British 53rd Infantry Division

"Welsh"

British 53rd Infantry Division

"Welsh"

British 53rd Infantry Division


Date City Region Country
June 28, 1944 Longues-sur-Mer Calvados France
July 4, 1944 Gavrus Calvados France
Aug. 4, 1944 Evrecy Calvados France
Aug. 6, 1944 Mutrécy Calvados France
Aug. 12, 1944 Les Moutiers-en-Cinglais Calvados France
Aug. 16, 1944 'Pont-d''Ouilly' Calvados France
Aug. 18, 1944 Falaise Calvados France
Aug. 22, 1944 Bailleul Orne France
Aug. 24, 1944 Neuville-sur-Touques Orne France
Sept. 1, 1944 La Feuillie Seine-Maritime France
Sept. 4, 1944 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise Pas-de-Calais France
Sept. 5, 1944 Lillers Pas-de-Calais France
Sept. 6, 1944 La Gorgue Nord France
Sept. 11, 1944 Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
Sept. 12, 1944 Kapellen Antwerp Belgium
Sept. 22, 1944 Hilvarenbeek North Brabant Netherlands
Sept. 26, 1944 Hilvarenbeek North Brabant Netherlands
Oct. 9, 1944 Bemmel Gelderland Netherlands
Oct. 31, 1944 Helmond North Brabant Netherlands
Nov. 1, 1944 Maaseik Limburg Belgium
Dec. 21, 1944 Overijse Flemish Brabant Belgium
Dec. 31, 1944 Buissonville Namur Belgium
Jan. 6, 1945 Marche-en-Famenne Luxembourg Belgium
Jan. 24, 1945 Eindhoven North Brabant Netherlands
Feb. 9, 1945 Groesbeek Gelderland Netherlands
March 3, 1945 Kevelaer North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
March 4, 1945 Kamp-Lintfort North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
March 28, 1945 Hamminkeln North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
March 30, 1945 Borken North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
April 2, 1945 Gronau North Rhine-Westphalia Germany
April 11, 1945 Dörverden Lower Saxony Germany
May 3, 1945 Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Germany

Commanding General:

June 15, 1939: Maj.-Gen. Bevil T Wilson
July 29, 1941: Maj.-Gen. Gerard C Bucknall
Sept. 12, 1942: Maj.-Gen. Robert K Ross
Feb. 16, 1945: Brig. M Elrington

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