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69th Infantry Brigade    69th Infantry Brigade served with 23rd and 50th (Northumberland) Division. They saw action in The Battle of France, the Middle East, North Africa Sicily and North Western Europe. It was made up of 5th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion, Green Howards 7th Battalion, Green Howards 69th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 1st September 1940, disbanded 1st January 1941) 4th Mar 1940 Course 10th May 1940 Air Raid 17th May 1940 On the Move 18th May 1940 Enemy Active 19th May 1940 In Defence 19th May 1940 In Defence 20th May 1940 On the Move 20th May 1940 No Withdrawal 20th May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 On the Move 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Orders 21st May 1940 Intelligence 22nd May 1940 Recce 22nd May 1940 On the Move 23rd May 1940 In Defence 23rd May 1940 Orders 24th May 1940 In Defence 24th May 1940 Transport 25th May 1940 Situation Unclear 25th May 1940 Orders 26th May 1940 Recce 26th May 1940 In Defence 27th May 1940 Enemy Active 27th May 1940 Under Attack 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Poor Conditions 29th May 1940 Shelling 30th May 1940 Perimeter Defence 31st May 1940 Evacuation 4th Jun 1940 In Camp 5th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 6th Jun 1940 Defence 7th Jun 1940 Identity Checks 8th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 8th Jun 1940 Moves 10th Jun 1940 Leave 18th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 19th Jun 1940 Reorganisation 20th Jun 1940 Instructions 21st Jun 1940 Instructions 22nd April 1941 On the Move 13th June 1941 On the Move 24th July 1941 On the Move 3rd Nov 1941 On the Move 21st Nov 1941 On the Move 27th Feb 1942 Under Fire 22nd May 1942 In Action 23rd May 1942 Reorganisation 27th Jul 1942 In Action 28th Jul 1942 Attack Made 20th Mar 1943 Award 28th Mar 1943 Recce 28th of June 1943 Fuel 28th of June 1943 Fuel 28th of June 1943 Orders 28th of June 1943 Ferry Services 26th of June 1943 Orders 13th July 1943 On the March 14th July 1943 In Action 15th Jul 1943 Hard Fighting 16th July 1943 In Action 16th July 1943 Hard Fighting Mar 1944 Orders 17th Apr 1944 Exercise 18th Apr 1944 Exercise Ends 4th May 1944 Exercise 11th May 1944 Conference 13th May 1944 Inspection 16th May 1944 Preparations 17th May 1944 Orders 19th May 1944 Conferences 25th May 1944 Conference 26th May 1944 Visit 29th May 1944 Embarkation   Troops from 6th or 7th Battalion The Green Howards, 69th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, embarking onto the LSI SS Empire Lance at Southampton, 29th of May 1944. IWM (B 5237) 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 2nd June 1944 On the Move 6th Jun 1944 Almost to Plan 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Landing 6th Jun 1944 Assault 6th Jun 1944 Advance 6th Jun 1944 The Rising Tide 6th Jun 1944 Advance 6th Jun 1944 Objective Taken 6th June 1944 In Action 6th June 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Crabs 6th Jun 1944 Communications 6th Jun 1944 Clearing Enemy 6th Jun 1944 Pill Box 6th Jun 1944 Behind Schedule 7th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Objectives 7th Jun 1944 Objectives Taken 7th Jun 1944 Advance 7th Jun 1944 Harrassing Fire 7th Jun 1944 Opposition 7th Jun 1944 Farm Captured 7th Jun 1944 Small Enemy Parties Engaged 8th Jun 1944 Consolidation 9th Jun 1944 Attack Made 10th Jun 1944 Quiet 10th Jun 1944 Counter Attack 10th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 11th Jun 1944 Prisoners 11th Jun 1944 Attack Made 11th Jun 1944 Reliefs 12th Jun 1944 Quiet 13th Jun 1944 On the Move 13th Jun 1944 Air Raids 16th Jun 1944 Active Patrolling 17th Jun 1944 Advance 17th Jun 1944 Enemy Aircraft 18th Jun 1944 In Action 18th Jun 1944 Advance 19th Jun 1944 Advance 20th Jun 1944 Conference 21st Jun 1944 Poor Conditions 22nd Jun 1944 Conference 25th Jun 1944 Praise 1st Aug 1944 Orders 1st Aug 1944 Reliefs 5th Aug 1944 Advance 6th Aug 1944 Address 6th Aug 1944 Conference 7th Aug 1944 Devastation 8th Aug 1944 In Action 9th Aug 1944 In Action 10th Aug 1944 Orders 11th Aug 1944 Hard Day 12th Aug 1944 Advance 13th Aug 1944 Attack Made 4th Sep 1944 Advance 5th Sep 1944 Civilian Assitance 6th Sep 1944 On the Move 7th Sep 1944 Patrols 8th Sep 1944 Orders 17th Sep 1944 Attack Made 22nd September 1944 Rounds Fired 23rd Sep 1944 Position Obscure 24th Sep 1944 Attacks 25th Sep 1944 In Action 25th Sep 1944 Attack Made 26th Sep 1944 Attack Made 26th Sep 1944 In Action 27th Sep 1944 Attack Made 30th Sep 1944 In Action 1st Oct 1944 Advance 1st Oct 1944 Quiet 2nd Oct 1944 Air Raids 2nd Oct 1944 Air Attack 3rd Oct 1944 Wet Day 4th Oct 1944 Orders 5th Oct 1944 Objectives Taken 6th Oct 1944 Reliefs 7th Oct 1944 Orders Cancelled 8th Oct 1944 Moves 11th Oct 1944 Orders 12th Oct 1944 Wet Weather 15th Oct 1944 Very Wet 16th Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Nov 1944 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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