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| rdfs:label | - 46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
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| rdfs:comment | - The 46th Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation during the Second World War; it was the duplicate of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. The 46th Infantry Division was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in 1940. It was assigned as a labour and training unit, but ended up fighting in the retreat to Dunkirk and the evacuation to Britain. It was decided to reorganise the division as a 'mixed' division and thus, on 20 July 1942, the 137th Infantry Brigade left the division to begin its conversion to armour as the 137th Armoured Brigade. The following month, there was a change of plan; the division was to remain as an infantry division and the 128th Infantry Brigade was assigned to it. From 17 January 1943, it was part of the First Army in Tunisia
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| abstract | - The 46th Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation during the Second World War; it was the duplicate of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division. The 46th Infantry Division was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in 1940. It was assigned as a labour and training unit, but ended up fighting in the retreat to Dunkirk and the evacuation to Britain. It was decided to reorganise the division as a 'mixed' division and thus, on 20 July 1942, the 137th Infantry Brigade left the division to begin its conversion to armour as the 137th Armoured Brigade. The following month, there was a change of plan; the division was to remain as an infantry division and the 128th Infantry Brigade was assigned to it. From 17 January 1943, it was part of the First Army in Tunisia and from there it fought through the Italian Campaign. In 1945, the division was sent with Scobie's III Corps to re-occupy Greece.
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