The 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army. The brigade fought in both the First and the Second World Wars...
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The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until...
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of three infantry brigades, the 155th (South Scottish) Brigade, 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade, and 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigades. Initially...
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War in 1914. The brigade was formed as a 2nd Line of the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade and assigned to the 65th (2nd Lowland) Division, itself...
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redesignated, formerly being the 11th Infantry Brigade & HQ South East. Prior to the Army 2020 changes in 2013, the brigade was temporarily activated for deployment...
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51st (Highland) Division, joining the 153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade at Bedford. Finally, the 1/5th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders joined the 157th (Highland...
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Division and the brigades also received numbers, the HLI becoming 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade. 1/7th HLI and the bulk of 157th (HLI) Bde embarked...
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E.B. Smith) 155th (South Scottish) Brigade 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade Australian and New Zealand Mounted...
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Glasgow Highlanders (redirect from 5th (Glasgow Highland) Volunteer Battalion, Highland Light Infantry)
become the 52nd (Lowland) Division and the brigade the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade respectively. During the Great War of 1914–18 another two...
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The 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army with a long history including service during both the First and the Second...
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one brigade, while the four Volunteer Battalions of the Highland Light Infantry formed the other (the Highland Light Infantry Brigade, later the 157th (Highland...
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Alexander Telfer-Smollett (category Highland Light Infantry officers)
officer (CO) of the 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and then commander of the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade until 1935. He was appointed Commanding...
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Second Battle of Gaza (section Infantry attacks)
Highland Light Infantry (157th Brigade), under heavy Ottoman artillery fire, arrived from Eastern Force reserve to reinforce them. The Highland Light...
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fire support to the Canadian infantry. Joining the Canadians on 20 October were the 157th Highland Light Infantry Brigade of the 52nd Division, which allowed...
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15 June comprised the 3rd Armoured Brigade of the 1st Armoured Division, the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade, 71st Field Regiment R.A. and the...
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(Scottish Rifles) 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry 1/7th (Blythswood)...
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World War I they became the 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade and 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade in the 52nd (Lowland) Division, and formed Second...
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term) with Gort remaining as commander in chief. The 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade (a brigade group) of the 52nd (Lowland) Division, departed for...
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The 19th Light Brigade is an Army Reserve formation of the British Army. As the 19th Infantry Brigade, it fought in the First and Second World War. The...
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Distinguished Service Order. He became commander of the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade serving in the Middle Eastern theatre in October 1916 before...
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of the division was changed to Rennes in Brittany; the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade which arrived first, was directed to Beaumont near Le Mans...
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Rifles), and the 10th and 11th (Service) battalions of the Highland Light Infantry. The brigade trained, with the rest of the division, from August 1914...
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First Battle of Gaza (section Infantry attack)
E.B. Smith) 155th (South Scottish) Brigade 156th (Scottish Rifles) Brigade 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade Also under the direct command of Dobell...
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The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence since before the First World War, except for a short...
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Battle of Jaffa (1917) (category New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade)
from the 156th Brigade and the 7th (Blythswood) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, from the 157th Brigade. By midnight all the 156th Brigade had crossed...
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Louise's). In 1939 this brigade was reformed, as the 27th Infantry Brigade, in the Territorial Army as part of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, a 2nd Line...
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The 15th Infantry Brigade, later 15 (North East) Brigade, was an infantry brigade of the British Army. It was part of the regular 5th Infantry Division...
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Marshall-Cornwall were assisting with command. A brigade group (the 157th (Highland Light Infantry) Brigade) of the 52nd (Lowland) Division departed for France...
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World 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...
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The 24th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army from the First World War. It was reraised during the Second World War, as the 24th...
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