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The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the Brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famously the battle of Delville Wood. It was reactivated at the start of the Second World War as a South African formation and served in East Africa and the Western Desert. The Brigade was finally disbanded on 1 January 1943.

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  • 1st Infantry Brigade (South Africa)
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  • The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the Brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famously the battle of Delville Wood. It was reactivated at the start of the Second World War as a South African formation and served in East Africa and the Western Desert. The Brigade was finally disbanded on 1 January 1943.
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Commander
  • Brig C.L. de w. du Toit
  • Brig D.H. Pienaar,
  • Brig E.P. Hartshorn,
  • Brig Gen W.E.C. Tanner
  • Brig J. Daniel,
  • Brig J.B. Kriegler,
  • Brig J.P.A. Furstenberg,
  • Brig-Gen F.S. Dawson,
  • Brig-Gen H.T. Lukin,
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  • Infantry
Dates
  • --07-13
  • WWI: Sep 1915 –
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  • 1(xsd:integer)
Disbanded
  • 1(xsd:integer)
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  • Commander World War II
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  • Allied Forces, World War I and World War II
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  • Commander WWI
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  • Brigade
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  • The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the Brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famously the battle of Delville Wood. It was reactivated at the start of the Second World War as a South African formation and served in East Africa and the Western Desert. The Brigade was finally disbanded on 1 January 1943.
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