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Property	Value
rdf:type	Military Unit command structure
rdfs:label	59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
rdfs:comment	The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army during the Second World War. It served as part of the 21st Army Group during the early stages of the North-West Europe campaign. It was one of two divisions (the other being 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division) of this army group that was disbanded due to the acute shortage of infantry reinforcements.
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Date	1939
Commander	Major-General Lewis Lyne
Branch	Infantry
Country	United Kingdom
Name	59
Type	Infantry Division
Caption	The insignia of the 59th Division
Dates	1939
Unit Name	59
Disbanded	August 1944
subordinate	176 177 197
Parent	I Corps (United Kingdom) XII Corps (United Kingdom)
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ID	3279
commander1 label	Officer Commanding
Size	Approximately 18,000 men
abstract	The 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit of the British Army during the Second World War. It served as part of the 21st Army Group during the early stages of the North-West Europe campaign. It was one of two divisions (the other being 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division) of this army group that was disbanded due to the acute shortage of infantry reinforcements.