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42nd Brigade (other)
42nd Brigade or 42nd Infantry Brigade may refer to: * 42nd Indian Brigade of the British Indian Army in the First World War * 42nd Military Police Brigade (United States), a unit of the United States Army ; United Kingdom * 42nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) The 42nd Infantry Brigade, also known as 42 (North West) Brigade, was a brigade of the British Army. History The brigade first saw action during the Second Boer War. First World War The brigade was reformed in August 1914 during the First World W ... * Artillery Brigades ** 42nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery See also * 42nd Division (other) * 42nd Regiment (other) * 42nd Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Indian Brigade
The 42nd Indian Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service with the Indian Army during the First World War. It served in the Mesopotamian Campaign on the Euphrates Front throughout its existence. It was not reformed for the Second World War. History The 42nd Indian Brigade was formed in April 1916 and, on arrival in Mesopotamia, joined the 15th Indian Division when it was formed on 7 May 1916. The division replaced the 12th Indian Division on the Euphrates Front. The brigade remained with the division on the Euphrates Front until the end of the war. It took part in the action of As Sahilan (11 September 1916), the Capture of Ramadi (28 and 29 September 1917), the Occupation of Hīt (9 March 1918) and the action of Khan Baghdadi (26 and 27 March 1918). At the end of the war, the division was rapidly run down and it (along with the brigade) was disbanded in March 1919. Order of battle The brigade had the following composition in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Military Police Brigade (United States)
The 42nd Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington. It is a subordinate unit of I Corps. First activated as a customs unit in post-World War II Germany, the brigade has a long history with United States Army Europe. Its duties as a customs unit meant that the unit was garrisoned in Germany for over forty years from 1950 until 1990, never seeing action in the U.S. operations of the Korean War, Vietnam War, or the Persian Gulf War. It was deactivated during the post-Cold War drawdown of the U.S. military. Reactivated in 2004, the brigade provides corrections and force protection for both I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The brigade and its subordinate units have seen several tours in support of the Iraq War's Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism's Operation Enduring Freedom. Organization The brigade is a subordinate unit of the I Corps, and is separate, meaning that it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 42nd Infantry Brigade, also known as 42 (North West) Brigade, was a brigade of the British Army. History The brigade first saw action during the Second Boer War. First World War The brigade was reformed in August 1914 during the First World War as the 42nd Brigade, raised from the first wave of men volunteering for Kitchener's Army. The 42nd Brigade was a component formation of the 14th (Light) Division and originally consisted of light infantry regiments but, as the war progressed and casualties mounted, the brigades' original battalions were replaced by non-light infantry regiments. Order of battle * 5th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry * 5th (Service) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry * 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps * 9th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) * 42nd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps * 42nd Trench Mortar Battery * 6th (Service) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment * 16th (Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
XLII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... It was originally formed with 29th, 41st and 45th Batteries, and attached to 3rd Infantry Division. In August 1914, it mobilised and was sent to the Continent with the British Expeditionary Force, where it saw service with 3rd Division throughout the war. 129th (Howitzer) Battery joined the brigade in May 1916. External linksRoyal Field Artillery Brigades Notes References {{reflist, 2[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Division (other)
42nd Division or 42nd Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 42. Home Guard Infantry Division, a unit of the Croatian Army * 42nd Division (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army * 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, a unit of the British Army * 42nd Infantry Division (United States), a unit of the United States Army's New York Army National Guard * 42nd Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 42nd Guards Motor Rifle Division, currently a formation of the Russian Ground Forces * 42nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during WW2 * 42nd Division (Spain) Armoured divisions * 42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom), a unit of the British Army Aviation divisions * 42d Air Division, a unit of the United States Air Force See also * 42nd Group (other) * 42nd Brigade (other) 42nd Brigade or 42nd Infantry Brigade may refer to: * 42nd Indian Brigade of the British Indian Army in the First World War * 42nd Military Police ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
42nd Regiment (other)
42nd Regiment, 42nd Infantry Regiment or 42nd Armoured Regiment may refer to: United Kingdom * 42nd Regiment of Foot, a unit of the British Army up to 1881, known as the "Black Watch" * 42 Engineer Regiment (Geographic), a unit of the British Army Royal Engineers * 42nd Royal Tank Regiment, a World War II armoured unit of the British Army * 42nd Deoli Regiment, an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army United States * 42nd Infantry Regiment (United States), a unit of the US Army American Civil War regiments Union (northern) Army *42nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment *42nd Indiana Infantry Regiment *42nd Kentucky Infantry Regiment *42nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment *42nd Ohio Infantry Regiment * 42nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment *42nd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment Confederate (southern) Army * 42nd Arkansas Cavalry Regiment * 42nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment * 42nd Virginia Infantry Regiment Other nations * 42nd Armoured Regiment (India), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
