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49th (West Riding) Division    49th (West Riding) Division served in the UK, Norway, Iceland and North Western Europe during the Second World War. 28th Sep 1939 Reorganisation 5th Jan 1940 Lecture 7th Feb 1940 Scare 10th Feb 1940 Conference Jun 1940 Reorganisation 15th May 1942 Command 18th May 1942 Training 22nd May 1942 Conference 24th May 1942 Postings 28th May 1942 Visits 30th May 1942 Preparations 1st Jun 1942 Equipment 13th June 1942 Orders 16th Jun 1942 Arrival 16th June 1942 On the Move 17th June 1942 On the Move 19th Jun 1942 Arrival 19th June 1942 Detachment 20th June 1942 Posting 22nd Jun 1942 Arrival 22nd June 1942 Exercise 27th Jun 1942 Arrivals 29th June 1942 Exercise 3rd Jul 1942 Exercise 4th Jul 1942 Exercise 8th Jul 1942 Exercise 9th Jul 1942 Exercise 10th Jul 1942 Exercise 11th Jul 1942 Exercise 12th Jul 1942 Exercise 13th Jul 1942 Lecture 15th Jul 1942 Exercise 16th Jul 1942 Exercise 17th Jul 1942 Exercise 20th Jul 1942 Exercise 21st Jul 1942 Exercise 22nd Jul 1942 Exercise 25th Jul 1942 Exercise 26th Jul 1942 Exercise 27th Jul 1942 Exercise 22nd December 1942 Reorganisation 23rd December 1942 Moves 26th December 1942 Reorganisation 7th January 1943 Inspection 22nd January 1943 Training 29th January 1943 Training 30th January 1943 Recce 1st February 1943 Command 3rd February 1943 Visit 4th February 1943 Advance Party 6th February 1943 On the Move 8th February 1943 On the Move 9th February 1943 Reliefs 20th February 1943 Posting 23rd February 1943 Preparations 24th February 1943 Exercise 27th February 1943 Training 3rd March 1943 Exercise 15th March 1943 Exercise 22nd March 1943 Posting 23rd March 1943 Promotions Board 24th March 1943 On the Ranges 1st Apr 1943 Inspection 14th Apr 1943 Exercise 23rd Apr 1943 On the Move 27th Apr 1943 Postings 3rd May 1943 Command 4th May 1943 Preparations 8th May 1943 On the Move 9th May 1943 Conference 10th May 1943 Posting 11th May 1943 Command 13th May 1943 Command 26th May 1943 Visit 1st Jun 1943 Reliefs 28th Jan 1944 Orders 29th Jan 1944 Orders 1st May 1944 Preparations 2nd May 1944 Vehicles 3rd May 1944 Briefing 6th May 1944 Orders 7th May 1944 Dinner Party 8th May 1944 Orders 9th May 1944 Orders 12th May 1944 Excerise 12th May 1944 Excerise 13th May 1944 Exercise 13th May 1944 Exercise 14th May 1944 Excerise 15th May 1944 Excerise 15th May 1944 Excerise 16th May 1944 Excerise 16th May 1944 Excerise 17th May 1944 Weights 18th May 1944 Orders 19th May 1944 Waterproofing 20th May 1944 Instructions 21st May 1944 Maps 22nd May 1944 Lecture 23rd May 1944 Preparations 23rd May 1944 Orders 24th May 1944 Message 26th May 1944 Orders 27th May 1944 Address 27th May 1944 Visit 28th May 1944 Preparations 28th May 1944 Instructions 29th May 1944 Preparations 29th May 1944 Sealed Orders 30th May 1944 Preparations 30th May 1944 Orders 31st May 1944 Preparations 31st May 1944 Orders 2nd Jun 1944 Orders Issued 3rd Jun 1944 Excerise 3rd Jun 1944 Move 4th Jun 1944 Preparations 5th Jun 1944 Advance Party 5th Jun 1944 On the Move 6th Jun 1944 On the Move 6th Jun 1944 On the Move 7th Jun 1944 Waterproofing 7th Jun 1944 On the Move 7th Jun 1944 In Action 8th Jun 1944 Briefing 8th Jun 1944 On the Move 9th Jun 1944 Embarkation 9th Jun 1944 Waiting 9th Jun 1944 On the Move 10th Jun 1944 Convoy 10th Jun 1944 On the Move 10th Jun 1944 On the Move 11th Jun 1944 Reliefs 11th Jun 1944 Convoy 11th Jun 1944 Impressive Fleet 11th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 Advance Party 12th Jun 1944 Enemy Aircraft 12th Jun 1944 Busy Day 12th Jun 1944 Dispositions 13th Jun 1944 