The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed during the Second World War and fought in the...

59th (Staffordshire) Divisional Engineers was the Royal Engineer (RE) component of 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, a formation of the British...

II 59th (2nd North Midland) Division - British infantry division in World War I 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division - British infantry division in...

British soldiers who were part of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division. The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division fought their way into and through...

The South Staffordshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for only 68 years. The regiment was created in 1881 under...

176th Infantry Brigade (which included both the 6th and 7th North Staffords and the 7th South Staffords) of 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division. The...

Canadian Division and the British 3rd Infantry Division and 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division had cleared the villages in their path and reached the outskirts...

Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division in April 1942 and General Officer Commanding 48th (South Midland) Division in March 1944 before...

was assigned to a 59th Division: the 59th (2nd North Midland) Division during the first, and the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division in the second. On...

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transferring to the new 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division being formed as a 2nd Line duplicate by 55th Division. The division served in various parts...

in France from April 1940 and General Officer Commanding 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division from May 1940. After that he became General Officer Commanding...

Battle of Normandy it was the home of the British Army 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division's battle school. Communes of the Calvados department "Répertoire...

August. XII Corps was the last assignment of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division prior to the division's disbandment, due to a severe shortage of manpower...

recalled to become General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division in September 1939 and GOC Midland Area in May 1940 before...

again in the Second World War, now the 177th Infantry Brigade, with the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division before being disbanded in August 1944. The...

before the division set sail, however, Lyne was ordered to return to England to become GOC of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, taking over...

1941, he became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, a second line TA formation. His major-general's rank was...

light anti-aircraft (LAA) and HAA regiments; and 56th Infantry Brigade, which joined 49th Division from 20 August 1944. Approximately 1,950 Norwegian military...

the Normandy campaign, the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was disbanded in August 1944 to make up for the infantry deficit. Second Army entered...

of 197th Infantry Brigade in the 66th Infantry Division and was also transferred to 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division after 66th Division disbanded...

intended for combat such as infantry divisions. In September, the British Army stated that 55 divisions (a mix of armoured, infantry and cavalry) would be raised...

France, later serving as Commander, Royal Engineers in the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division. He spent the later war years as a staff officer. After...

disbanded during the campaign 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division (disbanded in August 1944) 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division (returned to England in...

(Wessex) Infantry Division, 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division, 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division; First United States...

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part of the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, at the time serving in Northern Ireland. The battalion served with the 59th in France during Operation...

Division vehicle sign 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division, uniform sign 56th (London) Infantry Division 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division 61st...

of Caen north of the Orne. On 16 July, attached to the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division, the brigade took part in Operation Pomegranate, part of...