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| Designation = 159th BattleMech Division<br />
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| Nickname = The Wellington Division<br />
| Affiliation = [[Star League]]<br />
| Parent Command = [[XXIX Corps (Star League)|XXIX Corps]]<br />
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==History==<br />
In [[2764]], the unit was stationed on [[Chesterton]]<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 252, "SLDF - Federated Suns Military Command Map"</ref>, assigned as a part of the [[XXIX Corps (Star League)|XXIX Corps]], [[2nd Army (Star League)|Second Army]] to District 1 of the [[Federated Suns Military Region]], but was moved to District 3 during the [[Periphery Uprising]] by [[2765]].<ref name=SL150>''The Star League'', p. 150, "Second Army"</ref> <br />
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In February [[2774]] the 159th was assaulting [[Stefan Amaris|Amaris]]' forces on [[Slocum]]<ref name=SLn7>''Star Lord'', p. 7</ref> in an effort to liberate that planet.<br />
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The 159th survived the war and the [[Hegemony Campaign]], to be absorbed by the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] by [[2784]].<ref name=SL150/><br />
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==Officers==<br />
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! scope="col" width="220" style="background: #dedede;" | Name<br />
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| colspan="4" style="background: #efefef;" | '''Commanding Officers of the 159th Battle Regiment'''<br />
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| [[Major General]]||[[Chariton Amilcar]]||[[2764]]<ref name=FM:SLDFp53>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 53, "159th BattleMech Division"</ref><br />
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===Other Officers===<br />
* [[Rebecca Rhodes]] prior to 2764.<ref name="FM:SLDFp192">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 192, "XXXVI Corps"</ref><br />
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==Tactics==<br />
Unknown.<br />
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==Composition==<br />
As an [[SLDF]] BattleMech [[Division]] the 159th would have been composed with two [[Brigade]]s of [[BattleMech|'Mech]] [[regiment]]s and one brigade of [[Mechanized Infantry]] regiments.<ref name="SLp133">''The Star League'', p. 133</ref><br />
===2764===<br />
* 1591st BattleMech Brigade <ref name=FMSLDF13>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. 13</ref><br />
* 1592nd BattleMech Brigade<br />
* 1593rd Brigade<br />
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* [[1008th Heavy Assault Regiment]] the ''Uxbridge Regiment''<ref name=FM:SLDFp53/><br />
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==Notes==<br />
The Novel ''Star Lord'' notes the unit as a Royal Division. This is in error.<br />
<ref name=HERB1>''Ruling by Herb'' http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,74552.new.html#new {{Dead link|date=November 2024}}</ref>.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''<br />
* ''[[The Star League]]''<br />
* ''[[Star Lord (novel)|Star Lord]]''<br />
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