59th (Staffordshire) Division 1939-1944

Order of Battle, 1 July 1944

1,147 officers, 21,575 enlisted men

Division Commander : Major-General L. O. Lyne

176 Brigade : Brigadier R. W. H. Fryer

7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment
7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment

177 Brigade : Brigadier M. Elrington

5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
1st/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
2nd/6th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

197 Brigade : Brigadier J. Lingham

1st/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
5th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment

Machine Gun

7th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Royal Artillery

61, 110 and 116 Field Regiments
68 Anti-Tank Regiment
68 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Royal Engineers

257, 509 and 510 Field Companies
511 Field Park Company

Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)

28, 300 and 301 Inf Brigade Companies
557 Division Transport Company

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)

176, 177 and 197 Inf Brigade Workshops

Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)

203, 210 and 211 Field Ambulance
27 and 28 Field Surgery

59 Div Signals, Reconnaissance, Ordnance Field Park, Provost Company (Corps of MP's), Postal Section, 84 Field Cash Office, 26 Field Security Section.

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