173rd (3/1st London) Brigade
The 173rd Brigade was a formation of the British Army's Territorial Force that was raised in 1915. It was assigned to the 58th Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War. Its number was used for a deception formation during the Second World War.
Captured German pillbox or 'Mebu' at Passchendaele
Passchendaele mud
Regimental aid post near Chipilly, 10 August 1918.
The ruins of Chipilly after its capture
167th (1st London) Brigade
The 167th Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Territorial Army that saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars. It was the first Territorial formation to go overseas in 1914, garrisoned Malta, and then served with the 56th (London) Infantry Division on the Western Front. In the Second World War, it fought in the North African and Italian campaigns in the Second World War.
Troops during the Battle of Passchendaele carry a wounded man to the aid post. The terrain pictured and the battle exemplified much of the fighting of the Great War.
Men of the 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers manning a PIAT during the Battle of Salerno, 10 September 1943.
A Churchill tank halts near infantry of 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, of 167th Brigade of 56th Division, near Tanara, Italy, April 1945.
