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78th Division    78th Division, nicknamed Battleaxe Division was formed in spring 1942 and saw action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy during the Second World War. 16th July 1942 Reorganisation 31st Jul 1942 Excerises 10th Oct 1942 Conference 14th Oct 1942 Conference 15th Oct 1942 On the Move 8th Nov 1942  Landings 8th Nov 1942 Recollections 8th Nov 1942 Landing 13th Nov 1942  Landings 14th Nov 1942  Advance 17th Nov 1942 Contact 22nd Nov 1942 In Action 25th Dec 1942 Christmas 26th Feb 1943 Enemy Attack 1st Mar 1943 Attack 17th Mar 1943 Mines 1st Apr 1943 Advance 1st Apr 1943 Quiet 2nd Apr 1943 On the March 2nd Apr 1943 Recce 3rd Apr 1943 On the Move 3rd Apr 1943 Shelling 4th Apr 1943 At Rest 4th Apr 1943 Plans 5th Apr 1943 At Rest 5th Apr 1943 Orders 6th Apr 1943 On the Move 6th Apr 1943 Preparations 6th Apr 1943 Preparations 7th Apr 1943 Attack Made 7th Apr 1943 In Action 7th April 1943 Patrol 7th Apr 1943 Attack Made 8th Apr 1943 Attack Made 8th Apr 1943 In Action 8th Apr 1943 New CO 9th Apr 1943 Heavy Fighting 9th Apr 1943 Counter Attacks 9th Apr 1943 In Action 10th Apr 1943 Aircraft Downed 10th Apr 1943 In Action 10th Apr 1943 Advance 11th Apr 1943 Reliefs 11th Apr 1943 Orders 12th Apr 1943 On the Move 12th Apr 1943 At Rest 13th Apr 1943 Air Raid 14th Apr 1943 Orders 15th Apr 1943 Harsh Opposition 15th Apr 1943 On the Move 16th Apr 1943 New Position 16th Apr 1943 On the Move 17th Apr 1943 Shelling 17th Apr 1943 Advance 18th Apr 1943 Difficult Conditions 19th Apr 1943 Shelling 19th Apr 1943 Planning 20th Apr 1943 Shelling 21st Apr 1943 Planning 22nd Apr 1943 Attack Made 22nd Apr 1943 Attack Made 22nd Apr 1943 Plan 23rd Apr 1943 HQ Moves 23rd Apr 1943 In Action 23rd Apr 1943 Attack Launched 24th Apr 1943 Shelling 24th Apr 1943 In Action 24th Apr 1943 Attack Made 25th Apr 1943 In Action 25th Apr 1943 Positions Strengthened 26th Apr 1943 In Action 26th Apr 1943 Advance 26th Apr 1943 Attack Made 27th Apr 1943 Advance 28th Apr 1943 Shelling 30th Apr 1943 Patrols 7th May 1943 City Entered 11th May 1943 In Action 12th May 1943 Concentration 30th May 1943 On the Move 31st May 1943 On the Move 17th Jun 1943 Royal Visit 21st Jun 1943 On the Move 22nd Jun 1943 On the Move 23rd June 1943 Exercises 26th June 1943 Move 6th Jul 1943 On the Move 9th Jul 1943 HQ Moves 14th Jul 1943 On the Move 21st Jul 1943 Orders 23rd Jul 1943 On the Move 24th Jul 1943 On the Move 26th Jul 1943 On the Move 27th Jul 1943 On the Move 28th Jul 1943 On the Move 29th Jul 1943 On the Move 30th Jul 1943 On the Move Jul 1943 Recollections 31st Jul 1943 Under Fire 1st Aug 1943 On the Move 3rd Aug 1943 On the Move 8th Aug 1943 On the Move 27th Aug 1943 Into Position 3rd Sep 1943 Instruction 3rd Sep 1943 Anti Aircraft Artillery Support 6th Sep 1943 Reorganisation 8th Sep 1943 Move 19th Sep 1943 Landings 22nd Sep 1943 On the Move 23rd Sep 1943 On the Move 24th Sep 1943 Maintenance 25th Sep 1943 On the Move 26th Sep 1943 Advance 27th Sep 1943 Advance 28th Sep 1943 Maintenance 29th Sep 1943 Maintenance 1st Oct 1943 In Action 2nd Oct 1943 Heavy Rain 3rd Oct 1943 Enemy Aircraft 4th Oct 1943 Prisoner Taken 4th Oct 1943 In Action 4th Oct 1943 Enemy Aircraft 5th Oct 