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	British 22nd Guards Brigade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 22nd Guards Brigade was a British Army unit during the Second World War.
		This unit was formed from the Mersa Matruh Garrison and the H.Q. of the 29th Infantry Brigade on 2nd September 1940 and renamed as the 22nd Guards Brigade on 20th March 1941.
		It was reformed as the 201st Guards Motor Brigade in Egypt on 14th August 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_22nd_Guards_Brigade (232 words)

	Lone Sentry: The British Capture of Bardia, A Successful Infantry-Tank Attack (Information Bulletin No. 21, U.S. War ...
		The British capture of Bardia, although an isolated action in the Libyan campaign that took place during the period from November 1941 to January 1942, is important because the British there defeated a numerically superior Axis force in a strongly fortified position.
		The infantry tanks were moved from the central part of the Phase 1 area to the rear of the ILH Battalion to counter this threat.
		As an illustration, the British were holding a position overlooking a well with one infantry platoon and a section (two guns) of 2-pounders; they were attacked by one British infantry tank (which the Axis troops had salvaged) and four Italian tanks.
	www.lonesentry.com /bardia_intel (8732 words)

	British Empire: Armed Forces: Units: British Cavalry: 1788 - 1922: 1st Life Guards
		The British Public were deeply suspicious of armed encampments and regularly objected to having a Praetorian guard in their midst.
		It was not until 1812 that a Household Brigade was raised and despatched to Lisbon.
		For the next sixty-six years, the Life Guards were to avoid active duty and to return to guarding the monarchs of Britain at their palaces and in their travels about the country.
	britishempire.co.uk /forces/armyunits/britishcavalry/1stlifeguards.htm (2016 words)

	1st Para Brigade
		The 1st Para Brigade was formed in September 1941, under the command of Brigadier Richard Gale, with its headquarters based at Hardwick Hall, near Chesterfield in Derbyshire.
		These attacks then turned on the 1st Battalion who, weak in numbers and now low on ammunition, held their ground for 24 hours before the hill was declared indefensible and the battalion were forced to abandon it.
		The 1st Battalion's S Company, with the aid of artillery and mortar barrages, succeeded in cutting down the attack on their positions, however the 2nd Battalion were pressed hard and suffered many casualties as their ammunition began to run dry.
	www.arnhemarchive.org /batt_1st_bgd.htm (2563 words)

	British Infantry -- Recommendations and Resources
		The British Army Infantry Corps comprises 55 battalions of Infantry, from 32 Regiments.
		The Prince of Wales's Division - the infantry regiments from Wales and the west of England.
		List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII The British 1st Infantry Division was first formed in 1809 when the Duke of Wellington formed it, in Portugal, from two British brigades and one Hanoverian brigade of the King's German Legion.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-infantry.html (921 words)

	1st Battalion ? 102nd Infantry Regiment
		Estimates were that the 43rd Infantry Division would suffer 80-90 percent casualties as they were scheduled to be in the first waves to invade Japan, and were to face and enemy determined to die in defense of their homeland.
		The 102nd Infantry Regiment was reorganized in late 1952 with the company being assigned to the New Haven Armory along with the rest of the 1st Battalion and the Regimental Headquarters.
		On December 16, 1967, the battalion was assigned to the 26th Infantry Division along with the 43rd Infantry Brigade, renewing an association that began in 1918.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-102in.htm (1198 words)

	British 1st Foot Guards: 1793-1809
		In 1798, the eight light companies of the regiments of Foot Guards took part in the abortive raid on Ostend, where those of the Coldstream Guards and the 3rd Foot Guards were taken prisoner.
		The 1st Brigade comprised a 'Grenadier Battalion of Guards' and the 3/1st Foot Guards; the 2nd Brigade comprised the 1/Coldstream Guards and the 1/3rd Foot Guards.
		The same composition and numbering is seen in the returns of officers and companies of the1/1st Foot Guards and the 3/1st Foot Guards during the Corruna campaign, though I have found no mention of a detachment of grenadier and light companies for a flank battalion during 1808-1809.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_1stfoot.html (2424 words)

	BHARAT RAKSHAK MONITOR: Volume 3(1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		And thus 'The Brigade of The Guards' was raised in August 1949.
		The Battle for Hilli and Morapara Village in the 33 Corps Sector was unarguably one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Eastern Sector.
		The Brigade of The Guards had come a long way since Independence, even though it was one of the newly raised regiments, it had the unique distinction of being accorded the senior most status.
	www.bharat-rakshak.com /MONITOR/ISSUE3-1/jagan.html (3432 words)

