Английская Википедия:14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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Шаблон:Infobox military unit The 14th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation during both the First World War and the Second World War.

History

First World War

In 1914 this brigade was part of the 5th Division and moved over to France.[1] On 30 December 1915 the brigade was transferred to the 32nd Division.[2]

Order of battle

Subordinate units included:[1]

Commanders

The following commanded the 14th Infantry Brigade during the First World War:[3]

  • Brigadier-General S. P. Rolt (at mobilization)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Longley (20 October 1914 - acting)
  • Brigadier-General F. S. Maude (23 October 1914)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel E. G. Williams (12 April 1915 - acting)
  • Brigadier-General G. H. Thesiger (17 April 1915 - temporary)
  • Brigadier-General F. S. Maude (4 May 1915)
  • Brigadier-General C. W. Crompton (10 September 1915)
  • Brigadier-General C. R. Ballard (26 December 1915)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel M. Archer-Shee (20 July 1916 - acting)
  • Brigadier-General Lord E. C. Gordon-Lennox (21 July 1916)
  • Brigadier-General C. B. Norton (15 April 1918)

Second World War

Файл:The British Army in Burma 1945 SE3804.jpg
Men of the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment searching the ruins of a railway station for Japanese snipers, during the advance of the Fourteenth Army to Rangoon along the railway corridor, 13 April 1945.

At the start of the war this formation was made up of regular army battalions based in the Middle East garrisons, nominally part of the 8th Infantry Division. It was present at the Battle of Crete, holding Heraklion airfield and causing many casualties among the German Parachute troops. Evacuated to North Africa where it became part of the 70th Infantry Division in the break out from Tobruk. The 70th Infantry Division was transferred to India and then Burma. Here the division, including the 14th Infantry Brigade, was split up and reformed as Chindits, fighting in the Second Chindit Expedition of 1944 (codenamed Operation Thursday). The brigade suffered 489 casualties during the Chindit operation.[4] On 1 November 1944 the brigade was redesignated as the 14th British Airlanding Brigade.[5]

Order of battle

The following infantry battalions were assigned to the 14th Infantry Brigade for various periods in the Second World War.[6]

Commanders

Commanders included:[7]

See also

Bigadier-General C.Compton, C.C., C.M.G. 28 June 1915 - [17]

References

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Further reading

Шаблон:British infantry brigades of the Second World War Шаблон:Use dmy dates

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  1. ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  3. ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
  4. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  7. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  8. ↑ London Gazette, 16 December 1930 (issue 33670), p. 8078
  9. ↑ London Gazette, 23 December 1930 (issue 33672), p. 8256
  10. ↑ London Gazette, 30 June 1933 (issue 33955), p. 4382
  11. ↑ London Gazette, 11 July 1933 (issue 33959), p. 4653
  12. ↑ London Gazette, 29 June 1937 (issue 34413), p. 4176
  13. ↑ London Gazette, 6 July 1937 (issue 34415), p. 434
  14. ↑ London Gazette, 14 February 1939 (issue 34598), p. 1068
  15. ↑ London Gazette, 10 January 1939 (issue 34588), p. 215
  16. ↑ London Gazette, 25 August 1939 (issue 34658), p. 5842
  17. ↑ "5th Division of The Great War"
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