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2nd Division 1st Sep 1939 Orders 2nd Sep 1939 Mobilisation 3rd Sep 1939 Mobilisation 4th Sep 1939 Reservists 5th Sep 1939 Reorganisation 6th Sep 1939 Machine Guns 9th Sep 1939 On the Move 13th Sep 1939 Advance Party 17th Sep 1939 Orders 18th Sep 1939 On the Move 19th Sep 1939 On the Move 20th Sep 1939 On the Move 21st Sep 1939 On the Move 22nd Sep 1939 Unloading 23rd Sep 1939 Unloading 24th Sep 1939 Unloading 25th Sep 1939 Training 26th Sep 1939 Advance Party 27th Sep 1939 Preparations 28th Sep 1939 On the Move 29th Sep 1939 On the Move 30th Sep 1939 On the Move 12th Oct 1939 Holding the Line Feb 1940 Reorganisation 3rd Mar 1940 Reliefs 5th Mar 1940 Exercise 6th Mar 1940 Exercise 7th Mar 1940 Conference 10th Mar 1940 Better Weather 15th Mar 1940 Exercise 17th Mar 1940 Very Wet 18th Mar 1940 Instructors 19th Mar 1940 On the Move 20th Mar 1940 Exercise 10th May 1940 On the Move 10th May 1940 Orders 10th May 1940 Enemy Active 10th May 1940 Orders 11th May 1940 Ready 11th May 1940 Defence Work 11th May 1940 On the March 12th May 1940 Quiet 12th May 1940 On the Move 12th May 1940 HQ Established 13th May 1940 Enemy Active 13th May 1940 Defence Work 13th May 1940 Bombardment 14th May 1940 Enemy Active 14th May 1940 Defences 14th May 1940 In Action 15th May 1940 Enemy Breaks Through 15th May 1940 In Action 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Orders 16th May 1940 In Flames 16th May 1940 Operation Order No. 4 17th May 1940 On the March 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 17th May 1940 Refugees 18th May 1940 Orders 18th May 1940 In Defence 18th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 Bridge Crossed 19th May 1940 Bombing 19th May 1940 Recce 19th May 1940 On the Move 20th May 1940 Under Shellfire 20th May 1940 Under Shellfire 20th May 1940 In Defence 21st May 1940 Counter Attacks 21st May 1940 Shelling 21st May 1940 Air Attacks 22nd May 1940 Shelling 22nd May 1940 Under Fire 22nd May 1940 On the Move 22nd May 1940 Recce 23rd May 1940 Air Raid 23rd May 1940 On the March 23rd May 1940 On the Move 24th May 1940 In Defence 24th May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 In Billets 24th May 1940 In Action 25th May 1940 Situation Unclear 25th May 1940 Air Raid 25th May 1940 Holding the Line 25th May 1940 In Action 25th May 1940 Reliefs 26th May 1940 Recce 26th May 1940 Shelling 26th May 1940 Holding the Line 26th May 1940 New Positions 27th May 1940 In Action 27th May 1940 Hard Fighting 27th May 1940 Hard Fighting 28th May 1940 Orders 29th May 1940 On the March 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 30th May 1940 In Action 30th May 1940 Evacuation 1st Jun 1940 Bridges 2nd Jun 1940 Evacuation 5th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 27th Mar 1941 Exercise 31st Mar 1941 Guns 8th Apr 1941 Air Raid 16th Jun 1941 Exercise 1st Jul 1941 Exercise 19th Jul 1941 Exercise 30th Sep 1942 Training 29th Jan 1943 On the Move 28th Feb 1943 Training 1st Mar 1943 New Position 1st Mar 1943 On the Move 2nd Mar 1943 Advance Party 2nd Mar 1943 On the Move 3rd