. The 69th Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the British 23rd (Northumbrian) Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded. The brigade was included in the "order of battle" of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, together with the 150th Infantry Brigade and the 151st Infantry Brigade and became part of IIX Corps, British home forces,.
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| - . The 69th Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the British 23rd (Northumbrian) Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded. The brigade was included in the "order of battle" of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, together with the 150th Infantry Brigade and the 151st Infantry Brigade and became part of IIX Corps, British home forces,.
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| - Battle of France
- Operation Market Garden
- Battle of Gazala
- D Day
- El Agheila
- Enfidaville
- Matruth Line
- Operation Perch
- Operation Pugilist
- Second Battle of El Alamein
- wadi Akarit
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| - . The 69th Infantry Brigade was a World War II British Army formation. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the British 23rd (Northumbrian) Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded. The brigade was included in the "order of battle" of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, together with the 150th Infantry Brigade and the 151st Infantry Brigade and became part of IIX Corps, British home forces,. It went onto fight in the North African Campaign, the Sicily Landings, the D-Day Landings and the North West Europe Campaigns.
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