The 61st Infantry Division was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army

British Army

The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

 during the Second World War.

History

The 61st Division was formed as a 2nd Line duplicate division of the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division. On 15 April 1940 part of the division (the British 146th Infantry Brigade and 61st Division HQ) was converted into Maurice Force, a formation created for operations in Norway

Norway

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. Although the division was reformed it did not see active service outside the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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Commanders

• Maj.Gen. R.J. Collins
  Robert Collins (British Army officer)
  Major-General Robert John Collins CMG DSO was a British Army officer who became Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley.-Military career:...
  
  
• Maj.Gen. A. Carton De Wiart
  Adrian Carton de Wiart
  Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO , was a British officer of Belgian and Irish descent...
  
  
• Maj.Gen. Sir Edmond Schreiber
  Edmond Schreiber
  Lieutenant-General Sir Edmund Charles Acton Schreiber, KCB, DSO was a British Army officer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. In the second he commanded the 45th Infantry Division, V Corps and First Army....
  
  
• Maj.Gen. C.S.O. Fullbrook-Leggatt
• Maj.Gen. J.O. Carpenter
• Maj.Gen. C.B. Wainwright

Component Units

(as of 3 September 1939)

182nd Infantry Brigade

• 2/7th Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 9th Bn. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 9th Bn. The Worcestershire Regiment

183rd Infantry Brigade

• 4th Bn. The Northamptonshire Regiment
• 7th Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment
  The Gloucestershire Regiment
  The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.-Origins and early history:...
  
  
• 10th Bn. The Worcestershire Regiment

184th Infantry Brigade

• 2/4th Bn. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
• 2/4th Bn. The Royal Berkshire Regiment
• 2/1st Buckinghamshire Bn, The Oxford and Buckinghamshire Regiment
• 2/5th Bn. The Gloucestershire Regiment
  The Gloucestershire Regiment
  The Gloucestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. Nicknamed "The Glorious Glosters", the regiment carried more battle honours on their regimental colours than any other British Army line regiment.-Origins and early history:...
  
  

Support Units

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:...

• 119th Field Regt.
• 120th Field Regt.
• 145th (Buckingham and Berkshire Yeomanry) Field Regt.
• 63rd (Worcestershire and Oxfordshire Yeomanry)Anti-Tank Regt.

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

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