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25th Indian Infantry Division

1942-1946

 
 India  
 
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   Titles and Lineage
Index of Titles
   
  1942.08.01 25th Indian Infantry Division
formed at Bangalore
  1946.03 disbanded in Malaya
     
     
   Deployment and Service
Index of Wars
       
   
Location
Higher Formation
Units
  1942.08 southern India 33 Ind Corps 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1943 Mysore (jungle trg) 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1944.02 Burma 15 Ind Corps 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1945.04 India 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1945.08. India 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1945.09.09 Malaya 51IndInfBde 53IndInfBde 74IndInfBde
  1946.03 disbanded
         
         
   Commanders
   
  1942.08 Maj-Gen. Henry Lowrie Davies
  1944.10.14 Maj-Gen. G.N. Wood [to 24 Feb. 1946]
     
     
   Insignia
 

Formation Sign, 1942-1946
Black ace of spades, which prompted the nickname "Ace of Spades Division".

     
     
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