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Order of Battle • 56th (London) Infantry Division (British)

56 (London) Infantry Division (British) [ of 10 Corps, 29 Sep 1943 ]
-  Headquarters 56 (London) Infantry Division
-  167 Infantry Brigade
   -  8 Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
   -  9 Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
   -  7 Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
-  168 Infantry Brigade
   -  2/5 Battalion, Queen's Own Royal Regiment
   -  2/6 Battalion, Queen's Own Royal Regiment
   -  2/7 Battalion, Queen's Own Royal Regiment
-  201 Guards Brigade
   -  6 Battalion, Grenadier Guards
   -  3 Battalion, Coldstream Guards
   -  2 Battalion, Scots Guards
-  44 Reconnaissance Regiment [battalion]
-  56 Infantry Division Royal Artillery
   -  64 Field Regiment RA [25-pounders]
   -  65 Field Regiment RA [25-pounders]
   -  113 Field Regiment RA [25-pounders]
   -  67 Anti-Tank Regiment RA [57mm Guns,17-pounders]
   -  100 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA [40mm Guns]
-  56 Infantry Division Royal Engineers
-  56 Infantry Division Royal Signals
-  56 Infantry Division Royal Army Service Corps
-  56 Infantry Division Ordnance Field Park
-  56 Infantry Division Provost Company
-  5 Field Ambulance Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
-  167 Field Ambulance Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
-  214 Field Ambulance Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
-  56 Infantry Division Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

56th Infantry Division (British) [ of V Corps, 9 Apr 1945 ]
-  2nd Commando Brigade
   -  2nd Commando
   -  9th Commando
   -  40th Commando
   -  43rd Commando
   -  142nd Field Regiment (Self-Propelled)
   -  42nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
   -  60th Anti-Tank Regiment [1bty,1trp]
-  9th Armoured Brigade Group
   -  4th Queen's Own Hussars
   -  7th Queen's Own Hussars
   -  27th Lancers
   -  755th [US] Tank Battalion
-  24th Guards Brigade
   -  2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards
   -  1st Battalion, Scots Guards
   -  1st Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
-  167th Infantry Brigade
   -  9th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
   -  1st Battalion, The London Scottish (Territorial Army)
   -  1st Battalion, The London Irish Rifles (Territorial Army)
-  169th Infantry Brigade
   -  2nd/5th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
   -  2nd/6th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
   -  2nd/7th Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
-  44th Reconnaissance Regiment
-  6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
-  Royal Artillery
   -  65th Field Regiment
   -  113th Field Regiment
   -  67th Anti-Tank Regiment
   -  4th Medium Regiment (5.5in) [1sec]
   -  26th Medium Regiment (4.5in) [1trp]
   -  60th Anti-Tank Regiment [1trp,1bty-guns]
-  Royal Engineers
   -  220th Field Company
   -  221st Field Company
   -  501st Field Company
   -  563rd Field Park Company

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