The 2nd London Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army division, duplicate of the 1st London Division, during the Second World War .

History

The division was formed as a 2nd line duplicate of the 1st (London) Infantry Division. In September 1939 it was organized as a Motor Division, however was reorganized as an Infantry Division in June 1940. On 21 November 1940 it was redesignated as the 47th (London) Infantry Division. On 1 September 1944 it became a reserve division, in which capacity it remained through the rest of the war. It remained in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 during the Second World War.

Its 4th (London) Brigade was converted into the 140th Infantry Brigade, then to the 210th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home), and finally to the 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade.

Commanders

• Maj.Gen. H. Willans
• Brig. W.H.C. Ramsden
  William Havelock Ramsden
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• Maj.Gen. C.C. Malden (Died 25 March 1941)
• Maj.Gen. J.E. Utterson-Kelso
• Maj.Gen. G.W.R. Templer
  Gerald Templer
  Field Marshal Sir Gerald Walter Robert Templer KG, GCB, GCMG, KBE was a British military commander. He is best known for his defeat of the guerrilla rebels in Malaya between 1952 and 1954...
  
  
• Maj.Gen. A.E. Robinson

4th London Infantry Brigade

• 11th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers
• 12th Battalion the Royal Fusiliers
• 2nd Battalion The London Irish Rifles (The Royal Ulster Rifles)

5th London Infantry Brigade

• 2nd battalion The London Rifle Brigade (The Rifle Brigade)
• 2nd battalion The Queen's Westminsters (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
• 2nd battalion The London Scottish (The Gordon Highlanders
  The Gordon Highlanders
  The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1794 until 1994. The regiment took its name from the Clan Gordon and recruited principally from Aberdeen and the North-East of Scotland.-History:...
  
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6th London Infantry Brigade

• 1st battalion The Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment (The Middlesex Regiment)
• 2nd battalion The Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment

Support Units

• 2nd battalion The Queen Victoria's Rifles (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
• 117th (7th London) Field Regtiment Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  
  
• 138th (City of London)Field Regtiment Royal Artillery
• 2nd London Division Signal Regiment

See also

• British Divisions in World War II
  British Divisions in World War II
  This page is a list of British Army divisions that fought in World War II.-Armoured:*Guards Armoured Division*1st Armoured Division*2nd Armoured Division - Formed 15 December 1939 in the UK. Served in Egypt from January 1941 until March 1941 and from April 1941 until May 1941, and in Libya from...
  
  
• British Army Order of Battle - September 1939

External links

• Royal Artillery Site