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HERE to read the SEAC Souvenir Report on 2 Div In Command was Maj/Gen. J. Grover (C.B. M.C.) The Division consisted of: 1. Headquarters Company 2. Divisional Artillery 3. 4th Brigade made up of
COMMANDED BY Brig.
Goshen. 4. 5th Brigade made up of
COMMANDED BY Brig. Hawkins. 5. 6th Brigade made up of
COMMANDED BY Brig. Shapland.
7. Medical Services
8. Other Units 2nd Division Provost Unit 2nd Division Signals Unit Indian
Army Ordnance Corps
Divisional Field Park Coy 9. Indian Army Electrical & Mechanical Engineers Indian
Mobile Workshop Coy COMMANDED BY Maj/Gen. J. Grover (C.B. M.C.)
The Badge of
this unit was. Two
White Keys crossed on a Black Square background was the Badge of this
formation. It was chosen by the then G.O.C. Northern Command Lieut/Gen.
Sir H. Charles Lloyd (K.G.B. D.S.O. M.C.).
History The
Badge was an appropriate choice for in earlier days in the History of British
Arms it was the practice in time of need for Two Armies to be raised , One in
the North of England by the Archbishop of York & One in the South of England
by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Armies carried on it's Shield &
Banners, the Crossed Keys of St
Peter, taken from the Arms of the Archbishops. This
was a Pre-War Regular Division, & as such was part of the 1939 B.E.F. Forces
serving in France & Belgium, until it's withdrawal at Dunkirk in May1940.
The
Division left England for India in 1942, after nearly Two Years Training in
India, It was hurriedly moved to Dimapur on the Borders of India & Burma in
March 1944. It
was subsequently One of only Two British Divisions that fought in Burma, taking
part in many Battles that eventually drove the Japanese from Burma. The
Division returned to India in June 1945 & was moved to Malaya at the end of
the year. One
Brigade (the 5th) formed part of the Commonwealth Occupation Forces in Japan. They were COMMANDED by Maj/Gen
J. Grover (C.B. M.C.)
The 2nd British Division was later reformed in the "British Army on Rhine"
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