54th Division (Spain)

During 1937, on the Northern Front there had already been a division that used this numbering.^{[n. 1]}

In the spring of 1938, within the IX Army Corps, a division was created that was numbered "54". Its first commander-in-chief was Lieutenant Colonel Martín Calvo Calvo. It was made up of the newly created 180th, 181st and 182nd mixed brigades.^[4] Some time later it was sent to the Levante front, where it was included in the XIII Army Corps.^[5] It participated in the fighting in the Levante, resisting the nationalist offensive against Valencia. During the operations, the unit had an outstanding performance, coming to be congratulated by the republican authorities.^[6] On 11 August 1938 command of the unit passed to the anarchist Francisco Fervenza Fernández.^[7] During the rest of the war the unit remained inactive on the Levante front.

Commanders

• Martín Calvo Calvo;^[5][8]
• Francisco Fervenza Fernández;^[7]

Commissars

• Eleuterio Dorado Lanza, of the IR;^[9]

Chiefs of Staff

• José García Benedito;
• Gonzalo Castelló Gómez-Trevijano;