Units: 5th Battalion 46th Infantry Division (prev. 2/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion) (Sherwoods)
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The 2/5th (Derbyshire) Battalion was formed as a 2nd-Line duplicate of the 1/5th Battalion, raised in 1939 when the TA was doubled in size. It was renamed the 5th Battalion after the loss of the 1/5th in Malaya in February 1942. It served in the 139th Infantry Brigade, part of the 46th Infantry Division, in France (see 9th Battalion), Tunisia, Italy and Greece.
Found 1 POWs
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First name | Rank | Unit | Service number | Camp | POW number |
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Macpherson | Alexander | 4986664 | 32572 |
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