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46th Division 9th April 1940 Orders 16th Apr 1940 On the Move 10th May 1940 News 17th May 1940 Orders 18th May 1940 On the Move 20th May 1940 Reorganisation 21st May 1940 On the Move 21st May 1940 Move 21st May 1940 In Defence 21st May 1940 On the Move 21st May 1940 Defensive Positions 22nd May 1940 Bombing 22nd May 1940 On the Move 22nd May 1940 Defences 22nd May 1940 Attacks 22nd May 1940 German Advance 22nd May 1940 Bridge Blown 22nd May 1940 Recce 23rd May 1940 In Defence 23rd May 1940 Orders 23rd May 1940 Attack 23rd May 1940 Advance 23rd May 1940 Attacks 24th May 1940 On the Move 24th May 1940 In Defence 24th May 1940 Hard Fighting 24th May 1940 In Defence 24th May 1940 Moves 25th May 1940 Anti-Tank Guns 25th May 1940 Situation Unclear 25th May 1940 Line Held 25th May 1940 Orders 25th May 1940 Reliefs 25th May 1940 Air Raid 26th May 1940 In Action 26th May 1940 In Defence 26th May 1940 Move 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 On the Move 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 29th May 1940 In Defence 29th May 1940 Evacuation 30th May 1940 Enemy Advance 30th May 1940 Evacuation 30th May 1940 Reduced Strength 1st Jun 1940 Shelling 1st Jun 1940 Bridges 2nd Jun 1940 On the Beach 2nd Jun 1940 Evacuation 3rd Jun 1940 Home 5th June 1940 Reorganisation July 1940 Reorganisation 4th Nov 1940 Reliefs 24th Feb 1942 Reorganisation 24th Dec 1942 On the Move 6th Jan 1943 On the Move 6th Jan 1943 On the Move 8th Jan 1943 Accident 9th Jan 1943 Poor Weather 13th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 22nd Jan 1943 On the Move 26th Jan 1943 Advance Party 27th Jan 1943 On the Move 2nd Feb 1943 Reliefs 3rd Feb 1943 Patrols 10th Feb 1943 Minefields 13th Feb 1943 Difficult Position 20th Feb 1943 Heavy Shelling 22nd Feb 1943 Into Position 26th Feb 1943 Enemy Attack 28th Feb 1943 In Action 1st Mar 1943 Attack 2nd Mar 1943 In Action 3rd Mar 1943 Attack Made 3rd Mar 1943 Withdrawal 3rd Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 6th Mar 1943 Orders 7th Mar 1943 In Action 10th Mar 1943 Shelling 14th Mar 1943 Reliefs 16th Mar 1943 Postings 17th Mar 1943 Counter Attack 17th Mar 1943 Recce 18th Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 19th March 1943  On the Move 21st Mar 1943 Counter Attack 25th Mar 1943 Reliefs 26th Mar 1943 Conference 27th Mar 1943  29th Mar 1943 In Reserve 30th Mar 1943 In Reserve Mar 1943 Defence 1st Apr 1943 Enemy Aircraft 2nd Apr 1943 Advance 22nd Apr 1943 Attack Made 9th Jun 1943 Inspection 5th Aug 1943 Reorganisation 7th Aug 1943 On the Move 8th Aug 1943 Exercise 9th Aug 1943 Exercise 10th Aug 1943 Exercise 11th Aug 1943 Exercise 12th Aug 1943 On the Move 13th Aug 1943 On the Move 14th Aug 1943 On the Move 18th Aug 1943 Anti Aircraft Fire 31st Aug 1943 Inspection 1st Sep 1943 Accident 1st Sep 1943 Orders 1st Sep 1943 Location 1st Sep 1943 Preparations 2nd Sep 1943 On the Move 4th Sep 1943 On the Move 5th Sep 1943 On the Move 5th Sep 1943 On the Move 5th Sep 1943 On the Move 7th Sep 1943 On the Move 9th September 1943 Landing at Salerno 9th Sep 1943 Stiff Opposition 9th Sep 1943 In Action 9th Sep 1943 On the Move 10th September 1943 Advance 10th Sep 1943 Orders 11th September 1943 In Action 11th Sep 1943 Reliefs 11th Sep 1943 In Action 12th of September 1943 Attack Made 12th Sep 1943 On the Move 12th Sep 1943 In Action 13th of September 1943 Shelling 13th Sep 1943 In Action 14th Sep 1943 In Action 14th Sep 1943 On the Move 14th Sep 1943 Guns Active 15th September 1943 Orders 15th Sep 1943 Patrols 17th of September 1943 Shelling 18th of September 1943 Withdrawal 19th of September 1943  Large Fire 19th September 1943 Orders 19th Sep 1943 Shelling 19th Sep 1943 Orders 20th of September 1943 Patrols 20th Sep 1943 Reliefs 21st of September 1943 Conference 22nd of September 1943 Reorganisation 22nd Sep 1943  Night Attack 23rd of September 1943 Bold Plan 24th of September 1943 Mines 25th of September 1943 High Ground 26th of September 1943 Enemy Cleared 27th of September 1943 Orders 28th of September 1943 Town Captured 30th of September 1943 At Rest 14th Oct 1943 Attack Made 30th Oct 1943 Advance 2nd Dec 1943 In Action 23rd Dec 1943 Defence 18th Jan 1944 River Crossed 19th Jan 1944 Attack Made 26th Aug 1944 Attack Made 7th Oct 1944 Heavy Rain 9th Oct 1944 Consolidation 13th Oct 1944 In Action 8th Nov 1944 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 46th Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Welstead William. Drv. (d.22th Nov 1944) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQs The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations. Want to know more about 46th Division? There are:170 items tagged 46th Division available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War.