The Hampshire County Division was a short-lived formation of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

, located in

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on the coast of the

English Channel The English Channel, "The Sleeve"; nrf, la Maunche, "The Sleeve" (Cotentinais) or ( Jèrriais), (Guernésiais), "The Channel"; br, Mor Breizh, "Sea of Brittany"; cy, Môr Udd, "Lord's Sea"; kw, Mor Bretannek, "British Sea"; nl, Het Kana ...

. It was raised in the

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and was formed on 28 February 1941 by the redesignation of

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

Area. On 25 November the division ceased to function and the headquarters was disbanded on 31 December. It was commanded by

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G. J. P. St. Clair and was an infantry only formation consisting of one Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) and three sub areas from the Hampshire area.Joslen p. 112 Combat support, artillery, engineers etc., would be provided by other local formations.Joslen p. 108 and served under

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The brigade served with the division from its formation until 30 November 1941.Joslen p. 377 * 214th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) ** 6th Battalion,

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry was a light infantry regiment of the British Army that existed from 1881 until 1958, serving in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. The regiment was formed as a consequence of th ...

''(left 26 November 1941)'' ** 19th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers ** 20th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers ** 21st Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers ''(left 15 July 1941)'' ** 11th Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment ''(joined 15 July, left 26 November 1941)'' ** 11th Battalion,

The Hampshire Regiment The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. The r ...

''(joined 13 November 1941)'' ** 12th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment ''(joined 25 November 1941)'' The brigade would join the 47th (London) Infantry Division.

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