The 159th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army. Part of the Territorial Army, the brigade was assigned to the 53rd Infantry Division and served with the division in the early s
Men of the carrier platoon of the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, part of 159th Infantry Brigade, February 1945.
Universal Carriers of the 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment's anti-tank platoon move up towards the Weser bridgehead, 7 April 1945.
160th (Welsh) Brigade
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160th Brigade or Brigâd 160, is a regional brigade of the British Army that has been in existence since 1908, and saw service during both the First and the Second World Wars, as part of the 53rd Infan
159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
…was composed of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions of the Monmouthshire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment, all originally from the 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade. In the late 1930s, there was an increasing need to strengthen the anti-aircraft defences of the United Kingdom, and so many infantry battalions of the…
Infantrymen of the 4th Battalion, Welch Regiment advance along a railway embankment during the capture of 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 25 October 1944.
Men of the 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment in Bocholt, Germany, 29 March 1945. Note the Nazi slogan painted on the wall.
1 Rifles as part of the brigade, 2018.