942. The Division fought in several engagements in North Africa, and was disbanded after El Alamein where it fought in the southern sector of the front; official disbandment of Divisional Headquarters followed in late January 1943. Composition Jul 1942 - Jan 1943 Major Battles 131 Infantry Brigade (to 29 Oct 42) 1st/5th Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/6th Queen's Royal Regiment 1st/7th Queen's Royal Regiment 132 Infantry Brigade (to 13 Nov 42) 4th Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Buffs 133 Infantry Brigade (to 8 Sep 42)4th Buffs4th Royal Sussex Regiment5th Royal Sussex Regiment2nd Royal Sussex Regiment 23 May 40 - 29 May 40 St. Omer - La Bassee 30 Aug 42 - 7 Sep 42 Alam el Halfa 23 Oct 42 - 4 Nov 42 El Alamein __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm