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turenne · 16-07-2008, 05:49 PM

143rd Brigade—Brigadier James Muirhead MC (1892 – 1973)

a) 1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Regular) CO: Lt Col E H Whitfield; Major E C Richards OBE War Diary: WO 167/805

[They had originally been in 11th Brigade, 4th Division, but were transferred in January/February 1940 as part of a scheme to mix Regular and Territorial battalions. The 5th Northamptonshire Regiment was transferred from this brigade to 11th Brigade, 4th Division.]
b) and c) 1st/7th and 8th Battalions The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) CO: (8) Lt Col Reginald Baker; War Diaries: WO 167/840 and WO 167/841

144th Brigade—Brigadier James Melvill “Hammy” Hamilton DSO (1886 - 1972)

a) 2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Regular) [WORMHOUDT; massacre] CO: Lt Col Piers Duncan Williams Dunn DSO MC (1896 – 1957); Major, later Lt Col, P W Hicks MC ( - after 1966) War Diary: WO 167/839
[They were transferred to the brigade in January/February 1940 from 2nd Division.]

b) 5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (TA) [LEDRINGHEM] CO: Lt Col Guy A H Buxton ( - between 1946 and 1953) War Diary: WO 167/743

c) 8th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) [WORMHOUDT] [see Worcestershire Regiment History (29th/36th of Foot) CO: Lt Col Johnstone? War Diary: WO 167/847

145th Brigade—Brigadier Archibald Cecil Hughes (to 15 May 1940) (1886 – 1961)
Brigadier The Hon. Nigel Fitzroy “Slasher” Somerset (from 15 May 1940) (1893 – 1990)

a) 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Regular) [CASSEL] CO: Lt Col Nigel Fitzroy Somerset (1893 – 1990); Major Edward Maurice Blunt Gilmore ( - after 1963) War Diaries: WO 167/741 and WO 167/742.

[They were transferred to the brigade in 1940 from 8th Brigade, 3rd Division.]

b) 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA) [CASSEL] CO: Lt Col Geoffrey Walsham Kennedy (1895 – 1984) War Diary: WO 167/806

c) 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA) [HAZEBROUCK] CO: Lt Col Ronald Davidson Reed Sale (1904 – after 1952); Lt Col Alexander Denis Burnett-Brown MC (1894 – 1966); Major Brian Kay Heyworth (1907 – 1940) War Diary: WO 187/804

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turenne Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canterbury, Kent Posts: 11	Ox & Bucks Battalions 143rd Brigade—Brigadier James Muirhead MC (1892 – 1973) a) 1st Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (Regular) CO: Lt Col E H Whitfield; Major E C Richards OBE War Diary: WO 167/805 [They had originally been in 11th Brigade, 4th Division, but were transferred in January/February 1940 as part of a scheme to mix Regular and Territorial battalions. The 5th Northamptonshire Regiment was transferred from this brigade to 11th Brigade, 4th Division.] b) and c) 1st/7th and 8th Battalions The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) CO: (8) Lt Col Reginald Baker; War Diaries: WO 167/840 and WO 167/841 144th Brigade—Brigadier James Melvill “Hammy” Hamilton DSO (1886 - 1972) a) 2nd Battalion The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Regular) [WORMHOUDT; massacre] CO: Lt Col Piers Duncan Williams Dunn DSO MC (1896 – 1957); Major, later Lt Col, P W Hicks MC ( - after 1966) War Diary: WO 167/839 [They were transferred to the brigade in January/February 1940 from 2nd Division.] b) 5th Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (TA) [LEDRINGHEM] CO: Lt Col Guy A H Buxton ( - between 1946 and 1953) War Diary: WO 167/743 c) 8th Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) [WORMHOUDT] [see Worcestershire Regiment History (29th/36th of Foot) CO: Lt Col Johnstone? War Diary: WO 167/847 145th Brigade—Brigadier Archibald Cecil Hughes (to 15 May 1940) (1886 – 1961) Brigadier The Hon. Nigel Fitzroy “Slasher” Somerset (from 15 May 1940) (1893 – 1990) a) 2nd Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (Regular) [CASSEL] CO: Lt Col Nigel Fitzroy Somerset (1893 – 1990); Major Edward Maurice Blunt Gilmore ( - after 1963) War Diaries: WO 167/741 and WO 167/742. [They were transferred to the brigade in 1940 from 8th Brigade, 3rd Division.] b) 4th Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA) [CASSEL] CO: Lt Col Geoffrey Walsham Kennedy (1895 – 1984) War Diary: WO 167/806 c) 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA) [HAZEBROUCK] CO: Lt Col Ronald Davidson Reed Sale (1904 – after 1952); Lt Col Alexander Denis Burnett-Brown MC (1894 – 1966); Major Brian Kay Heyworth (1907 – 1940) War Diary: WO 187/804 Last edited by turenne; 16-07-2008 at 05:58 PM.