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6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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.

6th Brigade
6th Infantry Brigade

1908-1918
1923-1926
1939-1945
1947-1977
1981-1992

Infantry Brigade

San Sebastian Barracks, Soest

History[edit]

Second Boer War[edit]

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;

1st Battalion, (9 September 1939 - 31 August 1945)

Royal Berkshire Regiment

1st Battalion, (9 September 1939 - 31 August 1945)

Royal Welch Fusiliers

2nd Battalion, (3 September 1939 - 9 September 1941, 19 October 1941 - 31 August 1945)

Durham Light Infantry

1st Battalion, (9 September 1941 - 19 October 1941)

East Lancashire Regiment

6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (9 September 1939 - 14 December 1940)

Richard Hutton Davies (October 1910 – 23 September 1914)

Brigadier-General

Brigadier-General (23 September – 26 December 1914)

Robert Fanshawe

Charles Davidson (acting 26 December 1914 – 1 January 1915)

Lieutenant-Colonel

Brigadier-General Robert Fanshawe (1 January – 30 May 1915)

Brigadier-General (30 May 1915 – 21 January 1917)

Arthur Daly

Brigadier-General (21 January 1917 – 28 April 1918)

R. K. Walsh

Brigadier-General (28 April – 11 May 1918)

Arthur Hart-Synot

Brigadier-General (12 May 1918 –)

Frank Willan

Joslen, Lt. Col. H.F. (1990). Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939-1945. HMSO.  9781-8434-2474-1.

ISBN

Lord, Chris (2004). . Helion & Co. ISBN 978-1874622925.

The Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920-2001), and Its Antecedents

. Orders of Battle.com.

"6 Infantry Brigade"