The Essex Brigade, later 161st Brigade and 161st Infantry Brigade, was a volunteer infantry formation of the British Army in existence from 1888 until...
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the Essex Regiment. Under the mobilisation scheme proposed by the Stanhope Memorandum of 1888, they constituted the Essex Volunteer Infantry Brigade, which...
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brigades were numbered, the Essex Brigade becoming 161st (Essex) Brigade. The 2nd Line units were assigned to duplicate formations, the 2/6th Essex joining...
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A new 3rd Essex AVC was formed at Plaistow on 26 June 1861, later moving to Stratford. No administrative brigade was formed for the Essex AVCs, which...
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Hare) (less one brigade in the Suez Canal Defences) 161st (Essex) Brigade 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 163rd (Norfolk & Suffolk) Brigade 54th Divisional...
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mounted yeomanry brigades. One of the divisions was the East Anglian Division. The infantry of the division was composed of the Essex, East Midland, and...
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half-pay, he succeeded Brigadier General Edward Bulfin in command of the Essex Brigade, part of the East Anglian Division. Shortly after the British entry...
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206th (2nd Essex) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as a 2nd-Line duplicate of the Essex Brigade of the Territorial...
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based in Colchester, Essex. It makes up the Air Assault Task Force, a battlegroup held at high readiness, and is the only brigade in the British Army focused...
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Essex Brigade (remainder of Essex Brigade hereafter separate lineages) Independent Essex Brigade redesignated 2 February 1858 as the Newark Brigade 1st...
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brigades were numbered, the Essex Brigade becoming 161st (Essex) Brigade. The 2nd Line units were assigned to duplicate formations, the 2/7th Essex joining...
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War, 259 infantry brigades were raised by the British Army, two by the Royal Navy, and one from the Royal Marines. Of these brigades, fifty-three were...
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The Essex Yeomanry was a Reserve unit of the British Army that originated in 1797 as local Yeomanry Cavalry Troops in Essex. Reformed after the experience...
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Major General) S. W. Hare 161st (Essex) Brigade 1/4th Essex Regiment 1/5th Essex Regiment 1/6th Essex Regiment 1/7th Essex Regiment 161st Machine Gun Company...
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centre, the infantry brigade of Sir John Meldrum was drawn up on the left of the front line and Colonel Charles Essex's brigade on the right. Sir Thomas...
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Brigade: 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment 5th Battalion, Royal Scots XV Brigade...
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and one British Lewis gun. Two infantry companies of the Essex Regiment, 161st (Essex) Brigade, 54th (East Anglian) Division crossed the Hadrah bridge...
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the Imperial Camel Brigade on their right. The 161st (Essex) Brigade formed a divisional reserve. The attack by the 162nd Brigade on the left was almost...
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Colchester Garrison (section Essex Regiment)
4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment in 1917. On 14 March 1918, Essex Yeomanry left 8th Cavalry Brigade to become a cyclist unit, then to form a machine gun battalion...
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Infantry Brigade was converted into the 3rd Parachute Brigade on 7 November 1942, and its battalions were converted as follows: 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment...
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while leading his brigade during Pickett's Charge. National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Virginia "Essex County, Virginia"....
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31 Canadian Brigade Group (31 CBG; French: 31e Groupe-brigade du Canada) is part of the 4th Canadian Division, under the Canadian Army. It encompasses...
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Regiment 8th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment 10th Battalion, The Essex Regiment The brigade left the division on 22 July 1941, joining XI Corps. United Kingdom...
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Mixed Brigade supplied 15th Essex to 177th (2/1st Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade and immediately raised a new 18th (Home Service) Battalion Essex Regiment...
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List of United States Army units with colonial roots (section 116th Infantry, VA ARNG (Stonewall Brigade))
reorganized on February 19, 1776, as the Essex County Brigade, consisting of eight regiments. While the Essex County Brigade remained in Massachusetts service...
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the brunt of the First Battle of Gaza where the three brigades, along with the 161st (Essex) Brigade of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, had to advance...
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transferred to the Royal Field Artillery as the 2nd East Anglian Brigade, the East Anglian (Essex) Heavy Battery remained with the RGA. Both units continued...
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and expanded to form the Essex Brigade. Elements of the Essex Brigade were mustered into federal service during 1814. Essex County is in northeastern...
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Essex and Kent Scottish is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The regiment was formed in 1954 by the amalgamation of The Essex...
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72nd Division (United Kingdom) (redirect from 8th Provisional Brigade)
By July 1916 the brigade was under the control of Northern Army of Home Forces, with the following units billeted across Essex: Brigade Headquarters: Maldon...
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