During World War II, three Army division commanders — Orlando Ward, Terry de la Mesa Allen and Leroy Watson — were relieved of command of divisions in combat but went on to lead different divisions later in the war.
Reactivated for service in World War II, the corps took command of divisions in the south Pacific, leading US and Australian forces as they pushed the Japanese army out of New Guinea.
Under the command of the division's commander, Royal Artillery Brigadier C. H. Colquhoun, were the division's artillery, the 17th/21st Lancers, the 1st Parachute Battalion and the 1st Battalion Irish Guards.
Before the battle Rozhestvensky grouped the four Borodinos into one division and retained personal command of the division.
Greene was again temporarily elevated to command of his division, now designated part of the XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac, at the Battle of Antietam.
Braithwaite had a brief period in command of the division while its commander, Major-General Andrew Russell, was on leave.
As a reward for his service in command of the division, he was presented with the Commander's Cross of the Légion d'honneur by the French government.
"Like all commanders, and I did this myself when I handed over command of my division, what Richard has done is produce what we call a haul down report," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
In April 1943, the commander of the 1st Airlanding Brigade, Hopkinson, was promoted to Major General and given command of the division.