	History for 76th Infantry Brigade
		The first organization under the new brigade system on soil that would eventually become part of the State of Indiana occured in 1802 when officer commissions were tendered in the Second Battalion, First Regiment, of the Knox County militia.
		The 2d Battalion, 1st Regiment, Knox County Territorial Militia was formed in 1802 with Judge of C Common Pleas Luke Decker appointed as "major of the battalion." For most of the following six decades there were militia units off and on at Vincennes through the early 1860s into the War Between the States.
		In 1967 when the 38th Infantry Division was realigned from one to three states the armory at Princeton was closed and the battery of the 139th Artillery at Princeton was relocated to Vincennes and merged with Battery A. Vincennes had been included in the state's new armory construction program as far back as 1955.
	military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,100129\|701011,00.html (2841 words)

	1st Battalion ? 105th Infantry Regiment
		The federal mission of the st Battalion, 105th Infantry, is to maintain a light Infantry Brigade manned, trained and equipped deploy by land, sea and air to an area of operations and be prepared to fight and win upon arrival in any intensity conflict.
		The 105th Infantry Regiment of the New York Army National Guard was officially organized as the 2nd New York Infantry on 27 April 1898.
		While the 1st Battalion is assigned to the 27th Infantry Brigade, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions remain inactive.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/1-105in.htm (1820 words)

	Brigade History - New
		The Brigade encamped near Turtle Bay during which time the men were called out to create a fire break to prevent the spread of the disastrous fire that burned one-third of the city of New York on the night of 21 September.
		Mathew led the Brigade of Guards and the Army Light Infantry in a waterborne assault down Harlem Creek from Kingsbridge to attack the fort from the northeast.
		On 1 February the Guards forced the crossing of the Catawba River (North Carolina) with great gallantry and on 15 March suffered grievous losses at the battle of Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, after which the Brigade was temporarily reduced to one battalion of 4 under-strength companies.
	www.reenact.com /bghistory.html (3102 words)

	The 1st Infantry Brigade "PIRON" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The brigade comes under the operational command of the 6th Airborne Division of the 1st Canadian Army.
		After being billeted in the area of Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, the brigade is reorganised, and becomes the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade.
		Composition of the 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade :
	www.belgianbadges4046.be /BdePiron.htm (633 words)

	Armed Forces - a5a02 - British Army - The Infantry - Regimental Listings - The Guards Division - The Scottish Division ...
		Note: The establishment figures refer to the number of posts within a battalion that may be filled by infantry personnel (officers and soldiers).
		To allow for direct comparison with the establishment, figures on strength do not include officers and soldiers who are posted to the battalion but who are serving away from the battalion, nor personnel from other Arms and Services who are attached to the battalion.
		The excess in strength compared to establishment for the Grenadier Guards, Coldstream Guards and Scots Guards is accounted for by the Public Duty Company currently attached to each of these battalions.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0028.html (355 words)

	British 1st Infantry Division
		The British 1st Infantry Division was a permanently established Regular Army division.
		The division contained a number of different brigades at various times during the war.
		Between June and November 1942 it was a mixed division containing tank brigades.
	www.knowledgefun.com /book/b/br/british_1st_infantry_division.html (266 words)

	BRITISH FOOT GUARDS IN AMERICA, 1776 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The cap is not associated with the Jaegers or Rangers, nor is it the standard light infantry cap of the period.
		The picture presented by the Brigade of Guards on Long Island in 1776 was a startling contrast from its London parade ground appearance.
		A lieutenant in the Guards held the rank of captain in the Army; Guards captains held the rank of Army lieutenant colonel.
	www.military-historians.org /company/journal/guards/guards.htm (7471 words)

	The Grenadier Guards in 1914-1918
		September 1914 : attached to 20th Brigade, 7th Division.
		20 August 1915 : transferred to 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division.
		The Grenadier Guards formed no battalions of the Territorial Force or the New Armies.
	www.1914-1918.net /grenguards.htm (144 words)

	South African Military History Society - Journal - The South Africans at Delville Wood
		The horrific artillery bombardment, commenced on 24 June and recalled by Mr Wepener, was the prelude to this disastrous offensive in the Somme valley.
		The attacking force was to consist of the 26th and 27th Brigades of the 9th Division, which would assault the village of Longueval on the dawn of 14 July; the South African brigade would remain in reserve.
		He led the brigade with distinction during the fierce fighting in April 1918, in the vicinity of Messines, West Flanders, to his brigade went the honour of being in the forefront of the final advance to victory.
	rapidttp.com /milhist/vol072iu.html (11563 words)

