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November 10, 2019 at 11:37 am #1455535

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The 50th ended up at Eindhoven which was where the US Paras were. They fought some tough battles to let XXX Corps build their floating bridge across the river. They stayed at Eindhoven for the rest of the Operation basically fighting on and off.

The Royal Irish Fusiliers were destroyed in 43 and didn’t get reformed until after the War.

The 50th was mostly made up of these Battalions

69th Infantry Brigade (reorganised as a Reserve Infantry Brigade, and returned to the UK December 1944)

5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
6th Battalion, Green Howards
7th Battalion, Green Howards
151st Infantry Brigade (reorganised as a Reserve Infantry Brigade, and returned to the UK December 1944)

6th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
8th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (left 30 November 1944, joined 131st Brigade, 7th Armoured Division)
1/7th Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (joined 4 December 1944)
231st Infantry Brigade (joined 13 August 1943, reorganised as a Reserve Infantry Brigade and returned to the UK December 1944)

2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (left 30 November 1944, joined 131st Brigade, 7th Armoured Division)
1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1/6th Battalion, Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (joined 4 December 1944)

Plus heaps of attachments like Royal Marines and Tanks.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division#Order_of_battle