The 169th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars. Throughout its existence the brigade, serving under numerous many dif
A patrol of the 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, Italy, September 1943.
Reverend G. B. Fairhurst, Padre of the 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment, talking to two of the men in his battalion and an American soldier in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 20–21 February 1944.
German prisoners being marched into captivity by men of the Queen's Royal Regiment, 56th Division, Montefiore area, 13 September 1944.
The 56th Infantry Division was a Territorial Army infantry division of the British Army, which served under several different titles and designations. The division served in the trenches of the Wester
169th (3rd London) Brigade
…the Second World Wars. Throughout its existence the brigade, serving under numerous many different titles and designations, was an integral part of the 56th (London) Infantry Division. It served on the Western Front in the First World War, and in the North African and Italian campaigns during the Second World War. The Volunteer Force…
A Company, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) marching to the trenches on the Doullens-Amiens road at Pas-en-Artois, 26 June 1916.
Troops of the 1/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), in a reserve trench in Chimpanzee Valley between Hardecourt and Guillemont, 6 September 1916.
Horse ambulances of the 2/1st London Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps of the 56th Division on a track running east of Maricourt-Montauban Road, with wounded on stretchers just arriving, September 1916.
Men of the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles training in boat handling on a lake in Pippington Park, East Grinstead, April 1940.