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10th Armoured Division11th Armoured Division 40th Infantry Division | |
10th Armoured Division
1956 | HQ at Tripoli, Libya. March HQ and 25th Armoured Brigade disbanded in Libya. |
11th Armoured Division 1945 | NW Europe. Moved into Germany. |
Reformed 1950 | September re-formed in Germany with HQ at Hammersmith Bks, Herford, had 33rd Armoured and 91st Lorried Infantry Brigades under command. |
1951 - 1955 | Germany: HQ at Hammersmith Bks, Herford: OOB – 33rd Armoured Brigade and 91st Lorried Infantry Brigade. |
1956 | Germany: HQ at Hammersmith Bks, Herford: OOB - 33rd Armoured Brigade and 91st Lorried Infantry Brigade. April converted to 4th Division. |
40th Infantry Division 1949 | June formed in Hong Kong. OOB - 27th Infantry and 26th Gurkha Brigades. Dec OOB - 26th Gurkha Brigade, 27th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Commando Brigade RM. |
1950 | HQ at Hong Kong. OOB - 26th Gurkha Brigade, 27th Infantry Brigade, 28th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Commando Brigade RM. Dec OOB - 27th and 28th Infantry Brigades. |
1951 | HQ at Hong Kong. OOB - 27th and 28th Infantry Brigades. |
1952 | HQ at Hong Kong. OOB - 3 RTR, 23 Field Regt RA, 25 Field Regt RA, 32 Medium Regt RA ??, 24 Engineer Regt, 50 Gurkha Engineer Regt, 40 Divisional Signal Regt, HQ 27 Infantry Brigade, HQ 35 Infantry Brigade, 1 Bn Middlesex Regt [to UK], 1 Bn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [to UK], 1 Bn Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 1 Bn Wiltshire Regt, 1 Bn Royal Ulster Rifles [joining ex Austria-1 Bn Dorsetshire Regiment]. April disbanded. | |
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