Landing 13th Jun 1944 Air Raids 14th Jun 1944 Landing 14th Jun 1944 Planning 14th Jun 1944 Air Raids 15th Jun 1944 Landing 15th Jun 1944 On the Move 15th Jun 1944 Planning 16th Jun 1944 In Action 16th Jun 1944 In Action 16th Jun 1944 Barrage 16th Jun 1944 Air Raid 16th Jun 1944 Shelling 17th Jun 1944 Enemy Aircraft 17th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Attacks Made 17th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Assembly 17th Jun 1944 Ground Gained 18th Jun 1944 Artillery Active 18th Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 18th Jun 1944 In Action 18th Jun 1944 Attack Made 19th Jun 1944 Bombardment 19th Jun 1944 Enemy Patrol 19th Jun 1944 Patrols 19th Jun 1944 Patrols 20th Jun 1944 Barrage 20th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 20th Jun 1944 Recce 21st Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 21st Jun 1944 Poor Conditions 21st Jun 1944 Civilians Evcauated 22nd Jun 1944 Shelling 22nd Jun 1944 Air Raid 23rd Jun 1944 Mines 23rd Jun 1944 Orders Received 23rd Jun 1944 Reliefs 24th Jun 1944 Move 24th Jun 1944 Attack Made 24th Jun 1944 Preparations 24th Jun 1944 Artillery Barrage 24th Jun 1944 Briefing 25th Jun 1944 In Action 25th Jun 1944 Attack Made 25th Jun 1944 Attack Launched 25th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 Orders 26th Jun 1944 Difficult Day 26th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 Heavy Rain 27th Jun 1944 Heavy Fighting 27th Jun 1944 In Support 27th Jun 1944 On the Move 28th Jun 1944 Attacks 28th Jun 1944 Attack Made 28th Jun 1944 Opposition 29th Jun 1944 Shelling 29th Jun 1944 Attack Made 29th Jun 1944 Friendly Fire 29th Jun 1944 Quiet 30th Jun 1944 Heavy Rain 1st Jul 1944 In Action 1st Jul 1944 Attack Made 1st Jul 1944 Hard Fighting 3rd Jul 1944 Reliefs 4th Jul 1944 Enemy Aircraft 5th Jul 1944 Patrols 6th Jul 1944 Reorganisation 7th Jul 1944 Gun Positions 8th Jul 1944 Quiet 9th Jul 1944 Unexploded Ordnace 10th Jul 1944 Recces 11th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 12th Jul 1944 Patrols 12th Jul 1944 Reliefs 13th Jul 1944 Fighting Patrols 14th Jul 1944 Anti Tank Obstacle 15th Jul 1944 Attack Made 16th Jul 1944 Prisoners 16th Jul 1944 Attack Made 17th Jul 1944 Ground Gained 18th Jul 1944 Orders 19th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 20th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 21st Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 22nd Jul 1944 Recce 23rd Jul 1944 Advance Party 24th Jul 1944 Reliefs 25th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 26th Jul 1944 Heavy Shelling 27th Jul 1944 Prisoner Taken 28th Jul 1944 Enemy Weapons 29th Jul 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 Less Air Activity 30th Jul 1944 Orders 31st Jul 1944 Patrols 7th Aug 1944 Orders 7th Aug 1944 Artillery in Acton 17th August 1944 Reorganisation 18th August 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 26th Aug 1944 Advance 27th Aug 1944 Advance 28th Aug 1944 Front Clear 1st Sep 1944 On the March 2nd Sep 1944 Difficult Move 3rd Sep 1944 Advance 4th Sep 1944 Artillery Exchange 5th Sep 1944 Air Raid 6th Sep 1944 Recces 7th Sep 1944 Patrol 8th Sep 1944 Recce 9th Sep 1944 Orders 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Ground Gained 12th Sep 1944 Attack Made 12th Sep 1944 Advance 13th Sep 1944 Refitting 14th Sep 1944 Awards 15th Sep 1944 At Rest 16th Sep 1944 At Rest 17th Sep 1944 Collaborator 18th Sep 1944 At Rest 19th Sep 1944 On the Move 20th Sep 1944 At Rest 21st Sep 1944 Drums 22nd Sep 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 23rd Sep 1944 Bridge Erected 24th Sep 