British 77th Infantry Division
Encyclopedia
The 77th Infantry Division was a division of the British Army
formed during the Second World War.
on 1 December 1941. It remained in the United Kingdom
throughout the war, was converted into a reserve formation in December 1942, and disbanded in September 1944.
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...
formed during the Second World War.
History
This division was formed from the Devon and Cornwall DivisionBritish Devon and Cornwall County Division
The Devon and Cornwall County Division of the British Army was a British County Division formed on 28 February 1941. The nucleus of its headquarters came from personnel taken out of Headquarters South-West Area in the Southern Command...
on 1 December 1941. It remained in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
throughout the war, was converted into a reserve formation in December 1942, and disbanded in September 1944.
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- 11th Bn. The Devonshire Regiment
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Support Units
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- 77th Infantry Division Signal Regiment
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- 101st Field Company, Royal Engineers