1943 In Action 5th Oct 1943 In Action 6th Oct 1943 Withdrawal 6th Oct 1943 In Action 6th Oct 1943 Attack Made 7th Oct 1943 Enemy Retires 27th Oct 1943 Orders 1st Nov 1943 In Action 2nd Nov 1943 In Action 5th Nov 1943 In Action 7th Nov 1943 In Action 7th Nov 1943 Advance 8th Nov 1943 In Action 8th Nov 1943 Advance 13th Nov 1943 Advance 18th Nov 1943 Advance 19th Nov 1942 Patrol 20th Nov 1943 Visit 20th Nov 1943 Attack Made 23rd Nov 1943 Crossings 25th Nov 1943 River Rising 28th Nov 1943 Attack Made 29th Nov 1943 In Action 29th Nov 1943 Town Captured 30th Nov 1943 River Crossed 30th Nov 1943 Hard Fighting 1st Dec 1943 Hard Fighting 2nd Dec 1943 Advance 1st Jan 1944 Snow 2nd Jan 1944 Rations 3rd Jan 1944 Difficult Conditions 4th Jan 1944 Windy 5th Jan 1944 Zero Visibility 6th Jan 1944 Heavy Snow 7th Jan 1944 Airdrop 8th Jan 1944 Rations 9th Jan 1944 Weather Improves 10th Jan 1944 Roads Cleared 11th Jan 1944 Enemy Active 12th Jan 1944 Reliefs 13th Jan 1944 Moves 14th Jan 1944 Moves 15th Jan 1944 Booby Trap 16th Jan 1944 Move 17th Jan 1944 Training 18th Jan 1944 Leave 19th Jan 1944 Attack 20th Jan 1944 Recce 21st Jan 1944 Awards 22nd Jan 1944 Air Attacks 23rd Jan 1944 Supplies 24th Jan 1944 New Positions 25th Jan 1944 On the Move 26th Jan 1944 Patrols 27th Jan 1944 Patrols 28th Jan 1944 Patrols 29th Jan 1944 Patrols 30th Jan 1944 Orders 31st Jan 1944 Poor Visibility 22nd February 1944  23rd March 1944 Relief completed 27th March 1944 Change of Sector Control 31st March 1944 Situation report 1st Apr 1944 Shelling 2nd Apr 1944 Shelling 3rd Apr 1944 Shelling 4th Apr 1944 Communication 5th Apr 1944 Under Fire 6th Apr 1944 Shelling 7th Apr 1944 Shelling 8th Apr 1944 Transport Heard 9th Apr 1944 Contact 10th Apr 1944 Defences 11th Apr 1944 Enemy Active 12th Apr 1944 Relief Complete 13th Apr 1944 Shelling 14th Apr 1944 Heavy Rain 11th May 1944 In Action 11th May 1944 Preparations 11th May 1944 Equipment 12th May 1944 Offensive Begins 12th May 1944 Briefing 12th May 1944 On the Move 13th May 1944 Orders 13th May 1944 Orders 13th May 1944 River Crossed 13th May 1944 Orders 14th May 1944 On the Move 14th May 1944 On the Move 14th May 1944 In Action 14th May 1944 Reliefs 15th May 1944 Attack Made 15th May 1944 In Action 15th May 1944 Advance 15th May 1944 Reliefs 16th May 1944 In Action 16th May 1944 Attack Made 16th May 1944 In Action 16th May 1944 In Action 16th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 Advance 17th May 1944 Air Raid 17th May 1944 In Action 17th May 1944 Attack Made 18th May 1944 On the Move 18th May 1944 Advance 18th May 1944 Advance 18th May 1944 Advance 8th Jun 1944 In Action 24th June 1944 Hard Fighting 10th July 1944 Reorganisation 31st Oct 1944 Reliefs 15th November 1944 Exchange of Fire 27th Dec 1944 Reliefs 9th Jan 1945 Reliefs 11th Apr 1945 River Crossed 15th of April 1945 Message 19th Apr 1945 In Action 20th Apr 1945 Bridges 22nd Apr 1945 River Crossed 25th Apr 1945 Advance May 1945 Recollections 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 78th Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Bennett Arthur James. Pte. Whitehead George Leslie. Pte. 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. 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