The 46th (North Midland) Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army Infantry Division during the Second World War. In the United Kingdom the Territorial Army is a part of the British Army composed of reserve units, or part-time soldiers. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

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History

The British 46th (North Midland) Division was a Territorial Army division. 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.

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. From 17th 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. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the British army sent to France and Belgium in World War I and British Forces in Europe from 1939 - 1940 during World War II. The BEF was established by Secretary of State for War Richard Haldane following the Second Boer War in case the... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Location of Dunkirk in the arrondissement of Dunkirk Location within France Dunkirks seafront Map of Dunkirk courtesy of the Calgary Highlanders. ... (Redirected from 17th January) January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The British First Army was a field army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. ... The Italian Campaign of World War II was the name of Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie KBE, CBE, CB, MC was a British Army officer. ... The British III Corps was formed in both World War I and World War II. During World War II it was formed to control forces of the British Expeditionary Force, after the expansion of that force had rendered control by just two corps headquarters cumbersome. ...

Component Units

British 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

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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

The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. ... The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...

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 Regiment

Exrenal Links

• Order of Battle and History