British 129th Infantry Brigade
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The 129th Infantry Brigade was a 1st Line Territorial Army brigade during the Second World War, part of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
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British 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd Infantry Division was a British Territorial Army division first formed in 1908. It was reformed in 1920 as part of the rebuilding of the Territorial Army, and raised a second line duplicate, 45th Infantry Division, on the doubling of the Territorial Army in 1939.-History:The Division was...
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Commanders
- Brig. G.E.M. Whittuck
- Brig. W.K.M. Leader
- Brig. G. Brunskill (11 March 1941–11th Aug.1942)
- Brig. G.H.L. Mole
- Brig. J.O.E. VandeleurJohn Ormsby Evelyn VandeleurBrigadier John Ormsby Evelyn 'JOE' Vandeleur DSO and Bar, ON was a British Army officer who served in the Second World War.-Early life:...
- Brig. W.R. Cox
Component Units
- 4th Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry
- 4th Bn. The Wiltshire Regiment
- 5th Bn. The Wiltshire Regiment