54th (East Anglian) Division in 1942
v.1.0 November 25, 2001
Mandeep Singh Bajwa with help from Dr. Graham Watson
Commanded by Maj Gen M.B.Beckwith-Smith, the division was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore in Feb 1942. Whilst many of its men never fired a round during the defense of Singapore, it suffered appalling losses at the hands of the Japanese while POW on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
Units
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18th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals. |
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Machine Gun Battalion: 5th Battalion, the Loyal Regiment |
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Divisional Reconnaissance Battalion: 18th (Loyals) Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps. |
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53rd Brigade |
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5th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
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6th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
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2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment |
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54th Brigade |
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4th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment |
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4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment |
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5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment |
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55th Brigade |
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5th Battalion, The Bedforshire and Hertfordshire Regiment |
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1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment |
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1st/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters |
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118 Field Regiment, RA |
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135 Field Regiment, RA |
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148 Field Regiment, RA |
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125 Antitank Regiment RA |
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287 Field Company, RE |
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288 Field Company, RE |
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560 Field Company, RE |
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251 Field Park Company, RE |
Plus the normal HQs, Transport Companies Royal Army Service Corps, Field
Ambulances (medical units of the Royal Army Medical Corps), Ordnance Field
Parks Royal Army Ordnance Corps, and minor units of dental, military police,
field hygiene etc.
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