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British division in France, it was broken up, although not as a reflection of its performance, with
Montgomery, the army group commander, and Dempsey, the army commander, both being highly impressed with the division. The division HQ remained in suspended animation until October and Lyne temporarily commanded the
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Germans, who had been concerned mainly with attacking the division's right – where there had emerged a large gap between the US and British forces – on the retreat from Salerno on 17 September, due to the situation turning in favour of the Allies, the brigade, along with
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General Douglas Graham, who had been Lyne's superior as GOC 56th Division in Italy. Graham returned in late November, only for the 50th Division to suffer the same fate as the 59th Division, again due to manpower shortages, although the division was reduced to a training
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Division. By this stage of the war, Britain had reached the limits of its manpower, replacements for casualties were severely lacking and some units were broken up and their men posted to other units to fill gaps. With Lyne's 59th Division being the most junior
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Armoured Division. He was made Director of Staff Duties at the War Office from 1946 to 1949. He retired from the army due to ill health in early 1949, aged just 49. Never marrying, he died in
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General Graham, was injured and Lyne, the most senior brigade commander, took temporary command of the division for the Volturno crossing. Although the other two X Corps divisions, the 7th Armoured and
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1166:"Lyne, Lewis Owen (1899-1970), Major General"
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474:In October the battalion became part of the
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692:(DSO) for his services in the Middle East.
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1783:(Supplement). 30 March 1945. p. 1767.
1726:(Supplement). 31 March 1944. p. 1531.
1639:(Supplement). 3 August 1943. p. 3525.
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1089:Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin
1075:arrived soon after. Lyne took part in the
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415:. After graduating he became a
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177:169th (London) Infantry Brigade
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1822:. Cambridge University Press.
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1841:. Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
1406:"Major-General R.F.L. Keller"
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1505:. 1 July 1938. p. 4243.
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303:Northwestern Europe Campaign
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838:, commanded by General Sir
690:Distinguished Service Order
652:, advancing on the city of
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593:. However, with the German
494:commanded by Major General
449:British Expeditionary Force
227:Order of Kutuzov, 1st Class
216:Distinguished Service Order
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682:Allied invasion of Italy
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626:2nd New Zealand Division
365:Staff College, Camberley
325:. He graduated from the
153:British Forces in Berlin
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1818:Converse, Alan (2011).
1347:Andrews, E. M. (2002).
1286:"Bourne, Geoffrey Kemp"
915:12th SS Panzer Division
824:197th Infantry Brigades
780:Battle of Monte Cassino
686:mentioned in despatches
680:in preparation for the
660:soldiers surrendering.
551:12th (Eastern) Division
508:Senior Officers' School
442:By the outbreak of the
221:Mentioned in Despatches
2512:Pierre Manceaux-Démiau
1952:October–November 1944
1860:. Stroud: Spellmount.
1856:Mead, Richard (2007).
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958:withdrawing to Falaise
956:and the Germans began
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488:125th Infantry Brigade
453:evacuated from Dunkirk
2438:Bernard Gordon Lennox
2194:John F. Franklin, Jr.
1172:on 25 September 2012.
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377:Joseph Charles Haydon
307:Victory in Europe Day
299:7th Armoured Division
159:7th Armoured Division
108:Years of service
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1875:Smart, Nick (2005).
899:British 3rd Division
832:invasion of Normandy
595:defeat at Stalingrad
504:anti-invasion duties
455:, Lyne with a small
342:Lancashire Fusiliers
184:Lancashire Fusiliers
140:Lancashire Fusiliers
2819:Wolfgang Dombrowski
2536:Edouard K. Toulouse
2406:David Scott-Barrett
2242:Calvert P. Benedict
2234:Joseph C. McDonough
2210:George M. Seignious
2202:Robert G. Fergusson
2138:Thomas S. Timberman
1968:Gerald Lloyd-Verney
1764:, pp. 228–229.
1038:Operation Blackcock
1026:Gerald Lloyd-Verney
1021:reserve formation.
891:Operation Charnwood
603:British Eighth Army
389:Freddie de Guingand
2678:Alexander Gorbatov
2663:Soviet Commandants
2266:Raymond E. Haddock
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1780:The London Gazette
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1433:The London Gazette
1235:The London Gazette
1189:The London Gazette
1142:The London Gazette
1071:a week later. The
1049:
1009:
1001:Bernard Montgomery
954:Operation Bluecoat
946:Operation Goodwood
875:
840:Bernard Montgomery
650:British First Army
585:from reaching the
541:battalions of the
461:Commanding Officer
432:lieutenant colonel
395:, along with both
295:Battle of Normandy
2875:
2874:
2845:
2844:
2701:Aleksandr Kotikov
2422:Robert Richardson
2162:Barksdale Hamlett
2154:Charles L. Dasher
2122:Maxwell D. Taylor
2098:Cornelius E. Ryan
2015:
2014:
2006:Succeeded by
2003:July–August 1945
1982:Succeeded by
1955:Succeeded by
1909:Military offices
1867:978-1-86227-431-0
1829:978-0-521-19480-8
1368:978-0-522-84459-7
1210:on 3 January 2006
1057:Operation Plunder
1013:Normandy Campaign
966:34th Tank Brigade
784:Aurunci Mountains
778:during the first
709:Royal Scots Greys
607:Tunisian Campaign
393:Charles Keightley
360:on 14 July 1923.
