The 130th Brigade, originally the Plymouth Brigade was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force, Territorial Force, and later Territorial Army. In the First World War the brigade was in Brit
Troops of 130 Brigade sheltering from mortar fire during Operation Jupiter, 10 July 1944.
On 27 August 1944 4th Dorsets cross the Class 9 bridge 'David' at Vernon, decorated with the Wessex Wyvern divisional badge.
Universal Carriers of 43rd (Wessex) Division negotiate a muddy lane during the advance to Geilenkirchen, 18 November 1944.
Shermna tank passing infantry of 43rd Wessex Division on the way to Goch, 17 February 1945.
The 43rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army. The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division. During the First World War, it was broken-up and never
130th Infantry Brigade
…subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, the brigade carried on as the Devon and Cornwall Brigade in the TF's Wessex Division. Lord Clifford continued in command and retained the temporary rank of colonel. The reorganised brigade had the following composition: HQ: Lennard…
Soldiers of 4th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment, climbing the sheer face of a chalk quarry during 'toughening up' training at Leeds, Kent, 18 September 1941.
A Humber Armoured Car of 43rd Recce Regiment entering the water from a landing craft during wading trials at Weymouth, Dorset, 5 February 1944.
The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, inspects men of 4th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry, during a tour of forces preparing to invade Normandy, 12 May 1944.