List of component units of British 1st Infantry Division
This is a list of components units of British 1st Infantry Division during World War II.
Divisional Troops
Reconnaissance
- 13th/18th Hussars 03/09/39-31/03/40
- 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps 08/01/41-05/06/42
- 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Reconnaissance Corps 06/06/42-31/12/43
- 1st Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps 01/01/44-31/08/45
Engineers
- 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers 03/09/39-02/11/39
- 23rd Field Company, Royal Engineers 03/09/39-31/08/45
- 26th Field Company, Royal Engineers 03/09/39-28/04/40
- 248th Field Company, Royal Engineers 02/11/39-31/08/45
- 238th Field Company, Royal Engineers 29/02/40-31/04/45
- 6th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers 03/09/39-31/08/45
- 1st Bridging Platoon, Royal Engineers 18/10/43-31/08/45
Signals
- 1st Divisional Signals Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals 03/09/39-31/08/45
Artillery
- 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 03/09/39-31/08/45
- 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 03/09/39-31/08/45
- 24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 03/09/39-31/01/40
- 67th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 31/01/40-31/08/45
- 21st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 03/09/39-10/10/41
- 81st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 05/11/40-08/04/45
- 93rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery 09/05/45-31/08/45
- 90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 27/01/42-07/11/44
- 11th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 19/11/44-17/01/45
- 1st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery 22/03/45-31-08/45
Divisional Infantry
Machine Gun Battalions
- 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 11/11/41-01/10/42
- 2/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 29/05/44-31/08/45
Support Battalions
- 2/7th Support Battalion Middlesex Regiment 17/08/43-27/05/44
Brigades
- British 1st Guards Brigade 03/09/39-01/06/41
- British 2nd Infantry Brigade 03/09/39-31/08/45
- British 3rd Infantry Brigade 03/09/39-31/08/45
- British 210th Infantry Brigade 25/11/41-12/01/42
- British 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade 13/01/42-07/06/42
- British 34th Army Tank Brigade 08/06/42-02/09/42
- British 25th Army Tank Brigade 03/09/42-13/11/42
- British 24th Infantry Brigade (Guards) 06/12/42-07/03/44
- British 18th Infantry Brigade 08/03/44-16/08/44
- British 66th Infantry Brigade 19/08/44-31/08/45
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