East Anglian Division. It was numbered as the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade (and the division as 54th (East Anglian) Division) and saw active service in...
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(2nd East Midland) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during World War I. It was raised as a 2nd-Line duplicate of the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade...
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April 1918) 161st Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 17 May 1917) 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire...
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1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment 1/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire...
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(Essex) Brigade 1/4th Essex Regiment 1/5th Essex Regiment 1/6th Essex Regiment 1/7th Essex Regiment 161st Machine Gun Company 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 1/5th...
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Attack – 54th (East Anglian) Division On the left of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, advancing from Sheikh Abbas, the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade stretched...
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assigned to the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade in the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division, seeing service at Gallipoli and the Middle East, finishing the...
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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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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 54th (East Anglian) Division in the centre and the 52nd (Lowland) Division on the coast. Infantry from the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade, relieved...
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joined the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, in the 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade, which also included the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and...
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(Essex) Brigade 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade 75th Division, Maj-Gen Philip Palin 232nd Brigade 233rd Brigade 234th Brigade...
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The brigade later received the 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment from the 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade. The composition of the brigade remained...
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1929 to 1932 he commanded the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade; from 1932 to 1935, he then commanded the 12th Infantry Brigade and Dover Garrison, and received...
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1990s. The Brigade was renamed Headquarters 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East in October 2014. The South Midland Brigade was first formed...
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Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, originally from the 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade, 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division. This battalion was previously...
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1/10th and 1/11th Battalions were sent to Norwich to join 162nd (East Midland) Brigade in 54th (East Anglian) Division, which was being prepared for overseas...
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(Essex) Brigade 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade 75th Division(Major General P.C. Palin) 232nd Brigade 233rd Brigade 234th...
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Small Arms School. From 1939-1940 he was Commanding Officer of 162nd (East Midland) Brigade. Brig. Gen. Macready married Marguerite Mary Milling (1890-1982)...
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Royal Berkshire Regiment, Stoke Newington 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade Headquarters, 162nd Infantry Brigade & Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals...
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supported 162nd (East Midland) Brigade's attack on 'Bald Hill' with a pre-dawn bombardment, followed by a barrage on the enemy communication trenches. 162nd Brigade...
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the 1/10th Battalion, London Regiment, part of the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine...
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1st East Anglian Division was now numbered as the 54th (East Anglian) Division, with the East Midlands Brigade becoming 162nd (East Midland) Brigade. On...
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Battle of Jaffa (1917) (category New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade)
the 54th (East Anglian) Division in the centre and the 52nd (Lowland) Division on the left at the coast. The 162nd (East Midland) Brigade, relieved the...
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joined the brigade from the 46th (North Midland) Division which had been converted into the 2nd Anti-Aircraft Division. Later, the brigade also received...
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the Sherwood Foresters Brigade in the North Midland Division (later 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade and 46th (North Midland) Division respectively)...
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24th Brigade in the 8th Division in November 1914 also for service on the Western Front. The 1/4th Battalion landed at Suvla Bay as part of the 162nd Brigade...
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dark before Zero Hour. The battery then followed the advance of 162nd (East Midland) Brigade, 'leap-frogging' forward by sections to ensure that some guns...
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a reserve brigade and remained in the United Kingdom for the rest of the war. In both world wars the brigade served with 48th (South Midland) Division...
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Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery (redirect from 1st South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery)
South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA), but this was changed in 1910 to I (or 1st) South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade, RFA...
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