cWW2 Dorset County Divison Printed Formation Sign Patch Badge

cWWII, from 1941 the Dorset County Division badge. Facing right. VGC.



As part of the Dorset County Division.
7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (to 8 November 1941, converted to 142nd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps)
8th Battalion, Essex Regiment (to 226th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 28 February 1941; later converted to 153rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps)
9th Battalion, Essex Regiment (to 226th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 28 February 1941); later converted to 11th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery
9th Battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (to 6th Armoured Division 2 February 1941)
8th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (to 24 November 1941; converted to 105th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery)
10th Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (from 2 February 1941; to 203rd Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 24 November 1941)
10th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (from 10 February 1941; to 226th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) 14 June 1941)
As part of the 210th Independent Infantry Brigade attached to the 1st Infantry Division.
2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles (from 30 November 1941)
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (from 12 December 1941)
6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (from 15 January 1942)
Renamed the 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade on 12 January 1942.

Code: 999