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in June 1940 the 9th (Highland) Infantry
Division was redesignated as the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division to make up its loss. Due to this, the 27th Infantry Brigade became the
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in April 1951, a famous last-stand victory. Both the
Argylls and Middlesex Regiment were relieved and the brigade was disbanded, to be replaced by the fully constituted
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An "orders group" of battalion commanders of the 27th
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in
January 1951) and the UN counter-offensive, the brigade was joined by the specially raised 16 Field Regiment
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Gregory
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in
January 1951, and then a Canadian infantry battalion in February. The brigade's final action was the
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during the First World War. It was originally composed of the 11th and 12th (Service) Battalions of the
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on 28 August 1950. Soon after arriving, the brigade was in action, being involved in the
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due to the addition of
Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Indian units.
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442:. The brigade was joined in September 1950 by an Australian contingent,
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Military units and formations of the United
Kingdom in the Korean War
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384:. In the foreground, seated left and leaning forward, is Brigadier
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British Army unit which fought in WWI, WWII, and the Korean War
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344:. When the 51st (Highland) Division surrendered during the
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manning the lip of a mine crater at
Meteren, 23 June 1918.
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and served with the 51st (Highland) Infantry
Division in
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21 September 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel H. D. N. Maclean (
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14 October 1915: Brigadier-General Henry Ernest Walshe
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Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War II
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1951
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Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I
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of the US Army, who had just been extricated by the
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388:. Behind them are officers of the 3rd Battalion,
288:It was originally formed in August 1914 as the
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8:
578:Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
452:Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
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483:28th British Commonwealth Infantry Brigade
328:In 1939 this brigade was reformed, as the
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715:Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
394:3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
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619:26 September 1915: Lieutenant-Colonel
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1940:Infantry brigades of the British Army
665:23 September 1917: Brigadier-General
280:Men of the 12th (Service) Battalion,
259:. In Korea, the brigade was known as
7:
300:divisions raised from volunteers by
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613:7 January 1915: Brigadier-General
607:27 August 1914: Brigadier-General
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633:17 March 1916: Brigadier-General
571:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
546:1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
543:9th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
520:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
426:27th Infantry Brigade arrived in
342:51st (Highland) Infantry Division
318:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
316:and the 10th (Service) Battalion
261:27th British Commonwealth Brigade
35:27th British Commonwealth Brigade
18:27th British Commonwealth Brigade
461:After further action during the
390:187th Airborne Infantry Regiment
338:9th (Highland) Infantry Division
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107:
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67:
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648:Spencer William Scrase-Dickens
646:6 May 1916: Brigadier-General
436:defence of the Pusan Perimeter
340:, a 2nd Line duplicate of the
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558:Royal Leicestershire Regiment
597:60th Indian Field Ambulance
593:Royal New Zealand Artillery
509:12th Battalion, Royal Scots
475:Royal New Zealand Artillery
463:retreat from the Yalu River
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1975:Brigades of the Korean War
783:list for 101-308 and named
312:, 6th (Service) Battalion
587:Royal Australian Regiment
487:1st Commonwealth Division
448:Royal Australian Regiment
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677:Brigadier William Fraser
615:Clarence Dalrymple Bruce
467:Chinese Winter Offensive
247:that saw service in the
635:Gerald Frederic Trotter
609:William Scott-Moncrieff
294:9th (Scottish) Division
654:Francis Aylmer Maxwell
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350:153rd Infantry Brigade
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591:16th Field Regiment,
514:Royal Scots Fusiliers
471:Third Battle of Seoul
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372:Post Second World War
330:27th Infantry Brigade
320:(Princess Louise's).
314:Royal Scots Fusiliers
279:
234:27th Infantry Brigade
33:27th Infantry Brigade
667:William Denman Croft
292:and was part of the
146:British Commonwealth
1857:117th Royal Marines
1852:116th Royal Marines
621:Henry Ernest Walshe
423:in September 1950.
368:from 1942 to 1945.
296:, the first of the
713:p.70 Rikhye, Ravi
564:Middlesex Regiment
539:Gordon Highlanders
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1760:27th (N Rhodesia)
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695:Basil Aubrey Coad
479:Battle of Kapyong
386:Basil Aubrey Coad
366:North-West Europe
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130:medical personnel
16:(Redirected from
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518:10th Battalion,
503:11th Battalion,
419:was awarded the
382:Battle of Yongju
346:Battle of France
334:Territorial Army
324:Second World War
304:to serve on the
298:Kitchener's Army
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