1944 Advance 25th Sep 1944 Good Progress 26th Sep 1944 Infiltration 27th Sep 1944 Hard Fighting 28th Sep 1944 Orders 29th Sep 1944 In Action 30th Sep 1944 A Missunderstanding 1st Oct 1944 Orders 1st Oct 1944 In Action 2nd Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Oct 1944 Situation 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 3rd Oct 1944 Support 5th Oct 1944 Advance 19th Oct 1944 In Action 20th Oct 1944 Positions Recced 1st Nov 1944 Contact 2nd Nov 1944 In Action 2nd Nov 1944 Conference 3rd Nov 1944 Attack Made 4th Nov 1944 Pinned Down 5th Nov 1944 In Action 6th Nov 1944 In Position 11th Nov 1944 Advance Party 14th Nov 1944 On the Move 15th Nov 1944 Planning 16th Nov 1944 Planning 17th Nov 1944 On the Move 17th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 18th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 19th Nov 1944 Advance 20th Nov 1944 Moves 20th Nov 1944 Advance 21st Nov 1944 Slow Progress 22nd Nov 1944 In Action 23rd Nov 1944 Advance 24th Nov 1944 Mines Cleared 25th Nov 1944 Prisoner Taken 26th Nov 1944 At Rest 27th Nov 1944 At Rest 28th Nov 1944 Training 29th Nov 1944 On the Move 30th Nov 1944 Advance Party 1st Dec 1944 On the Move 2nd Dec 1944 On the Move 3rd Dec 1944 Flooding 4th Dec 1944 Flooding 5th Dec 1944 Training 6th Dec 1944 Training 7th Dec 1944 Preparations 8th Dec 1944 Reliefs 9th Dec 1944 Preparations 10th Dec 1944 Quiet 11th Dec 1944 Some Shelling 12th Dec 1944 Shelling 13th Dec 1944 Quiet 14th Dec 1944 Reliefs 5th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire 13th Jan 1945 Raids 14th Jan 1945 Outpost Attacked 15th Jan 1945 Fighting Patrol 19th Jan 1945 Relief Postponed 21st Jan 1945 Propaganda 23rd Jan 1945 Harassing Fire 24th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire 2nd Feb 1945 Relief 3rd Feb 1945 Equipment 5th Feb 1945 Recce 6th Feb 1945 Instructions 7th Feb 1945 Conference 8th Feb 1945 Targets Engaged 9th Feb 1945 Preparations 10th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted 11th Feb 1945 Flooding 12th Feb 1945 Difficult Conditions 13th Feb 1945 Night Firing 14th Feb 1945 Recce 15th Feb 1945 Enemy Raid 16th Feb 1945 Conference 17th Feb 1945 Lectures 18th Feb 1945 Recce 19th Feb 1945 Night Firing 20th Feb 1945 Air Attack 21st Feb 1945 New Position 22nd Feb 1945 Accurate Fire 23rd Feb 1945 Shelling 24th Feb 1945 Night Firing 25th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted 26th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire 27th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire 28th Feb 1945 Counter Battery Work 8th Mar 1945 Supporting Fire 24th March 1945 Sports 25th March 1945 Orders 26th March 1945 Reliefs 2nd April 1945 Smoke Screen 3rd Apr 1945 Reliefs 12th Apr 1945 In Action 27th Apr 1945 Very Wet 1st May 1945 Restricted Firing 2nd May 1945 Food Convoys 3rd May 1945 Truce 4th May 1945 Annoucement 5th May 1945 Cease Fire 6th May 1945 Orders 7th May 1945 Document 8th May 1945 Patrols 9th May 1945 Quiet 10th May 1945 Disarming 11th May 1945 Disarming 12th May 1945 Visits 13th May 1945 Service of Thanksgiving 14th May 1945 Equipment 15th May 1945 Conference 16th May 1945 Reliefs 17th May 1945 Reliefs 19th May 1945 Reliefs 20th May 1945 Posting 21st May 1945 Conduct 22nd May 1945 Advance Party 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 49th (West Riding) Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Belcher Philip Rodney Sykes. Pte. Farnell Kenneth Thornton. Cpl. Middleton Jack. Sgt. Patilla Colin Seaton. Drv. Shaw . 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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