From the excellent MorssWeb site: http://59div.morssweb.com/?frontpage 59 Division Deployment LEFT Obj :  la Bijude, Epron Opp : 1s...

Priest self-propelled gun passes a Humber scout car of 79th Armoured Division, during Operation 'Charnwood', the attack on Caen...

Now concentrated, the Division then had two days (that is until 3rd July) to settle in. The exception to this was 177 Brigade (of which the ...

In all the time that I knew my Grandparents, this portrait of my Grandfather in his dress tunic adorned the living room wall. Later, afte...

On 17th June, the long anticipated orders came through for the 59th to proceed to the marshalling areas ahead of embarkation. The advance pa...

The previous posts have shed some light on the movements of 59 (Staffordshire) Division, 177 Infantry Brigade and 5th Battalion South Sta...

Here is a somewhat simplified summary of the movements of the 59 (Staffordshire) Division in the war years prior to their move to Normandy i...