6,905,001 to 6,972,000The Rifle Brigade6,968,297 joined on 23 March 1938

7,040,001 to 7,075,000The Royal Irish Fusiliers British Indian Army and Britain's Allies. 11. In January 1944, it was involved in the battles for the Garigliano Crossing.

The Wiltshire Regiment5,556,871 joined on 23 December 1937 10,000,001 to 10,350,000Militia 10,123,572 joined on 15 July 1939

6,132,001 to 6,188,000The East Surrey Regiment

Regimental numbers were not unique and each corps or regiment numbered its own other ranks. This category has the following 26 subcategories, out of 26 total.

Thomas’ army number was 15426852 from the block allocated to the Royal Artillery and he enlisted at Belfast on 21 October 1939. Army Order 388 of 1920 led to the “substitution of regimental numbers for army numbers” and I have transcribed the passage below.

3,701,001 to 3,757,000The King's Own Royal Regiment 4,070,001 to 4,103,000The Monmouthshire Regiment The table below records the number blocks allocated to each corps or regiment. Royal Army Medical Corps. However, many soldiers were transferred between corps or regiments so you will need a service record to research them. Below is a page from Martin Thomas’ Army Book 64 Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, a document which has often survived within families. It remained in the Anzio beach-head until the breakout. 4,256,001 to 4,334,000The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers

101st Division: 501st, 502d, 506th, 327th Glider. It left Italy on 16 March 1944 bound for Egypt.

This reserve would also be the sole method of expanding the size of the armed forces during wartime. Airborne infantry regiments descending on Normandy were: Eighty-second Division: 505th, 507th, 508th, 325th Glider. If a soldier was transferred between regiments or corps they received a new regimental number. 7,733,001 to 7,757,000Corps of Military Accountants If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. 7. 7,006,001 to 7,040,000The Royal Ulster Rifles7,019,927 joined on 11 September 1940 6,188,001 to 6,278,000The Middlesex Regiment6,213,936 joined on 15 June 1940.

As the position at Anzio deteriorated, the division was transferred from X Corps to the U.S. VI Corps at Anzio. This is a current and updated list of regiments of the British Army, changing as new regiments are formed following the defence review Delivering Security in a Changing World. [56][57][58] The war-establishment, the on-paper strength, of an infantry division was set at 13,863 men in 1939 increasing to 18,347 by 1944. The first British Troops came to Egypt in 1882 to suppress a nationalist military uprising against the Turkish Sultan. It participated in the battle for the Trasimere Line between 20 and 30 June 1944, the advance to Arezzo between 4 and 17 July 1944 and the advance to Florence between 17 July and 10 August. Royal Army Veterinary Corps. It served in Palestine until the end of the war. 5,038,001 to 5,094,000 In addition, a soldier would not receive a new number if they were transferred to a different regiment or corps, as they now kept the same number throughout their service. FindmyPast is a subscription site and has a free trial period.

7,720,401 to 7,732,400Army Educational Corps

The division returned to Italy on 15 September 1944.

7,717,001 to 7,718,800Military Provost Staff Corps Bickington Though officers did have a long number which covered their service file and correspondence this number doesn’t appear on their medal records, London Gazette entries etc. It took part in the second battle for Cassino between 11 and 18 May 1944, under the command of XIII Corps. Military units and formations of the British Army in World War II, Regiments of the British Army, Regiments of World War II Regiments of the British Army in World War II Category page The "infantry division" was the backbone of the British Army. Language; Watch; Edit (Redirected from List of British Army regiments) This article needs additional citations for verification. The Regiment has served in every major conflict and many minor ones since it raised. If you continue without changing your browser settings, we will assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on this website. British Military History

(d) Both the former regimental numbers and the new army numbers will be recorded in the pay and mess books and acquittance rolls rendered after army numbers have been allotted, as under: (i) In the case of the corps mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above for a period of two months. » 56 Infantry Division (1943-45) 7,718,801 to 7,720,400Small Arms School Corps The division remained on active service in the Middle East until returning to the United Kingdom in 1955. It was withdrawn from the mainland and landed in the Anzio beach-head on 12 March 1944, under the command of U.S. VI Corps. During the Second World War, each British Army officer had a unique personal number and each soldier serving in the ranks a unique army number.

3,044,001 to 3,122,000The Royal Scots 6,825,001 to 6,837,000Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry) After a series of setbacks, retreats and evacuations, the British Army and its Allies eventually gained the upper hand. 7,211,001 to 7,245,000Royal Munster Fusiliers The renumbering of the Army Reserve will be effected as follows: (a) Officers i/c records will forward to regimental paymasters nominal rolls (showing former regimental numbers and army numbers allotted) of all men serving in the Army Reserve. It landed at Salerno in Italy on 9 September 1943, having come from Libya.

5,662,001 to 5,718,000The Somerset Light Infantry was a Lieutenant General’s command, the only one outside the United Kingdom or India. 4,178,001 to 4,256,000The Royal Welch Fusiliers In returning the amended certificate to the reservist, a slip will be attached directing his attention to the new army number allotted to him. Scots Guards Enlistment Registers, 1799-1939 This set has been made available by the Scots Guards. The following 182 pages are in this category, out of 182 total. The 46 Infantry Division was a second line Territorial Army formation, which was formed in 1939 as a duplicate of the 49 (West Riding) Infantry Division.

Copies of the rolls will be forwarded by them to officers commanding regular units and regimental paymasters. 5,172,001 to 5,239,000The Gloucestershire Regiment

» 46 Infantry Division (1943-45) The battle concluded on 21 September and the division returned to V Corps on 1 October 1944.

British Army Units and Locations from 1945 to present day. From there, it went on to Italy, arriving on 7 December 1943.

There are no plans, as of yet, to introduce images to the unit pages. Why are army and personal numbers so important? The division landed at Anzio on 22 January 1944 under the command of the U.S. VI Corps. Appendix I to this Army Order contains particulars of the blocks of army numbers which are allotted to corps.