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17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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from early 1900 until the war ended in 1902. It was under the command of Major-General John Edward Boyes, and included the following battalions:
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through most of the Second World War. On 5 May 1942 it was part of Force 121 in the
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division, on 14 October 1915. The brigade saw service mainly on the
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6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (from 30 March 1940)
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3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
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United Kingdom
British Army
Infantry
Brigade
8th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
First World War
Second World War
Montagu Stopford
Dudley Ward
infantry
brigade
British Army
Second Boer War
First
Second
Regular Army
Second Boer War
South Africa
8th Division
Manchester Regiment
South Staffordshire Regiment
Worcestershire Regiment
West Kent Regiment
6th Division
W.R.B. Doran CB DSO
24th Division
New Army
Western Front

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