55th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)

55th Infantry Division
55th Infantry Division
	Insignia of 55th Infantry Division
Active	1976-present
Country	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Jessore Cantonment
Commanders
Current; commander	Major General J. M. Emdadul Islam
Notable; commanders	Major General Mustafizur Rahman; Major General Abdul Mubeen; Major General Shafiqur Rahman;

The 55th Infantry Division (Bengali: ৫৫ পদাতিক ডিভিশন) is a formation of the Bangladesh Army based in Jessore Cantonment.

History

The 55th Independent Infantry brigade was one of the five brigades formed in 1972 and stationed at Jessore Cantonment after independence of Bangladesh. In 1976 it was rechristened as 21st Infantry Brigade and transferred with the newly formed 88th Infantry Brigade and the 55th Artillery Brigade in recent 55th Infantry division. Major General Muhammad Fazlur Haque was the first general officer commanding. This division played a prominent capacity on aiding the suffered during Cyclone Sidr in November 2007 under Major General Rafiqul Islam.^[1] 55th infantry division is also the first division to be trained with drone adversary stance under orchestration of Major General Matiur Rahman on 2016.^[2]

Formation

Under the division there is three infantry brigade, one artillery brigade, and one armoured regiment.^[3]

Combat Arms

Cavalry
- 9th Bengal Lancers Regiment
Regiment of Artillery
- 55th Artillery Brigade
  - 2nd Field Artillery Regiment
  - 12th Field Artillery Regiment
  - 17th Medium Artillery Regiment
  - 58th MLRS Artillery Regiment
  - 62nd Division Locating Artillery Battery
Infantry
- 21st Infantry Brigade
  - 14th East Bengal Regiment
  - 19th East Bengal Regiment
  - 34th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- 88th Infantry Brigade
  - 2nd East Bengal Regiment
  - 20th East Bengal Regiment
  - 17th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
- 105th Infantry Brigade
  - 43rd East Bengal Regiment
  - 14th Bangladesh Infantry Regiment

Combat support

Engineer
- 3rd Engineers Regiment^[4]
Signals
- 1st Signal Battalion

Service

71st Field Ambulance
31st Supply Transport Battalion
Division Ordnance Company, Jashore
119th EME Workshop
145th Field EME Workshop
117th Field EME Workshop
41st Field Ambulance
55th Military Police Unit
55th Field Intelligence Unit

References

^ "An army general with philantropic mind". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 March 2009.
^ ehsannewyork (2015-02-05). "Massive Assault River Crossing Exercise by Bangladesh Armed Forces". Bangladesh – Audacity of Hope. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
^ "Major changes in top positions of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
^ "Army man hacked to death in Jessore cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[1] "An army general with philantropic mind". The Daily Star. Retrieved 12 March 2009.

[:0-2] sannewyork (2015-02-05). "Massive Assault River Crossing Exercise by Bangladesh Armed Forces". Bangladesh – Audacity of Hope. Retrieved 2016-11-14.

[3] "Major changes in top positions of Bangladesh Army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

[4] "Army man hacked to death in Jessore cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 28 February 2017.

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