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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 15 September 2005. Corrected and updated
26.11.2005
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25th Indian Infantry Division
1942-1946
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India
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1942.08.01 |
25th Indian Infantry Division
formed at Bangalore |
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1946.03 |
disbanded in Malaya |
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Location
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Higher Formation
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Units
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1942.08 |
southern
India |
33
Ind Corps |
51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1943 |
Mysore
(jungle trg) |
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51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1944.02 |
Burma |
15
Ind Corps |
51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1945.04 |
India |
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51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1945.08. |
India |
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51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1945.09.09 |
Malaya |
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51IndInfBde
53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde |
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1946.03 |
disbanded |
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1942.08 |
Maj-Gen. Henry Lowrie Davies |
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1944.10.14 |
Maj-Gen. G.N. Wood [to 24 Feb. 1946] |
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Formation Sign, 1942-1946
Black ace of spades, which prompted the nickname "Ace of
Spades Division".
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