The 138th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 46th Division. The brigade again saw active service in the Second World War, with
Men of 'G' Company, 1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, in Harpenden, November 1914.
Men of the 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, part of the 138th Brigade, British 46th Infantry Division, enter Salerno during the Allied invasion of Italy, 10 September 1943.
The 139th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 46th Division. Later designated the 139th Infantry Brigade, the brigade also saw s
138th (Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade
…Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross. In mid-January 1945, the brigade and the rest of the division (except 139th Brigade) was transferred to Greece to fight in the Greek Civil War, returning to Italy in April but did not see action in the final offensive. Throughout the…
Sherman tanks supporting infantrymen of the 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 46th Division, near Coldazzo on the Gothic Line, 30 August 1944.