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| | 1st Burma Division -
Burma 1942
1-Jul-41
Formed with divisional HQ at Toungoo
20-Jun-42 After
the retreat from Burma, the division was redesignated 39th Indian Division in
India and eventually became a training formation.
Commanders
The divisional order of battle changed during the
campaign. Orders of battle for selected dates are presented
below.
1.
1st July 1941
2.
11 March 1942
Divisional Troops
|
2nd Mountain Battery, Indian
Artillery |
|
5th Field Battery, Royal
Artillery, Burma Auxiliary Force |
|
23rd Mountain Battery, Indian
Artillery |
|
56th Field Company, Madras
Sappers and Miners |
Brigades
|
1 Burma
Brigade Group (The Maymyo Infantry Brigade) |
|
2nd Battalion, The King's Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) |
|
1st Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
3rd Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
5th Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
2nd Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
4th Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
6th Battalion, The Burma
Rifles |
|
8th (Frontier Force)
Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
|
13 Indian Infantry Brigade |
|
5th Battalion, 1st Punjab
Regiment |
|
2nd Battalion 7th Rajput
Regiment |
|
1st Battalion, 18th Royal
Garwhal Rifles |
|
12th Mountain Battery, Indian
Artillery |
|
27th Mountain
Regiment, Indian Artillery |
HQ |
|
2nd Mountain
Battery, Indian Artillery |
|
23rd Mountain
Battery, Indian Artillery |
|
|
56th Field
Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and |
less two
sections |
|
50th Field Park
Company, Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners |
|
FF1, Burma
Frontier Force |
attached |
|
FF5, Burma
Frontier Force |
attached |
|
2nd Battalion,
7th Rajput Regiment (2/7th Rajput) |
|
1st Battalion,
The Burma Rifles |
|
|
5th Battalion,
The Burma Rifles |
|
|
2nd Battalion,
The Burma Rifles |
attached |
|
5th Battalion,
1st Punjab Regiment (5/1st Punjab) |
|
7th (Burma
Police) Battalion, The Burma Rifles |
|
|
FF3, Burma
Frontier Force |
|
13 Indian
Infantry Brigade |
|
|
1st Battalion,
18th Royal Garhwal Rifles (1/18th R Garh Rif) |
|
10 September, 2000
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