Parent unit 1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team.
[1] History Following the end of the
First World War Initially designated as the 1st (Guards) Brigade , the brigade was part of
Order of battle The brigade was composed as follows during the war:[4]
1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards (until August 1915)
1st Battalion, Scots Guards (until August 1915)
1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers (until August 1914)
1st Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (from September 1914)
1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (from November 1914, left February 1916)
10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (from August 1915, disbanded February 1918)
8th (Service) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (from August 1915, left February 1918)
1st Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 26 January 1916, moved to 1st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 28 February 1918)
1st Trench Mortar Battery (formed 27 November 1915)
1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (from February 1918) Second World War Remaining active during the interwar period as the 1st (Guards) Brigade , the brigade, still part of the 1st Infantry Division, was sent to France in September 1939 during the Second World War as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and it later took part in the Battle of France in May–June 1940 and the subsequent Battle of Dunkirk and were evacuated to England , spending the next few years on home defence anticipating a German invasion of England .
HM The King reviews the 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards at Bachy , France, December 1939.On 11 April 1942, the brigade was redesignated and reorganised as 1st Independent Brigade Group (Guards) , with its own support units, until August when it was transferred to the
The brigade participated in the
.
Order of battle The 1st (Guards) Brigade was constituted as follows during the war:[5]
Between 11 April 1942 and 7 August 1942 the following units formed the 1st Independent Brigade Group (Guards):[5]
8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1st Independent Brigade Group Machine Gun Company, 1st Battalion , Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
1st Independent Brigade Group Reconnaissance Company, Reconnaissance Corps
17th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
204th (Oban) Anti-tank Battery , Royal Artillery (from 11 April to 7 August 1942)136th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery
214th Field Company, Royal Engineers
1st Independent Brigade Group Company, Royal Army Service Corps
152nd Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
1st Independent Brigade Group Ordnance Company, Royal Army Service Corps Cold War After the War, the brigade, having lost its 'Guards' title, was transferred to
Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland (LANDJUT).
[6] By the mid-1980s the British Army force earmarked as part of the UKMF to reinforce LANDJUT had shrunk to the 1st Infantry Brigade, as it had become.
In 1991 just before the end of the Cold War , the brigade's structure was as follows.
Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth Camp
[7] Headquarters 1st Infantry Brigade and 215 Signal Squadron, Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth Camp
United Kingdom Mobile Force Battle Casualty Replacements Group
601 Tactical Air Control Post (Forward Air Control)
602 Tactical Air Control Post (Forward Air Control)
610 Tactical Air Control Post (Forward Air Control) — RAF personnel
Assaye Barracks, Tidworth Camp
(Armoured Reconnaissance, 1 Sqn detached to AMF (L))C Squadron, Bhurtpore Barracks, Tidworth Camp
(Armoured)
Mooltan Barracks, Tidworth Camp
(Mechanised)Kiwi Barracks
, Bulford (Mechanised) (Mechanised)
26th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery , at Baker Barracks , Thorney Island (Field Artillery)22nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers , at Swinton Barracks, Perham Down 66 Transport Squadron,
158 Provost Company, Royal Military Police , at Bulford Camp
AAC Netheravon
End of the Cold War After the end of the
The brigade was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Herrick XVIII .[8] Brigadier Rupert Jones .[9]
Army 2020 Under Army 2020 , it was renamed as 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade and remained at Tidworth Camp, forming part of the Reaction Force as part of the 3rd (UK) Division .[10] [11] [12]
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade , at Delhi Barracks, Tidworth Garrison.
[12] Ward Barracks, Bulford Garrison
[13] [14] (Armoured Cavalry, equipped with
FV107 Scimitar tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicles)
[15] The Royal Tank Regiment , at Tidworth Garrison1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , at Tidworth Garrison (Armoured Infantry, equipped with Warrior IFV )
1st Battalion, Mercian Regiment , at Tidworth Garrison (Armoured Infantry, equipped with Warrior IFV )
4th Battalion, The Rifles , at Aldershot (Mechanised Infantry, equipped with Mastiff protected mobility vehicles) Army 2020 Refine Under the Army 2020 Refine programme, the 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade was due to form up as the first of two Strike Brigades by 2021.[16] [17] [18] [19]
1st Armoured Infantry Brigade , at Delhi Barracks, Tidworth Garrison (to become 1st Strike Brigade in 2021).
[20] Strike Experimentation Group , at Battlesbury Barracks , Warminster Garrison (a developmental command, overseen by HQ 1st AI Bde)[21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] Household Cavalry Regiment (HCR), at Ward Barracks, Bulford Garrison
[13] [14] (Armoured Cavalry, equipped with
FV107 Scimitar tracked armoured reconnaissance vehicles)
[15]
Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeth's Own) (RL), at Cambrai Barracks, Catterick Garrison [27] [28] [29] [30] 1st Battalion, Scots Guards (1 SG), at Mons Barracks, Aldershot Garrison [31] [27] [32] Mastiff protected mobility vehicles )[33] [34] [35]
Bourlon Barracks, Catterick
[36] (Mechanised Infantry, equipped with Mastiff protected mobility vehicles)
[33] [37] 3rd Battalion, The Rifles (3 RIFLES),[38] Dreghorn Barracks , Edinburgh[39] [40] Future Soldier On 1 July under the
1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team.
[1] Jane's reported that the brigade was disbanded in early July 2022. The Household Cavalry and Royal Lances were transferred to the 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade, and three of the brigade's infantry battalions and the small support subunits were reassigned "to other brigades."[41]
Brigade commanders The following officers have commanded the brigade:[5] [42] [43]
First World War Brigadier-General F. I. Maxse (At mobilization)
Brigadier-General C. Fitzclarence (26 September 1914)
Colonel D. L. MacEwen (12 November 1914 - acting)
Brigadier-General H. C. Lowther (23 November 1914)
Brigadier-General A. J. Reddie (23 August 1915)
Brigadier-General J. R. M. Minshull-Ford (18 October 1917)
Brigadier-General C. J. C. Grant (21 October 1917)
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir T. W. H. J. Erskine, Bt. (29 March 1918 - acting)
Brigadier-General W. B. Thornton (3 April 1918)
Brigadier-General L. L. Wheatley (22 September 1918) Second World War Brigadier Merton Beckwith-Smith (until 31 May 1940, again from 3 June 1940 until 14 July 1940)acting
, from 31 May 1940 until 3 June 1940)Brigadier F.A.V. Copland-Griffiths (from 14 July 1940 until 14 April 1943)
Brigadier S.A. Forster (from 14 April 1943 until 24 July 1943)
Brigadier Philip Gregson-Ellis (from 24 July 1943 until 18 January 1944)
Lieutenant Colonel A.G.W. Heber-Percy (acting, from 18 January 1944 until 3 February 1944)
Brigadier J.C. Haydon (from 3 February 1944 until 29 July 1944)
Brigadier C.A.M.D. Scott (from 29 July 1944 until 21 January 1945, again from 13 February 1945 until 11 March 1945)
Lieutenant Colonel E.J.B. Nelson (acting, from 21 January 1945 until 13 February 1945)
Brigadier Gerald Lloyd-Verney (from 11 March 1945) Post-war References
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