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159th Brigade    159th Infantry Brigade was part of 53rd (Welsh) Division later transferring to 11th Armoured Division. They saw action across North Western Europe. 159th Brigade was made up of 4th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (until 3rd of April 1945) 1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment 159th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (from 29th of June 1940 to 15th of February 1941) 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (from 6th of April 1945) 1st Jun 1944 Awaiting Orders 6th Jun 1944 Awaiting Orders 7th Jun 1944 Orders 8th Jun 1944 Orders 9th Jun 1944 On the Move 9th Jun 1944 On the Move 10th Jun 1944 Delays 11th Jun 1944 Preparations 12th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 On the Move 13th Jun 1944 On the Move 14th Jun 1944 On the Move 15th Jun 1944 Under Fire 15th Jun 1944 Air Raid 16th Jun 1944 Aircraft Downed 17th Jun 1944 French Maps 24th Jun 1944 Preparations 25th Jun 1944 In Action 25th Jun 1944 News 26th Jun 1944 Orders 27th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 On the Move 28th Jun 1944 Defence 28th Jun 1944 In Action 28th Jun 1944 Preparations 29th Jun 1944 Shelling 29th Jun 1944 On the Move 30th Jun 1944 Orders 30th Jun 1944 In Defence 30th Jun 1944 Under Fire 31st Jun 1944 Advance Continues 1st Jul 1944 Conference 1st Jul 1944 Enemy in Sight 6th Jul 1944 Training 7th Jul 1944 At Rest 9th Jul 1944 Quiet 11th Jul 1944 Standing by 12th Jul 1944 Standing by 13th Jul 1944 Standing by 14th Jul 1944 Entertainment 16th Jul 1944 On the Move 17th Jul 1944 On the Move 18th Jul 1944 Attack Made 19th Jul 1944 Under Fire 20th Jul 1944 In Action 21st Jul 1944 On the Move 24th Jul 1944 Under Fire 25th Jul 1944 Standng by 28th Jul 1944 Orders 29th Jul 1944 On the Move 30th Ju1 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 In Action 31st Jul 1944 In Action 1st Aug 1944 Reorganisation 2nd Aug 1944 Advance Continues 2nd Aug 1944 Hard Fighting 3rd Aug 1944 Quiet 3rd Aug 1944 Under Fire 4th Aug 1944 Quiet 4th Aug 1944 Counter Attacks 4th Aug 1944 Counter Attack 5th Aug 1944 Shelling 5th Aug 1944 Enemy Attack 6th Aug 1944 Under Fire 6th Aug 1944 Heavy Attack 7th Aug 1944 Wounded 7th Aug 1944 Tanks in Action 9th Aug 1944 Relief Completed 10th Aug 1944 Refitting 12th Aug 1944 Orders 13th Aug 1944 Withdrawal 13th Aug 1944 Reliefs 14th Aug 1944 In Action 14th Aug 1944 Hard Fighting 15th Aug 1944 No Move 16th Aug 1944 Advance 16th Aug 1944 Advance 17th Aug 1944 River Crossed 17th Aug 1944 Under Fire 18th Aug 1944 Advance 18th Aug 1944 Bridges Blown 19th Aug 1944 Advance 20th Aug 1944 Prisoners 21st Aug 1944 Contact 30th Aug 1944 On the Move 1st Sep 1944 On the Move 2nd Sep 1944 Captured Equipment 3rd Sep 1944 Information 4th Sep 1944 Heavy Fighting 4th Sep 1944 Mopping up 5th Sep 1944 Prisoners Taken 5th Sep 1944 Canal 6th Sep 1944 In Action 7th Sep 1944 Withdrawal 7th Sep 1944 Orders 8th Sep 1944 At Rest 8th Sep 1944 On the Move 9th Sep 1944 Orders 10th Sep 1944 On the Move 11th Sep 1944 On the Move 12th Sep 1944 Patrols 13th Sep 1944 Reinforcements 14th Sep 1944 Visit 15th Sep 1944 Supply Issues 17th Sep 1944 Opperation Launched 18th Sep 1944 Orders 19th Sep 1944 Diversion 20th Sep 1944 Attack Made 21st Sep 1944 Advance 21st Sep 1944 On the Move 21st Sep 1944 Bridgehead Established 22nd Sep 1944 In Action 23rd Sep 1944 Shelling 24th Sep 1944 In Action 25th Sep 1944 In Action 26th Sep 1944 On the Move 27th Sep 1944 Shelling 28th Sep 1944 Communication 29th Sep 1944 Reliefs 30th Sep 1944 On the Move 7th Oct 1944 Move 12th Oct 1944 Fire in Support 15th Oct 1944 Flank Secured 19th Nov 1944 Reliefs 9th Jan 1945 Ammunition 10th Jan 1945 Reliefs April 1945 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 159th Brigade during the Second World War 1939-1945. Anthony Joseph John. Sgt. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. 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