The geographical background to the Brigade - Revision history

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 I had hoped to find out what sort of jobs recruits had before volunteering or being conscripted, and, for example, how this affected their choice of unit, or appropriateness for a commission.
-With the exception of a[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower|  study] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
+With the exception of [http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower |  a study] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
 '''Recruitment process'''

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 I had hoped to find out what sort of jobs recruits had before volunteering or being conscripted, and, for example, how this affected their choice of unit, or appropriateness for a commission.
-With the exception of a[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower | study] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
+With the exception of a[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower|  study] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
 '''Recruitment process'''

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 I had hoped to find out what sort of jobs recruits had before volunteering or being conscripted, and, for example, how this affected their choice of unit, or appropriateness for a commission.
-With the exception of a[[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower| study]] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
+With the exception of a[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower | study] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
 '''Recruitment process'''

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 I had hoped to find out what sort of jobs recruits had before volunteering or being conscripted, and, for example, how this affected their choice of unit, or appropriateness for a commission.
-With the exception of a[[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower | study]] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
+With the exception of a[[http://wiki3.newmp.org.uk/index.php/Investigating_the_social_background_of_the_Brigade%E2%80%99s_manpower| study]] (which I had hoped would act as a microcosm of the Brigade), the dearth of information on recruits meant that this could not really be pursued.
 '''Recruitment process'''
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 '''The establishment of 1st Tyneside Scottish'''
-The decision to allow 1st Tyneside Scottish – a Battalion of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) – formerly 12th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry, to recruit directly to its ranks (from Tyneside in particular) immediately from its establishment on 1st February 1940, brought in many expatriate Scots – many of whom were former Regular soldiers.
+The decision to allow 1st Tyneside Scottish – a Battalion of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) – formerly 12th Battalion(Tyneside Scottish) The Durham Light Infantry, to recruit directly to its ranks (from Tyneside in particular) immediately from its establishment on 1st February 1940, brought in many expatriate Scots – many of whom were former Regular soldiers.
 '''Post-Dunkirk'''

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	The reader will need to judge whether the dilution of the North-East base at this stage had any detrimental effect, or whether the new “Durhams” rapidly absorbed the culture of the Brigade and effectively became honorary North-Easterners. Veteran interviews would suggest that this was the case.		The reader will need to judge whether the dilution of the North-East base at this stage had any detrimental effect, or whether the new “Durhams” rapidly absorbed the culture of the Brigade and effectively became honorary North-Easterners. Veteran interviews would suggest that this was the case.
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		+	[[Investigating the social background of the Brigade’s manpower]] <br>
		+	[[Creating the database of names]] <br>
		+	[[The use of War Diaries in the history]] <br>
		+	[[List of Abbreviations]] <br>
		+	[[List of Units]] <br>
		+	[[Home Service 1939 - 1940]] <br>
		+	[[British Expeditionary Force April - June 1940]] <br>
		+	[[Defending against Invasion June - October 1940]] <br>
		+	[[Iceland Garrison October 1940 - December 1941]] <br>
		+	[[Home Service and Winter Warfare Training 1942 - 1943]] <br>
		+	[[Pre-Invasion Training 1943 - 1944]] <br>
		+	[[Normandy 1944]] <br>

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 '''Demography'''
-Generally speaking the Territorial Infantry units recruited from their local vicinity, assisted by the presence of Drill Halls at Company and Platoon level throughout the County.  Engineers and other more specialised units were located in the more urban areas, and therefore had a greater pool of eligible men to draw upon.  Each unit would have conducted its own recruiting drives, including displays of vehicles and weapons in the Market Towns throughout the area.  It was such a display in Crook that attracted the young [[Vane Dyson]] from Wolsingham – whose sole aim, as a keen motorcyclist, was to learn to drive a Carrier, an ambition he more than succeeded in achieving.
+Generally speaking the Territorial Infantry units recruited from their local vicinity, assisted by the presence of Drill Halls at Company and Platoon level throughout the County.  Engineers and other more specialised units were located in the more urban areas, and therefore had a greater pool of eligible men to draw upon.  Each unit would have conducted its own recruiting drives, including displays of vehicles and weapons in the Market Towns throughout the area.  It was such a display in Crook that attracted the young Vane Dyson from Wolsingham – whose sole aim, as a keen motorcyclist, was to learn to drive a Carrier, an ambition he more than succeeded in achieving.
 The key fact is that these men were locally based and that therefore the Brigade started life as very much a North-East unit.  Former Regular soldiers who either volunteered for the Territorial Army, when the growing emergency demanded the expansion of the Force, or who had a continuing Reserve commitment, and were called back on mobilisation, were generally from the area, even though they may not have been originally in the DLI.