Thank you! Very interesting indeed, especially the failure to re-raise the 40th and 41st in WWII which I'd guess had to do with their original antecedent units and/or class composition. Possibly even, though I hesitate to suggest it, the original units of the [Staff?] officers making the decisions in 1941-42.
More usually, armies preserve the numerical order by 'upgrading' the younger units to preserve and unbroken sequence thought of course there are many exceptions. But I'd guess that an examination of the class composition of these two units IN WWI would reveal that their constituent classes/castes were not as popular or numerous among the recruits in the Second War. A small challenge for somebody!
Peter
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