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As Part of the 45th
Division (renamed as the 136th Infantry Brigade)
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it was initially composed of newly raised battalions of the
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brigade HQs adopted the numbers of the recently disbanded
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Infantry brigades of the
British Army in World War II
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
425:"Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey [UK]"
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11th (Jersey
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264:2/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment
232:2/5th (Glamorganshire) Battalion, Welch Regiment
186:10th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
163:10th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
180:9th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
174:8th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
157:9th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
333:On 28 February 1941, HQ South West Area formed
150:8th Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
129:The composition of 209 Brigade was as follows:
89:(209 Bde) was a Home Defence formation of the
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115:209th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)
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210:(25 September 1942 – 14 November 1944)
201:(24 September 1942 – 30 November 1944)
171:As part of the 77th Infantry Division
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1743:Infantry brigades of the British Army
228:(19 November 1943 – 30 November 1944)
176:(1 December 1941 – 22 September 1942)
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284:The commanders of 209 Brigade were:
509:, Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998,
317:(10 August 1944 – 14 February 1945)
188:(1 December 1941 – 25 October 1943)
182:(1 December 1941 – 25 October 1943)
143:141st Regiment Royal Armoured Corps
335:Devon and Cornwall County Division
305:(28 October 1941 – 17 August 1942)
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138:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
119:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
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27:13 October 1940-1 September 1944
507:British Army Handbook 1939–1945
346:. 209 Brigade was redesignated
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297:Brigadier G. St G. Robinson
240:South Staffordshire Regiment
492:Joslen, pp. 73–4, 100, 321.
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225:Northamptonshire Regiment
153:(until 22 September 1942)
303:Brigadier R.C. Matthews
299:(21 May–20 October 1941)
234:(19 – 30 September 1944)
165:(until 30 November 1941)
521:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
344:45th (Holding) Division
323:(from 14 February 1945)
315:Brigadier N.P. Proctor
243:(15 – 30 November 1944)
348:135th Infantry Brigade
339:77th Infantry Division
309:Brigadier W.G. Hewett
272:(from 1 December 1944)
266:(from 1 December 1944)
260:(from 1 December 1944)
254:(from 1 December 1944)
87:209th Infantry Brigade
19:209th Infantry Brigade
483:Joslen, pp. 100, 108.
207:Durham Light Infantry
321:Brigadier A. Gilroy
113:. Under the name of
1655:117th Royal Marines
1650:116th Royal Marines
465:on 27 December 2005
435:on 30 December 2005
293:(until 21 May 1941)
198:Hampshire Regiment
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1634:24th (Gold Coast)
1558:27th (N Rhodesia)
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636:2nd Malayan
631:2nd (Malta)
611:1st Malayan
606:1st (Malta)
125:Composition
93:during the
1732:Categories
1157:6th London
1152:5th London
1147:4th London
1142:3rd London
1137:2nd London
1132:1st London
681:6th Guards
671:5th Guards
500:References
469:12 January
439:12 January
400:12 January
280:Commanders
1680:Hong Kong
696:7th Motor
289:Brigadier
1705:Southern
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1660:Adriatic
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