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Cap badge of the
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Throughout its existence, the brigade was made up of the following units:
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On 1 July 1968 the Fusilier Brigade was united with the
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7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (1962–1967)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1968
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136:was an administrative brigade of the
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366:"Infantry Brigade Depots (Location)"
165:Yorkshire and Northumberland Brigade
536:Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division
161:The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
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445:Fusilier Brigade (regiments.org)
405:Whitaker's Almanack 1969, p. 473
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181:The Lancashire Fusiliers
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