The Cheshire Brigade, later 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force created in 1900. It was carried over into...
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The Cheshire Artillery Volunteers was a brigade of Volunteer artillery units raised in the county of Cheshire in the mid-19th century. Their successors...
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The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by...
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160th Brigade remains in service today. As the name suggests, the division recruited mainly in Wales, but also in Herefordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. The...
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(Major General Alister Grant Dallas) 158th (North Wales) Brigade 159th (Cheshire) Brigade 160th Brigade – less one battalion; plus one section (2 × 60-pounder...
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1889, the 4th VB of the Cheshires was first assigned to the Welsh Border Brigade, changing to the Cheshire and Lancashire Brigade in the early 1890s. By...
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War. The brigade was first formed in the Volunteer Force in 1902 from elements of the Mersey Brigade and the Cheshire and Lancashire Brigade. Headquartered...
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the 1st and 2nd Line regiments. The 1/1st Cheshire Yeomanry was mobilised with the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of the...
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68th (2nd Welsh) Division (redirect from 204th (2nd Cheshire) Brigade)
was formed in January 1915 with the 2nd North Wales, 2nd Cheshire and 2nd Welsh Border Brigades as a 2nd Line duplicate of the Welsh Division. The 68th...
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action during the landing at Cape Helles in 1915, whilst leading the 88th Brigade. Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs – General Officer...
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Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment 159th (Cheshire) Brigade 1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion, Welch Regiment...
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(North Wales) Brigade 159th (Cheshire) Brigade 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade Artillery 265th Brigade RFA 266th Brigade RFA 267th Brigade RFA (troops same...
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their right. The 159th (Cheshire) Brigade on the left was to capture Sheikh Ajlin on the sea shore, while the 160th (Wales) Brigade on the right was to capture...
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battalions of the Cheshire Regiment, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 2007. When the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot...
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was promoted to temporary brigadier-general to command the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, in the 53rd (Welsh) Division, which under his command captured the...
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Yorkshire). It was originally intended to use the old Mercian Brigade badge worn by the Cheshire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment...
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county regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Mercian Brigade, with all regiments...
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England–Wales border, notably Denbighshire (Wales), Cheshire and Shropshire (both England). The brigade was mobilised on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of...
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to 74th Brigade in exchange for 10th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment transferred to 75th Brigade in exchange...
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The 42nd Infantry Brigade, also known as 42 (North West) Brigade, was a brigade of the British Army. The brigade first saw action during the Second Boer...
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Cheshire Regiment (T.F.) and the Cheshire Brigade, RFA (T.F.). The unit was later redesignated as 60th (6th Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade,...
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Cheshire Brigade: 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Bns, Cheshire Regiment) 47th Provisional Battalion (from the Home Service details of the North Wales Brigade:...
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war, a new 6th (Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, was formed at the Armoury from the Cheshire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery...
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front line. 158th Brigade supported 159th (Cheshire) Brigade in an attack towards Scimitar Hill on 10 August and 1/5th RWF as the brigade's leading battalion...
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158th Brigade Machine Gun Company 159th (Cheshire) Brigade (Brigadier General N. Money) 1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment...
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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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Cheshire Regiment 1/7th Bn, Cheshire Regiment 1/1st Bn, Herefordshire Regiment 102nd TMB – reformed 10 July Of the original battalions of the brigade...
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brigade converted to 14th Cyclist Brigade. Further reorganization in October and November 1916 saw the brigade redesignated as 10th Cyclist Brigade in...
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retired on 5 May 1906 but as a Reserve officer he served as Brigade major of the Cheshire Brigade of the Volunteers (Territorial Force from 1908) for five...
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1/5th Welsh left the brigade and joined the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division at Bedford. With that, the brigade passed out of existence...
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