The Highland Brigade (known as N Group until 1948) was an administrative brigade of the British Army from 1946 to 1968, that administered the regiments...
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currently based in Catterick, North Yorkshire as part of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. The brigade, now known as the 'Black Rats', was formed in 1939 and fought...
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of the Highland Light Infantry from the Highland Brigade in 1958, and its amalgamation with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers...
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the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and North-West Europe from 1942 to 1945. The brigade was re-formed in 1948 and sent...
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of fire brigades in the United Kingdom charts the development of fire services in the United Kingdom from the creation of the United Kingdom to the present...
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Communications) Signal Brigade while remaining under administrative control of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Brigade, later 51st (Scottish) Brigade. In 1996, the...
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the brigade was assigned to the 6th Airborne Division, serving alongside the 3rd Parachute Brigade and the 6th Airlanding Brigade. The brigade first...
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of the United Kingdom, with specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber. The 15th Infantry Brigade was first...
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January 1941 When the brigade operated as a brigade group, it included the following: Royal Artillery 75th (Highland) Field Regiment – 'left 4 December 1941...
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Scottish regiment (redirect from Highland regiment)
Highland Brigade. The brigade was amalgamated into the Scottish Division in 1968. The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (1725–2006) The Highland Light...
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the Royal Corps of Signals. The regiment forms part of 1st (United Kingdom) Signal Brigade, providing military communications for national operations....
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The 118th Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. Originally raised in December 1914 as part of 'Kitchener's Army' it...
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March 1945, the brigade carried out the initial assault under cover of darkness with the 15th (Scottish) Division and the 51st (Highland) Division. The...
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was recalled to the United Kingdom, along with the 4th and 8th Armoured Brigades, and the 50th (Northumbrian) and 51st (Highland) Infantry Divisions,...
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Hugh Stockwell (1947 - 1948) United Kingdom portal List of British divisions in World War II Footnotes The 1st Parachute Brigade had been called the "Rote...
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division, Cunningham was assigned as GOC of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division. United Kingdom portal British Army order of battle (September 1939)...
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conducted in the United Kingdom around Shorncliffe before the brigade was committed to the Western Front in September 1915. The brigade's first major actions...
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Light Infantry (2nd Glasgow) – the Glasgow Boys' Brigade Battalion 17th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (3rd Glasgow) – the Glasgow Commercial...
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Territorial Army (TA) in 1921, the brigade was redesignated 75th (Highland) Brigade, RFA, (becoming a Field Brigade, RA, in 1924 when the RFA was subsumed...
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Polish Armed Forces in the West (redirect from Polish Army in United Kingdom)
1940, a Polish Independent Highland Brigade took part in the Battles of Narvik in Norway. A Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade was formed in the French...
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Scotland (redirect from United Kingdom: Scotland)
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part...
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three infantry brigades, the 155th (South Scottish) Brigade, 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade, and 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigades. Initially assigned...
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to the United Kingdom: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign country in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or...
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Black Watch (redirect from Royal Highland Regiment)
remained in the United Kingdom for the rest of the war. The 5th Battalion landed in North Africa as part of the 153rd Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division...
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Infantry Brigade comprised the 6th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers; and the 9th and the 10th Battalions, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). The 46th (Highland) Infantry...
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Gordon Highlanders (category Highland regiments)
1915. The 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 153rd Brigade in the 51st (Highland) Division in May 1915 for...
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anti-aircraft (AA) brigade and served through the rest of the war in Anti-Aircraft Command, defending various parts of the United Kingdom against bombing...
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The 3rd Parachute Brigade was an airborne forces brigade raised by the British Army during the Second World War. The brigade was initially part of the...
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (category Highland regiments)
arrived in the Cape in November 1899 and formed part of the 3rd or Highland Brigade. The Argylls played leading roles in the Battle of Modder River, the...
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Neil Ritchie (section Service in the United Kingdom)
(Highland) Infantry Division. Most of the division had been destroyed in France but the decision was taken to reform it by absorbing the 9th (Highland)...
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