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18th Division

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APPENDIX

 

The British 18th Division

 

USS West Point -3

55 Infantry Brigade. USS West Point

1/5th Sherwood Foresters

1st Cambridgeshire Regiment

5th  Beds and Herts Regiment

 

Wakefield -2

54 Infantry Brigade. USS Wakefield

4th Suffolk Regiment

5th Suffolk Regiment

4th Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Mount Vernon -2

53 Infantry Brigade. USS Mount Vernon

2nd Cambridgeshire Regiment

5th Royal Norfolk Regiment

 6th Royal Norfolk Regiment

 

Other Units

These were transported with the William Sail Convoys, most were with Convoy William Sail 12X but the 85 Anti-Tank were with Convoy William Sail 12Z. The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers were on the USS Orizaba

Royal Army Medical Corps

196  Field Ambulance

197  Field Ambulance

198  Field Ambulance

 

Royal Artillery

88th  Field Regiment

118th Field Regiment

135th Field Regiment

148th Field Regiment

85th Anti-Tank Regiment

125th Anti-Tank Regiment

 

Royal Engineers

287 Field Company

288 Field Company

560 Field Company

251 Field Company

 

Royal Army Service Corps

Headquarters

53rd Brigade Group Company

54th  Brigade Group Company

55th  Brigade Group Company

18th Division Troops Company

16th Mobile Bath Unit

 

Royal Army Ordnance Corps

18th Division Ordnance Workshops

18th Division Field Company

 

18th Divisional Troops

 

9th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

Recce Corps  (5th Loyals)

 

For further information

Please see Convoy Willam Sail 12X

 

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