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In what Divisions did DLI battalions serve during the Second World War?

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In what Divisions did DLI battalions serve during the Second World War?

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• The 1st Battalion DLI served with the 10th Indian Division in Italy. • The 2nd Battalion DLI served with the 2nd Division in 1940 and then in Burma. • The three Territorial battalions – 6th, 8th and 9th DLI – served with the 50th Division throughout the war. • The 9th Battalion DLI also served with the 7th Armoured Division – the Desert Rats – in the last months of the war. • The 10th and 11th Battalions DLI served with the 49th Division in Iceland and Normandy. • The 16th Battalion DLI served with the 46th Division in North Africa and Italy.