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'''Units Related to 70 Brigade'''
 
'''Units Related to 70 Brigade'''
  
[[1st Tyneside Scottish (1 TS)]] <br>
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'''Divisions and Higher Commands'''
[[10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (10 DLI)]] <br>
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[[11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (11 DLI)]] <br>
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[[23rd (Northumbrian) Division]] <br>
[[12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (12 DLI)]] <br>
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[[49th West Riding Division]] <br>
[[6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (6 DLI)]] <br>
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[[South Wales District]] <br>
[[70th Infantry Brigade (70 Bde)]] <br>
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[[Southern Command]] <br>
[[8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry (8 DLI)]] <br>
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[[VIIIth Corps]] <br>
[[9th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (9 DLI)]] <br>
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[[Western Command]] <br>
[[Anti-Aircraft (AA)]] <br>
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[[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (A & SH)]] <br>
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'''Infantry'''
[[Army Air Corps (AAC)]] <br>
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[[Army Book (AB)]] <br>
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[[70th Infantry Brigade]] <br>
[[Army Book 358 - Enlistment Book (358)]] <br>
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[[1st Tyneside Scottish (1 TS)|1st Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)]] <br>
[[Army Catering Corps (ACC)]] <br>
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[[10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (10 DLI)|10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry]] <br>
[[Army Education Corps (AEC)]] <br>
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[[11th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (11 DLI)|11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry]] <br>
[[Army Physical Training Corps (APTC)]] <br>
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[[12th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (12 DLI)|12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry]] <br>
[[Army Reserve (AR)]] <br>
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[[41st National Defence Company/13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry]] <br>
[[Attached (Att'd)]] <br>
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[[Men not yet confirmed as being members of the Brigade]] <br>
[[Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC)]] <br>
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[[Battalion (Bn)]] <br>
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'''Machine Gun Units'''
[[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Beds & Herts)]] <br>
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[[Black Watch (BW)]] <br>
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[[2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment]] <br>
[[Border Regiment (Border)]] <br>
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[[9th Battalion Manchester Regiment]] <br>
[[Brigade (Bde)]] <br>
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[[9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers]] <br>
[[Cameronian Highlanders (Cams)]] <br>
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[[Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa]] <br>
[[Cheshire Regiment (Cheshires)]] <br>
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[[Class of Reservist (B)]] <br>
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'''Artillery Units'''
[[Class of Reservist (Z)]] <br>
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[[Company (Coy)]] <br>
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[[1st Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Company Sergeant Major (CSM)]] <br>
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[[55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Corps of Military Police (CMP)]] <br>
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[[88th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Devonshire Regiment (Devons)]] <br>
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[[89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Discharged (dis)]] <br>
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[[125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Dorsetshire Regiment (Dorsets)]] <br>
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[[143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[Duke of Wellington's Regiment (DoW)]] <br>
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[[178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[East Kent Regiment (East Kents)]] <br>
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[[185th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery]] <br>
[[East Lancashire Regiment (East Lancs)]] <br>
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[[General (Gen)]] <br>
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'''Engineer Units'''
[[General Service Corps (GSC)]] <br>
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[[Gloucestershire Regiment (Gloucesters)]] <br>
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[[289th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Gordon Highlanders (Gordons)]] <br>
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[[294th Field Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Headquarters (HQ)]] <br>
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[[507th Field Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Herefordshire Regiment (Herefords)]] <br>
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[[508th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Highland Light Infantry (HLI)]] <br>
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[[756th Field Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Home Defence (HD)]] <br>
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[[757th Field Company, Royal Engineers]] <br>
[[Infantry Base Depot (I.B.D)]] <br>
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[[Infantry Records Office, Exeter (EXE)]] <br>
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'''Medical Units'''
[[Infantry Records Office, Perth (Perth)]] <br>
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[[Infantry Records Office, Perth (PTH)]] <br>
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[[33rd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps]] <br>
[[Infantry Records Office, York (YK)]] <br>
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[[187th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps]] <br>
[[Infantry Training Centre (ITC)]] <br>
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[[Inniskilling Fusiliers (Innis Fus)]] <br>
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'''Service and Transport Units'''
[[Intelligence Corps (Intel)]] <br>
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[[Killed in Action (KIA)]] <br>
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[[70th Brigade Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps]] <br>
[[King's Own Regiment (King's)]] <br>
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[[King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB)]] <br>
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[[55th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI)]] <br>
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[[62nd Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC)]] <br>
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[[70th Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI)]] <br>
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[[482nd Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[Lancashire Fusiliers (Lancs Fus)]] <br>
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[[Leicestershire Regiment (Leics)]] <br>
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[[49th Division Provost Company, Royal Corps of Military Police]] <br>
[[Lieutenant (Lt)]] <br>
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[[Light (Lt)]] <br>
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[[70th Brigade Workshop Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] <br>
[[Lincolnshire Regiment (Lincolns)]] <br>
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[[Middlesex Regiment (Middlesex)]] <br>
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[[Royal Indian Army Service Corps]]
[[Norfolk Regiment (Norfolks)]] <br>
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[[North Staffordshire Regiment (N Staffs)]] <br>
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[[25th Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[North West Europe (NEW)]] <br>
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[[29th Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[Officer Cadet Training Unit (OCTU)]] <br>
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[[32nd Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps]] <br>
[[One of the Army's Regiments of Dragoons or Dragoon Guards (Dragoons)]] <br>
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[[Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Ox & Bucks)]] <br>
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'''More Information'''
[[Parachute Regiment (Para)]] <br>
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[[Permanent Staff (PS)]] <br>
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[[Home Service September 1939 - April 1940]] <br>
[[Physical Training (PT)]] <br>
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[[British Expeditionary Force April - June 1940]] <br>
[[Platoon (Pl)]] <br>
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[[Defending against Invasion June - October 1940]] <br>
[[Quartermaster (QM)]] <br>
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[[Iceland Garrison October 1940 - December 1941]] <br>
[[Re-enlisted (R/E)]] <br>
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[[Home Service and Winter Warfare Training 1942 - 1943]] <br>
[[Records Office, Bournemouth (BMTH)]] <br>
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[[Pre-Invasion Training 1943 - 1944]] <br>
[[Regiment (Regt)]] <br>
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[[Normandy 1944]] <br>
[[Regular Army (R)]] <br>
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[[Regular Army Reserve (RAR)]] <br>
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[[Regular Engagement - nine years plus three Reserve commitment (9/3)]] <br>
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[[Regular Engagement of seven years plus five years Reserve commitment (7/5)]] <br>
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[[Regular Engagement of three years plus nine years Reserve commitment (3/9)]] <br>
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[[Royal Armoured Corps (RAC)]] <br>
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[[Royal Army Chaplains Department (RAChD)]] <br>
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[[Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC)]] <br>
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[[Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC)]] <br>
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[[Royal Army Service Corps (RASC)]] <br>
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[[Royal Artillery (RA)]] <br>
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[[Royal Corps of Signals (R Sigs)]] <br>
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[[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME)]] <br>
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[[Royal Engineers (RE)]] <br>
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[[Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (RNF)]] <br>
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[[Royal Scots Fusiliers (Royal Scots)]] <br>
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[[Royal Scots Fusiliers (RSF)]] <br>
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[[Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF)]] <br>
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[[Scottish Horse (S H)]] <br>
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[[Seaforth Highlanders (S H)]] <br>
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[[Somerset Light Infantry (SLI)]] <br>
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[[Somerset Light Infantry (Somerset L I)]] <br>
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[[South Wales Borderers (SWB)]] <br>
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[[Temporary Rank (T/)]] <br>
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[[Territorial Army (T)]] <br>
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[[Territorial Army (TA)]] <br>
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[[The Durham Light Infantry (DLI)]] <br>
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[[Training (Trg)]] <br>
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[[Transferred (trf)]] <br>
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[[West Riding Regiment (W Riding)]] <br>
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[[West Yorkshire Regiment (W Yorks)]] <br>
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[[West Yorkshire Regiment (West Yorks)]] <br>
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[[West Yorkshire Regiment (WYR)]] <br>
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[[Whole time (W/T)]] <br>
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[[York and Lancaster Regiment (York & Lancs)]] <br>
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 9 October 2017