Mar 1943 Move 3rd Mar 1943 On the March 4th Mar 1943 Move 4th Mar 1943 On the March 5th Mar 1943 HQ Established 5th Mar 1943 On the March 6th Mar 1943 Reliefs 6th Mar 1943 Patrol 7th Mar 1943 Rounds Fired 8th Mar 1943 Provocation 9th Mar 1943 Provocation 10th March 1943 In Action 11th Mar 1943 Bombing 12th Mar 1943 Reliefs 13th Mar 1943 Reliefs Completed 14th Mar 1943 Air Attacks 15th Mar 1943 Artillery Registration 16th Mar 1943 Heavy Firing 17th Mar 1943 Patrol 18th Mar 1943 Change of Command 18th Mar 1943 Attack Made 19th Mar 1943 Reliefs 20th Mar 1943 Defence Work 21st Mar 1943 Snipers 22nd Mar 1943 Reliefs 23rd Mar 1943 Snipers 24th Mar 1943 Shelling 25th Mar 1943 Reliefs 26th Mar 1943 Alert 27th Mar 1943 Support Called For 28th Mar 1943 Report of Contact 29th Mar 1943 Reliefs 30th Mar 1943 Quiet 31st Mar 1943 Positions Handed Over 1st Apr 1943 Defences reorganised 2nd Apr 1943 Poor Communications 4th Apr 1943 Difficulties 5th Apr 1943 Supplies 6th Apr 1943 Difficult Move 7th Apr 1943 Defences 8th Apr 1943 Reliefs 3rd Apr 1944 In Action 8th Apr 1944 Advance 14th of April 1944 Identification 14th Apr 1944 Break Through 14th Apr 1944 Rain 15th Apr 1944 Break Through 16th Apr 1944 Enemy Attacks 16th Apr 1944 Attacks 17th Apr 1944 Holding Position 17th Apr 1944 Attacks 18th Apr 1944 Attack Made 18th Apr 1944 In Action 19th Apr 1944 Reliefs 20th Apr 1944 Reliefs 5th May 1944 Attack Made 6th May 1944 Attack Made 13th May 1944 In Action 22nd Jun 1944 Advance Units 26th Jul 1944 Advance 3rd Dec 1944 Conference 7th Dec 1944 Rainfall 8th Dec 1944 Lectures 11th Dec 1944 Conference 14th Dec 1944 On the Move 15th Dec 1944 On the Move 16th Dec 1944 On the March 17th Dec 1944 Recce 18th Dec 1944 Recce 19th Dec 1944 On the March 20th Dec 1944 Water 21st Dec 1944 On the March 22nd Dec 1944 On the March 23rd Dec 1944 On the March 24th Dec 1944 Advance 25th Dec 1944 Patrols 26th Dec 1944 In Action 27th Dec 1944 In Action 28th Dec 1944 On the March 29th Dec 1944 In Action 30th Dec 1944 In Action 31st Dec 1944 Air Raid 1st Jan 1945 Festive Celebrations 2nd Jan 1945 On the March 3rd Jan 1945 On the March 4th Jan 1945 Attack Made 5th Jan 1945 Reliefs 6th Jan 1945 Baths 7th Jan 1945 Enemy Aircraft 8th Jan 1945 On the March 8th Jan 1945 Advance 9th Jan 1945 On the March 10th Jan 1945 Air Raid 11th Jan 1945 Air Raid 12th Jan 1945 Rations 13th Jan 1945 Football 14th Jan 1945 Football 8th of February 1945 Orders 8th of February 1945 Moves 9th of February 1945 Patrols 10th of February 1945 Advance 11th of February 1945 Patrols 12th of February 1945 Road and Rail Crossing 14th of February 1945 Report 15th of February 1945 Search 16th of February 1945 Orders 16th of February 1945 Dust Clouds 16th of February 1945 Operation Instruction No 3 7th of November 1945 ADM Instruction No 4 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 2nd Division during the Second World War 1939-1945. Pester Fedrick George. Cfn. Williams Leonard Harry. Sgt. 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 2nd Division? There are:224 items tagged 2nd 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.