British 51st Infantry Division

British 51st Infantry Division

British 51st Infantry Division


Date City Region Country
June 9, 1944 Douvres-la-Delivrande Calvados France
June 12, 1944 Bénouville Calvados France
June 14, 1944 Colombelles Calvados France
June 21, 1944 Sannerville Calvados France
July 26, 1944 Bénouville Calvados France
Aug. 8, 1944 Bourguébus Calvados France
Aug. 11, 1944 Saint-Sylvain Calvados France
Aug. 13, 1944 Saint-Sylvain Calvados France
Aug. 16, 1944 Ernes Calvados France
Aug. 19, 1944 'Mézidon Vallée d''Auge' Calvados France
Aug. 20, 1944 Lessard-et-le-Chêne Calvados France
Aug. 22, 1944 Le Mesnil-Simon Calvados France
Aug. 24, 1944 Manerbe Calvados France
Aug. 27, 1944 Saint-Philbert-sur-Risle Eure France
Aug. 28, 1944 Bourg-Achard Eure France
Aug. 31, 1944 Arelaune-en-Seine Seine-Maritime France
Sept. 2, 1944 Yvetot Seine-Maritime France
Sept. 4, 1944 Saint-Valery-en-Caux Seine-Maritime France
Oct. 4, 1944 Tilburg North Brabant Netherlands
Oct. 6, 1944 Westerhout Gelderland Netherlands
Oct. 25, 1944 Boxtel North Brabant Netherlands
Oct. 31, 1944 '''s-Hertogenbosch' North Brabant Netherlands
Nov. 9, 1944 Roggel Limburg Netherlands
Dec. 6, 1944 Uden North Brabant Netherlands
Dec. 22, 1944 Leuven Flemish Brabant Belgium
Dec. 24, 1944 Margraten Limburg Netherlands
Dec. 26, 1944 Neupré Liège Belgium
Jan. 8, 1945 Ciney Namur Belgium
Jan. 13, 1945 La Roche-en-Ardenne Luxembourg Belgium
Jan. 24, 1945 Herentals Antwerp Belgium
Jan. 26, 1945 Boxtel North Brabant Netherlands
Feb. 9, 1945 Milsbeek Gelderland Netherlands
Feb. 26, 1945 Gennep Limburg Netherlands
March 10, 1945 Bree Limburg Belgium
March 24, 1945 Rees North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
March 28, 1945 Bocholt North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
April 2, 1945 Aalten Gelderland Netherlands
April 12, 1945 Vechta Lower Saxony Germany
April 28, 1945 Oyten Lower Saxony Germany
April 29, 1945 Tarmstedt Lower Saxony Germany
May 2, 1945 Seedorf Lower Saxony Germany
May 5, 1945 Geestland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany

Commanding General:

June 1, 1937: Maj.-Gen. Victor Fortune
Sept. 1, 1939: Maj.-Gen. Victor Fortune
Aug. 7, 1940: Maj.-Gen. Alan Cunningham
Oct. 7, 1940: Maj.-Gen. Neil Ritchie
June 11, 1941: Maj.-Gen. Douglas Wimberley
Aug. 8, 1943: Maj.-Gen. Charles D Bullen-Smith
July 26, 1944: Maj.-Gen. Tom Rennie
March 23, 1945: Maj.-Gen. Gordon MacMillan
May 28, 1945: Maj.-Gen. James Cassels

Total Units: 362
Total Locations: 6922
Total Commanders: 1863