6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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6th Brigade
6th Infantry Brigade
Post Second World War badge of 6th Infantry Brigade
Active1908-1918
1923-1926
1939-1945
1947-1977
1981-1992
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleInfantry Brigade
SizeBrigade
Garrison/HQSan Sebastian Barracks, Soest
EngagementsSecond Boer War
First World War
Second World War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		William Bartholomew

The 6th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence during the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War and later formed part of British Army of the Rhine.

History

Second Boer War

The brigade was a part of the Natal Field Force under the command of Major General Sir Geoffrey Barton.[1] It was composed as follows;

Following the end of the Boer war in 1902 the army was restructured, and a 3rd Infantry division was established permanently at Bordon as part of the 1st Army Corps, comprising the 5th and 6th Infantry Brigades.[2][3]

First World War

The brigade was part of 2nd Division. The brigade commanded the following units in the First World War:[4]

The following battalions were part of the brigade during 1915.

The 17th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers joined the brigade from the 5th Brigade in February 1918.

Second World War

Etaples
, France, 6 February 1940.

At the outbreak of the

Mandalay
.

Order of battle

The brigade was composed as follows;[5]

While an Independent Brigade Group fighting in the Arakan between 1 November 1942 and 2 June 1943, the following additional units were attached:[6]

Post-war

The brigade was reformed from 153rd Infantry Brigade in 1947[7] and then formed part of British Army of the Rhine being based at St Sebastian Barracks in Soest in 1952.[8]

During the 1970s, the 6th Armoured Brigade was one of two "square" brigades assigned to

3rd Armoured Division.[9] After being briefly converted to "Task Force Foxtrot" in the late 1970s,[10] the brigade was reinstated in 1981, assigned to 3rd Armoured Division[11] and was then reformed as an airmobile brigade at Salamanca Barracks in Soest from 1986 to 1988 and then reformed again as an armoured brigade from 1988 to 1992.[12]

Commanders

Notes

  1. ^ Army of Natal, legionwargames.com
  2. ^ Rinaldi, p. 31
  3. ^ "Naval & Military intelligence - The 1st Army Corps". The Times. No. 36892. London. 7 October 1902. p. 8.
  4. ^ Baker, Chris. "The 2nd Division in 1914-1918". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. ^ Joslen p240
  6. ^ Joslen, p. 240
  7. ^ "Shiel Barracks". BAOR locations. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  8. ^ "St Sebastian Barracks". BAOR Locations. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  9. ISBN 9780972029698
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  10. ^ Lord, p. 83
  11. ^ Black, Harvey. "The Cold War Years. A Hot War in reality. Part 6".
  12. ^ "Salamanca Barracks". BAOR Locations. Retrieved 31 October 2015.

References

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