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'An Inauspicious beginning – The early trials and tribulations of 59th (2nd North Midland) Division' with Bill Mitchinson

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The 59th (2nd North Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army during World War I. It was formed in late 1914/early 1915 as a 2nd Line Territorial Force formation raised as a duplicate of the 46th (North Midland) Division. After training in the United Kingdom and saw service in the Easter Rising in April 1916, the division jo...