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5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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In the early 1980s, the Field Force concept was dropped in favour of traditional Brigades; 5th Infantry Brigade was reformed at Aldershot in January 1982 by the redesignation of 8th Field Force. The Brigade consisted of the former elements of the Parachute Contingency Force (PCF) from 6 Field Force
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Consisting of 8 Rapier fire units deployed as 2 flights (A & B flights) A1 – A4; B1 – B4. Each fire unit was equipped with Rapier Field Standard A and DN181 'Blindfire' radar. There was also an HQ Flight and an Engineering
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returned from Germany and was converted to an airborne unit and attached to the brigade. A Brigade Logistic Battalion was formed. On 1 September 1999, the brigade merged with
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under Major General Arthur Fitzroy Hart. It consisted of the 1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1st Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1st Connaught Rangers, and the 1st Border Regiment.
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after a series of disasters suffered by the British and Indian troops stationed there. The 5th Brigade served with the 2nd Infantry Division in the
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during the First World War and was one of the first British units to be sent overseas on the outbreak of war. The brigade became part of the
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Following the end of the Boer war in 1902 the army was restructured, and a 3rd Infantry division was established permanently at
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infantry battalion, together with additional parachute support elements and a small parachute deployable Brigade HQ. The
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battalion, it was a resident unit of the brigade, not part of the Territorial Army enhancement described below).
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British Military Operations in Aden and Radfan: 100 Years of British Colonial Rule
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In 1979-80 Headquarters 8 Field Force was heavily involved in directing the
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Military units and formations of the United Kingdom in the Falklands War
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The brigade commanded the following units in the Second World War:
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in October 1965 to take control of the Mid West Sector during the
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20 November – 20 December 1914 Brigadier-General Richard Haking
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was released to bolster the strategic reserve. It arrived in
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24th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsman's)
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7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery (1984 - TBA)
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The 5th Airborne Brigade Order of Battle was as follows:
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Index

British 5th Infantry Brigade

United Kingdom
British Army
Infantry
Brigade
3rd (UK) Division
Aldershot Garrison
First World War
Second World War
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
The Troubles
Falklands War
Michael West
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Inniskilling Fusiliers
Connaught Rangers
Border Regiment
2nd Division
Worcestershire Regiment
Highland Light Infantry
Connaught Rangers
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry

2nd Division
Highland Light Infantry
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry

24th (Service) Battalion
Royal Fusiliers
2nd Infantry Division
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

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