British 16th Infantry Brigade
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The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army
formation based in Palestine
at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division
. It was later part of the British 6th Infantry Division
which was redesignated as the British 70th Infantry Division
on 10 October 1941. This brigade was involved in the breakout from Tobruk
and after being transferred, along with the rest of the 70th Division, to India
and Burma, it was transformed into a Chindit formation. It fought in the Second Chindit Campaign of 1944.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
formation based in Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....
at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division
British 8th Infantry Division
The British Army's 8th Infantry Division was active in both the First World War and the Second World War.-History:The British 8th Division was a Regular Army division that was formed by combining battalions returning from outposts in the British Empire at the outbreak of the First World War....
. It was later part of the British 6th Infantry Division
British 6th Infantry Division
The 6th Infantry Division was first established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War...
which was redesignated as the British 70th Infantry Division
British 70th Infantry Division
- History :This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. It was formed originally in the Middle East from units stationed in Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and in Crete, as the regular British 6th Infantry Division. It was then redesignated as the 70th Division on 10 October 1941. -...
on 10 October 1941. This brigade was involved in the breakout from Tobruk
Tobruk
Tobruk or Tubruq is a city, seaport, and peninsula on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District and has a population of 120,000 ....
and after being transferred, along with the rest of the 70th Division, to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Burma, it was transformed into a Chindit formation. It fought in the Second Chindit Campaign of 1944.
Officer Commanding
- Brigadier C.E.N. Lomax
- Brigadier O.L. RobertsOuvry Lindfield RobertsGeneral Sir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB, KBE, DSO was an officer in the British Army and the British Indian Army during World War I and World War II.-Military career:...
- Brigadier A.R. Aslett
- Brigadier R.G. Price
- Brigadier B.E. Fergusson
- Brigadier C.J. Wilkinson
- Brigadier G.M. Anderson
Formation
- 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Sherwood ForestersSherwood ForestersThe Sherwood Foresters was formed during the Childers Reforms in 1881 from the amalgamation of the 45th Regiment of Foot and the 95th Regiment of Foot...
- 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire RegimentSouth Staffordshire RegimentThe South Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 38th Regiment of Foot and the 80th Regiment of Foot. In 1959 the regiment was amlagamated with the North Staffordshire Regiment to form the Staffordshire Regiment...
- 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment
See also
- ChinditsChinditsThe Chindits were a British India "Special Force" that served in Burma and India in 1943 and 1944 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained to operate deep behind Japanese lines...
- Order of Battle of the Chindits
- Battle of Tobruk
- British 70th Infantry DivisionBritish 70th Infantry Division- History :This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. It was formed originally in the Middle East from units stationed in Egypt, Palestine, Cyprus and in Crete, as the regular British 6th Infantry Division. It was then redesignated as the 70th Division on 10 October 1941. -...
- British 6th Infantry DivisionBritish 6th Infantry DivisionThe 6th Infantry Division was first established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War...
- British Army Order of Battle - September 1939
External links
- http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/017_britain/39_org/div_inf.html#div-02
- http://www.rrw.org.uk/regiment/41ww2.htm