Units Related to 70 Brigade

Divisions and Higher Commands

23rd (Northumbrian) Division
49th West Riding Division
South Wales District
Southern Command
VIIIth Corps
Western Command

Infantry

70th Infantry Brigade
1st Tyneside Scottish, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
10th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
11th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
41st National Defence Company/13th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry
Men not yet confirmed as being members of the Brigade

Machine Gun Units

2nd Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment
9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
9th Battalion Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

Artillery Units

1st Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery
55th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
88th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
143rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
178th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
185th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

Engineer Units

289th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
294th Field Company, Royal Engineers
507th Field Company, Royal Engineers
508th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers
756th Field Company, Royal Engineers
757th Field Company, Royal Engineers

Medical Units

33rd Field Hygiene Section, Royal Army Medical Corps
187th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Service and Transport Units

70th Brigade Ordnance Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

55th Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
62nd Troop Carrying Company, Royal Army Service Corps
70th Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps
482nd Brigade Company, Royal Army Service Corps

49th Division Provost Company, Royal Corps of Military Police

70th Brigade Workshop Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Royal Indian Army Service Corps

25th Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
29th Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps
32nd Mule Company, Royal Indian Army Service Corps

More Information

Home Service September 1939 - April 1940
British Expeditionary Force April - June 1940
Defending against Invasion June - October 1940
Iceland Garrison October 1940 - December 1941
Home Service and Winter Warfare Training 1942 - 1943
Pre-Invasion Training 1943 - 1944
Normandy 1944


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