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Monday 25 August 2014

59 (Staffordshire) Division Deployment for Operation Charnwood

From the excellent MorssWeb site:

http://59div.morssweb.com/?frontpage

59 Division Deployment

LEFT
Objla Bijude, Epron
Opp: 1st Btn, SS PG Regt 25
RIGHT
ObjGalmanche, St. Contest, Mâlon
Opp: 2nd Btn, SS PG Regt 25
176 Infantry Brigade
  • 7 Royal Norfolk
  • 7 South Staffordshire
  • 6 North Staffordshire
under command:
  • A Company, 7 RNF (machine gun)
  • 271 Anti-tank Battery
  • 248 Anti-tank Battery (1 troop)
support:
  • 13/18 Hussars (27 Armoured Brigade)
  • 116 Field Regiment RA
  • 257 Field Company RE
197 Infantry Brigade
  • 1/7 Royal Warwickshire
  • 2/5 Lancashire Fusiliers
  • 5 East Lancashire
under commmand:
  • 2/6 South Staffordshire (ex 177 Brigade)
  • C Company, 7 RNF (machine gun)
  • 298 Anti-tank Battery
  • 248 Anti-tank Battery
support:
  • 1 East Riding Yeomanry (27 Armoured Brigade)
  • 270 Anti-tank Battery
  • 110 Field Regiment RA
  • 510 Field Company RE
RESERVE (Cambes-en-Plaine)Notes
177 Infantry Brigade
  • 5 South Staffordshire
  • 1/6 South Staffordshire
under command:
  • 269 Anti-tank Battery
  • 61 Field Regiment RA
  • B Company, 7 RNF (machine gun)
In support of 59 Division for Operation Charnwood:
  • 27 Armoured Brigade (less one regiment)
  • flails (22 Dragoons) and crocodiles (141RAC), 79 Armoured Division
  • ARE (less two squadrons)
  • 248 SP (M10) Battery, 62 Anti-tank Regiment

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