Order of Battle
This is the division's order of battle at the time of its disbandment on 18 August 1944.
176th Infantry Brigade
- 6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment
- 7th Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment
- 7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
177th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
- 1st/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
- 2nd/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
197th Infantry Brigade
- 5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
- 2nd/5th Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers
- 1st/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Divisional Troops
- 7th Battalion, The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
- 59th Reconnaissance Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps
- 61st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 110th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 116th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
- 257th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 509th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 510th Field Company, Royal Engineers
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