48th Infantry Division, France 1940

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  1. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Can someone confirm if the following orbat is correct? I guess I should check somemore books but there seems to a difference of opinion.

    48th Division:

    143 Brigade - 1 Oxs and Bucks, 1/7 Warwicks and 8 Warwicks
    144 Brigade - 2 Warwicks, 5 Glosters and 8 Worcs
    145 Brigade - 2 Gosters, 4 Ox and Bucks and 1 Bucks

    Off to have a look in France and Flanders :)
     
  2. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    I have this one. There is a difference in 143rd Bridade with 5th Royal Warwick's instead of 8th Royal Warwick's.

    48th (South Midland) Infantry Division - (Major-General A. F. A. N. Thorne)
    HQ Royal Artillery
    67th Field Regiment, RA
    68th Field Regiment, RA
    99th Field Regiment, RA
    53rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA
    HQ Royal Engineers
    224th Field Company, RE
    225th Field Company, RE
    226th Field Company, RE
    227th Field Park Company, RE

    143rd Infantry Brigade
    1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    5th Battalion Royal Warwick's
    1/7th Battalion Royal Warwick's

    144th Infantry Brigade
    2nd Battalion Royal Warwick's
    5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
    8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

    145th Infantry Brigade
    2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
    4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    1st (Buckinghamshire Battalion) The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
     
  3. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

    143 Brigade

    03-Sep-1939 29-Jan-1940 5 The Northamptonshire Regiment
    03-Sep-1939 03-Oct-1942 1/7 The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    03-Sep-1939 13-Jul-1944 8 The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    29-Jan-1940 09-Nov-1941 1 The Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
     
  4. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    48TH (SOUTH MIDLAND) DIVISION

    Major-General A. F. A. N. Thorne

    143rd Brigade—Brigadier J. Muirhead
    1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    1st/7th and 8th Battalions The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

    144th Brigade—Brigadier J. M. Hamilton
    2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
    5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
    8th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment

    145th Brigade—Brigadier A. C. Hughes (to 15th May)
    Brigadier The Hon. N. F. Somerset (from 15th May)
    2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
    4th Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
    HyperWar: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940 [Appendix I]
     
  5. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Cheers all,

    I'll go with the War in France and Flanders as that matches with Blitzkreig in the West and The Forgotten Massacre.

    The confusion (not mine) seems to be coming from 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as some sources on the net have identified them as 1st The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
     

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