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6th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
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The 6th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a new unit formed when Britain's Territorial Force was created in 1908. Its origin lay in Artillery Volunteer Corps formed in the Surrey suburbs of South London in the 1860s, which had later been incorporated into a larger London unit. Together with its wartime duplicate it served on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine during the First World War. Converted to the anti-tank role just before the Second World War it saw widely varied service during the war, while its duplicate regiment landed on D-Day. The regiment continued in the postwar Territorial Army until 1961.
6th County of London Brigade, RFA 63rd (6th London) Field Brigade, RA 52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, RA 263 (6th London) Light Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 1 April 1908 – 1 May 1961 |
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Type | Artillery Brigade/Regiment |
Role | Field Artillery Anti-Tank Artillery |
Part of | 47th (1/2nd London) Division 60th (2/2nd London) Division 5th Division I Corps 56th (London) Armoured Division |
Garrison/HQ | Brixton |
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