59e division d’infanterie Staffordshire britannique

59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division

59th Infantry Division

Ordre de bataille – Juillet 1944

Commandant : Major General Lewis Lyne

59th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps

176th Infantry Brigade : Brigadier Fryer
– 6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment
– 7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment
– 7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment

177th Infantry Brigade : Brigadier Maxwell Elrington
– 5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
– 1st/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
– 2nd/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment

197th Infantry Brigade : Brigadier J. Lingham
– 5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
– 2nd/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
– 1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment : lieutenant-colonel Edward Jerram
A Company : Major James White
B Company : Major Herbert Hancock
C Company : Major Thomas Blythe, tué le 8 juillet à Saint-Contest
D Company : Major K. C. Banks

Divisional Troops
– 7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Divisional Artillery
– 61st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 110th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 116th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
– 68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

Divisional Engineers
– 257th Field Company, Royal Engineers
– 509th Field Company, Royal Engineers
– 510th Field Company, Royal Engineers

 

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