49th (West Riding) Infantry Division
Battle order – June 1944 – Battle of Normandy
Commander: Major General Sir Evelyn W. Barker
Combat and combat support units
49 Reconnaissance Regiment, RAC
70th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier Edward Cooke-Collis
– 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
– 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry: Major John Hammer
– 1st Battalion Tyneside Scottish: Lieutenant-Colonel Robert de Winton
– 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Kensington Regiment
146th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier Andrew Dunlop, replaced by Brigadier John Walker on June 19th, 1944.
– 4th Battalion The Lincolnshire Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Barclay
– 1/4th Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry: Major Edmund Wardleworth
– The Hallamshire Battalion The York and Lancaster Regiment: Lieutenant-Colonel Trevor Dyke
147th Infantry Brigade: Brigadier James Mahony
– 6th Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment : Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Exham
– 7th Battalion The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment : Lieutenant-Colonel John Wilsey
– 11th Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers : Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Montgomery-Cuninghame, killed in action on July 3rd, 1944.
228, 229, 230, 294, 756, 757 Field Company, RE
231 & 289 Field Park Company, RE
23 Bridging Platoon, RE
49 Divisional Signals, RSC
69, 70, 71, 74, 79, 80, 143, 178, 185 Field Regiment, RA
55, 58, 88 Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
89, 118 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA
2nd Battalion, The Kensington Regiment (M.G.)
49 Royal army Service Corps ( R.A.S.C )