	Operation Telic: Details of British Casualties
		It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence can confirm that Lance Corporal Ian Keith Malone, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, was killed in action in Basrah on 6 April.
		He deployed on Operation Telic in an armoured infantry section with Number 1 Company, Irish Guard, as part of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Battle Group within 7 Armoured Brigade.
		He was proud to be an Irishman and proud to serve in the Irish Guards.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/malone.htm (283 words)

	5th Infantry Brigade, British Army - Falklands War 1982
		Even then, to retake the islands, he would be far short of the superiority of numbers needed to easily defeat the well dug-in defenders.
		transferred to 5th Infantry to replace 2 and 3 Para.
		Most of the more than 3,000 men of the Brigade sailed on "Queen Elizabeth 2" and were joined from Ascension by General Moore as Commander (designate) who assumed full command of land forces in early June.
	www.naval-history.net /F24infbde.htm (229 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments
		The author spent a year in London District Signals before posting to 214 Infantry Brigade which then joined the 43rd (Wessex Division).
		From then on with 1st Worcestershires he experienced the campaign on Hill 112, the dash to the Seine for the assault crossing followed by 214 Brigade spear-heading the dash to Arnhem with the Guards Armour Division.
		Caen, Noireau, the Seine, Nijmegen, the Geilenkirchen offensive, the Roer triangle, the Rhine crossing.
	www.lightinfantry.org.uk /regiments/43/43_books.htm (604 words)

	British Battles - analysing and documenting British Battles from the previous centuries
		The Battle of the Nile: Nelson's famous victory over the French fleet on 1st August 1798, leaving Napoleon stranded with his army in Egypt.
		Map of the Battle of Minden fought on 1st August 1759 by the Prussians, Hanoverians, Hessians and the British against the French; at which the British infantry made their famous advance against the French cavalry with roses in their hats, an episode celebrated every year by the "Minden Regiments"
		We are currently working on, or planning: The Indian Mutiny, the Sikh Wars, the War of 1812, the War of the Spanish Succession (the Duke of Marlborough) and the Hundred Years War.
	www.britishbattles.com (457 words)

	British Infantry Regiments at Waterloo - 1st Brigade. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		British Infantry Regiments at Waterloo - 1st Brigade.
		I have been unable to discover which of the 24 possible Regimental colours was carried by the 1st Battalion 1st Guards at Waterloo.
		I have opted for that of the 2nd company which had the red and white Tudor rose as a central device.
	www.warflag.com /napflags/flaghtml/brit01.htm (82 words)

	British Armed Forces and National Services
		Please enjoy your visit to this site and return often, as material is being added all the time, it is a huge site covering Service stories, Regular and National Service, masses of information on the three services and over 2500 badges.
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		The Pending Infantry Regiments Review Explained - Latest news regarding Devon and Dorset, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Wiltshire Regiments plus the Infantry structure from 2007..
	www.britisharmedforces.org (676 words)

	British Infantry Regiments in art prints
		Military art prints of British Infantry Regiments including Light Infantry regiments, from the Battle of Dettingen, Waterloo and the Crimean War to World War Two and modern regimental amalgamations.
		British Infantry of the Line on Service in the Peninsula 1813 by Richard Simkin.
		The Infantry Heavy Weapons School at Netheravon in Wiltshire circa 1940.
	www.regimental-art.com /new_page_3.htm (2250 words)

	5th Infantry Brigade, British Army - Falklands War 1982 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Both brigades will then come under the divisional headquarters
		Even then, to retake the islands, he will be far short of the superiority of numbers needed to easily defeat the well-dug in defenders.
		Most of the more than 3,000 men of the Brigade sail on "Queen Elizabeth 2" and are joined from Ascension by General Moore as Commander (designate) who assumes full command of land forces in early June.
	freespace.virgin.net /gordon.smith4/F24infbde.htm (227 words)

	3rd Parachute Brigade WWII British & Canadian Reenactors - Unit Links
		HQ Coy 1st Canadian Parachute Bn (Atlantic USA)
		A Coy 1st Canadian Parachute Bn (Atlantic Canada)
		82nd Airborne Div, 325th Glider Infantry Rgt (California)
	www.6th-airborne.org /unit_links.html (87 words)

	Redcoats Boston reenactment
		His Majesty's First Foot Guards is the place for you!
		on our group and historical information on the Guards,
		Contains many informative pictures on the reenacted group
	footguards.tripod.com (245 words)

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