17th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 17th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army which provided active service in both the First and Second World Wars. It was mainly composed of Regular Army battalions.
History
The 17th Brigade was originally part of the 6th Division during the First World War, but it was transferred to the 24th Division, a New Army division, in October 1915. The brigade saw service mainly on the Western Front.
The Brigade served with the 5th Infantry Division through most of the Second World War. On May 5, 1942 it was part of Force 121 in the invasion of Madagascar. After this, the 17th Infantry Brigade served in the invasion of Sicily with the British Eighth Army and the Italian Campaign before being transferred to North-West Europe in February 1945 for the invasion of Germany.
The Brigade was stationed in the Southern Brigade District in the Suez Canal Zone for a period in the late 1940s before being disbanded.
Component Units in World War I
On mobilisation - August 1914
General Officer Commanding - Brigadier General W.R.B. Doran CB DSO[1]
- 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
- 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
- 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)[2]
November 1918
- 8th (Service) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
- 3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
- 17th Trench Mortar Battery[3]
Component Units in World War II
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers[4]
- 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (to 30 March 1940)
- 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (from 30 March 1940)
- 156th (Lanarkshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
References
- ↑ Major General T.O. Marden, ed. (1920). A Short History of the 6th Division.
- ↑ "6th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "24th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Joslen, Lt-Col H.F. (2003) [1st. pub. HMSO:1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. p. 259. ISBN 9781843424741. OCLC 65152579.
External links
- 17th Infantry Brigade at Orders of Battle.com