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    The 56th (London) Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations...
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  • 56th Division may refer to: Infantry divisions: 56th Infantry Division (France), a unit of the French Army in both World Wars 56th Infantry Division (German...
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  • different titles and designations, was an integral part of the 56th (London) Infantry Division. It served on the Western Front in the First World War, and...
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  • and designations, the brigade was an integral part of the 56th (London) Infantry Division. It served on the Western Front during First World War and...
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  • Douglas Graham (British Army officer) (category Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y)
    (Highland) Division in North Africa from 1942 to 1943, later being the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 56th (London) Infantry Division during the...
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    100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (category Military units and formations in London)
    normal infantry battalion on 24 October that year. On 5 November 1940 the 18th Bn joined 168th (2nd London) Brigade in 56th (London) Infantry Division. This...
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  • overseas in 1914, garrisoned Malta, and then served with the 56th (London) Infantry Division on the Western Front. In the Second World War, it fought in...
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    (Queen's) Infantry Brigade, (consisting of 2/5th, 2/6th and 2/7th Queen's, all formed in 1939), which was part of the 56th (London) Infantry Division, and...
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    village of Calvi Vecchia, Italy, and of the British troops of 56th (London) Infantry Division occupying it. Air support had been previously requested against...
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    Buckinghamshire Light Infantry June 1940-July 1942". Light Bobs. Retrieved 25 December 2015. Joslen, p. 227 "56th (London) Infantry Division" (PDF). British...
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  • (Highland) Division 52nd (Lowland) Division 53rd (Welsh) Division 54th Division 55th (West Lancashire) Division 56th (London) Infantry Division 57th (2nd...
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    Eric Miles (category Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y)
    War II, where he commanded the 126th Infantry Brigade in the Battle of France and the 56th (London) Infantry Division in the final stages of the campaign...
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    major general. From June 1931 to June 1934 he commanded the 56th (London) Infantry Division, Territorial Army. In 1934, Dugan was appointed Governor of...
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    56th (London) Infantry Division would launch the amphibious flank attack along Lake Comacchio. On the left flank of V Corps, the New Zealand Division...
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    John Yeldham Whitfield (category Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y)
    commanded the 56th (London) Infantry Division during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War and later the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division. Educated...
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    direct assault by the New Zealand Division was checked and a later attack by the 167th Bde of 56th (London) Infantry Division was also halted by the 90th Light...
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    Gerald Templer (category Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y)
    October 1943, Major-General Douglas Graham, the GOC of the 56th (London) Infantry Division, then fighting in Italy, was seriously injured when his jeep...
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  • Italy, to join the British 46th Infantry Division (Major-General John Hawkesworth) and 56th (London) Infantry Division (Major-General Douglas Graham),...
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    as infantry within the 168th (London) Infantry Brigade (alongside the 1st London Irish Rifles and 10th Royal Berkshire Regiment), part of the 56th (London)...
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    The 56th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars. The 56th Brigade...
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    (Home Counties) Infantry Division from the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment; transferred to 56th (London) Infantry Division in 1943, but...
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    Montagu Stopford (category Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y)
    formerly the 1st London Division, the 56th Division − comprising the 167th, 168th and 169th Infantry Brigades and supporting divisional troops − was serving...
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  • 47th Division was also disbanded, the London Irish transferred to the 169th (3rd London) Infantry Brigade, part of 56th (1st London) Infantry Division. In...
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    formed in 1908 and during World War II it provided the divisional signals for the 56th (London) Division and its duplicates as well as communications for the...
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    The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force...
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    Canadian Division, crossed the Aunelle River, marking the liberation by the Canadians of the first part of occupied Belgium. The 56th (London) Infantry Division...
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    BA) 46th Infantry Division (Maj.-Gen. John Hawkesworth) 56th (London) Infantry Division (Maj.-Gen. Douglas Graham) 7th Armoured Division (Maj.-Gen....
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  • 1925. His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Infantry Division in June 1927 before retiring in June 1931. "Hubert Isacke"...
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  • (1/1st London) Division (World War I) British 56th (London) Infantry Division German 56th Infantry Division Imperial German 56th Infantry Division Italian...
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    London Infantry Brigade, attached to 1st London Infantry Division. These later became the 167th (London) Infantry Brigade and 56th (London) Infantry Division...
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