The 61st (South Midland) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army 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. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
The 61st Division was formed as a 2nd Line duplicate division of the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division . On 15th April1940 part of the division (the British 146th Infantry Brigade and 61st Division HQ)was converted into Maurice Force a formation created for operations in Norway . Although the division was reformed it did not see active service outside the United Kingdom . (Redirected from 15th April) April 15 is the 105th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (106th in leap years). ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Lieutenant General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO, (May 5, 1880 - June 5, 1963), was a British officer of Belgian and Irish descent. ...
2nd Buckinghamshire Bn, The Oxford and Buckinghamshire Regiment
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment was formed in Birmingham, England in light of the Great War (First World War). ... The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
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