Home Counties Brigade
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After the Second World War there were 14 infantry depots, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially aligned, and Infantry Depot C at Canterbury was aligned with the Regiments from the Home Counties. In 1948, the depots switched to names and this depot became the Home Counties Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time.
The Home Counties Brigade was formally formed on 14th July, 1948 as an administrative apparatus for the infantry regiments from the Home Counties:
- The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (until 1958)
- The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (until 1961)
- The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (until 1958)
- The East Surrey Regiment (until 1958)
- The Royal Sussex Regiment
- The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment (until 1961)
- The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
In 1958, the Royal Fusiliers were transferred to the Fusilier Brigade, while the Queen's Royal Regiment and the East Surrey Regiment were amalgamated to form The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment. In 1961, the Buffs and the Queen's Own West Kent Regiment amalgamated into the The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment. In 1966, these two were amalgamted with the Royal Sussex Regiment and Middlesex Regiment to form a new, large regiment called the Queen's Regiment.
On July 1, 1968 the Home Counties Brigade was united with the Fusilier and East Anglian Brigades, to form the Queen's Division.
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