The 143rd Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars. In the First World War the brigade served on both Western Fr
Insignia of the 143rd Brigade
Second Lieutenant Frederick Wigan Jones of the 1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Jones received his commission in November 1915 and was promoted to lieutenant in October 1916. He was seriously wounded in November 1916 whilst assisting a soldier who had lost his unit. He died from his wounds, aged 24, on 28 December 1916. He is buried at Yardley Cemetery, Birmingham.
Men of 14 Platoon, 'C' Company, 1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment in a forward trench named '10 Downing Street' in Flines Woods near Orchies, France, 8 February 1940.
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The Northamptonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1960. In 1960, it was amalgamated with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment to form the 2nd East
143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
…1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (left 13 July 1944) 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (left 29 January 1940) 143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 6 October 1939, disbanded 29 January 1940…
Cap badge of the Northamptonshire Regiment.
Troops of the 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment marching past Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught, at his inspection of the 2nd Brigade, near Bruay, 1 July 1918.
Troops from 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, part of the 17th Brigade of the 5th Division, wait to board landing craft at Catania, Sicily, for the invasion of Italy, 2 September 1943.
Troops of the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, 11th Infantry Brigade, 78th Infantry Division pick their way through the ruins of Argenta, 18 April 1945.