338:second lieutenant
248:
247:
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2867:
2861:Battle of Berlin
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2838:
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2812:
2804:Karl-Heinz Drews
2800:
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2743:
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2674:
2670:Nikolai Berzarin
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2598:Bernard d'Astorg
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2586:
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2544:François Binoche
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2524:
2520:Amédée J.B. Gèze
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2485:
2477:
2458:
2450:
2446:Patrick Brooking
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2390:James Bowes-Lyon
2386:
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2374:David Peel Yates
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2362:
2354:
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2258:John H. Mitchell
2254:
2250:James G. Boatner
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2178:Albert Watson II
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2146:George B. Honnen
2142:
2134:
2130:Lemuel Mathewson
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2090:Frank A. Keating
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1917:William Bradshaw
1914:Preceded by
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1193:
1180:
1174:
1173:
1162:
1147:
1146:
1133:
1127:
1121:
1005:Brandenburg Gate
812:William Bradshaw
794:Northwest Europe
776:Garigliano river
736:Richard McCreery
599:mountain warfare
575:Indian XXI Corps
539:Territorial Army
480:Scottish Command
447:1940, after the
444:Second World War
438:Second World War
434:on 1 July 1939.
385:Walter Lentaigne
275:Second World War
268:
263:
233:Legion of Honour
198:Second World War
97:
77:
60:
58:
35:
21:
20:
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2962:
2958:
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2877:
2876:
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2865:
2853:
2841:
2836:
2828:
2821:
2813:
2806:
2798:
2791:
2783:
2776:
2762:
2757:
2755:Andrey Soloviev
2749:
2747:Matvei Zakharov
2741:
2733:
2726:
2718:
2710:
2703:
2695:
2688:
2680:
2672:
2651:
2646:
2639:
2631:
2623:
2615:
2607:
2600:
2592:
2584:
2582:Camille Metzler
2576:
2574:Maurice Routier
2568:
2561:
2553:
2546:
2538:
2530:
2522:
2514:
2506:
2498:
2491:
2483:
2475:
2461:
2456:
2448:
2440:
2432:
2424:
2416:
2408:
2400:
2392:
2384:
2376:
2368:
2360:
2358:Rohan Delacombe
2352:
2344:
2336:
2328:
2326:Charles Coleman
2320:
2318:Geoffrey Bourne
2312:
2304:
2296:
2282:
2273:
2268:
2260:
2252:
2244:
2236:
2228:
2220:
2218:William W. Cobb
2212:
2204:
2196:
2188:
2180:
2172:
2164:
2156:
2148:
2140:
2132:
2124:
2116:
2114:Frank L. Howley
2108:
2106:William Hesketh
2100:
2092:
2084:
2076:
2068:
2059:American sector
2054:
2045:
2011:
2002:
1987:
1978:
1970:
1960:
1951:
1943:
1932:Post disbanded
1927:
1919:
1897:
1887:
1868:
1849:
1830:
1814:
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1808:
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1788:
1772:
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1494:
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1478:
1473:
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1411:
1409:
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1387:
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1102:
1094:Kersey, Suffolk
1085:
1011:The end of the
950:Operation Cobra
922:Gerard Bucknall
836:21st Army Group
834:as part of the
796:
788:Anzio beachhead
757:US 3rd Division
742:, reaching the
725:"Bolo" Whistler
716:Royal Engineers
666:
567:
440:
401:Australian Army
381:Geoffrey Bourne
350:interwar period
315:
261:
257:
254:Lewis Owen Lyne
244:
239:Croix de Guerre
189:
182:9th Battalion,
81:Kersey, Suffolk
79:
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74:4 November 1970
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12:
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2847:
2846:
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2840:
2839:
2834:Detlef Wendorf
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2770:
2768:
2764:
2763:
2761:
2760:
2752:
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2736:
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2713:
2698:
2686:Dmitry Smirnov
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2675:
2666:
2664:
2657:
2653:
2652:
2650:
2649:
2634:
2626:
2618:
2610:
2595:
2590:Jacques Mangin
2587:
2579:
2571:
2556:
2541:
2533:
2525:
2517:
2509:
2504:Pierre Carolet
2501:
2486:
2481:Charles Lançon
2478:
2469:
2467:
2463:
2462:
2460:
2459:
2454:Robert Corbett
2451:
2443:
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2419:
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2387:
2379:
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2355:
2347:
2339:
2334:William Oliver
2331:
2323:
2315:
2307:
2299:
2290:
2288:
2287:British sector
2284:
2283:
2276:
2274:
2272:
2271:
2263:
2255:
2247:
2239:
2231:
2223:
2215:
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2199:
2191:
2183:
2175:
2167:
2159:
2151:
2143:
2135:
2127:
2119:
2111:
2103:
2095:
2087:
2079:
2074:James M. Gavin
2071:
2066:Floyd L. Parks
2062:
2060:
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2055:
2052:Berlin Sectors
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2043:
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1988:
1985:Philip Roberts
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