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147th Infantry Brigade    147th Brigade served with 49th Division during the Second World War. It consisted of 1/5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment and 1/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment, from 20th March 1940 to 1st of August 1940 147th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company supported the infantry In September 1942 5th West Yorkshires were replaced by 11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and in July 1944 1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment replaced 6th Duke of Wellingtons Regiment. They served in Iceland and North Western Europe. 10th Jan 1941 Orders 13th Jan 1941 Inspection 5th Mar 1941 Reliefs 8th Mar 1941 Thaw 13th Mar 1941 Reorganisation 18th Mar 1941 Exercise 19th Mar 1941 Exercise 3rd Jul 1942 Exercise 4th Jul 1942 Exercise 20th Jul 1942 Exercise 21st Jul 1942 Exercise 22nd Jul 1942 Exercise 25th Jul 1942 Exercise 26th Jul 1942 Exercise 27th Jul 1942 Exercise 9th Jun 1944 On the Move 10th Jun 1944 On the Move 11th Jun 1944 On the Move 12th Jun 1944 Busy Day 13th Jun 1944 Air Raids 14th Jun 1944 Air Raids 15th Jun 1944 On the Move 15th Jun 1944 Planning 16th Jun 1944 In Action 16th Jun 1944 Air Raid 17th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Assembly 18th Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 18th Jun 1944 In Action 18th Jun 1944 Attack Made 19th Jun 1944 Enemy Patrol 19th Jun 1944 Patrols 20th Jun 1944 Enemy Active 20th Jun 1944 Recce 21st Jun 1944 Civilians Evcauated 22nd Jun 1944 Shelling 22nd Jun 1944 Air Raid 23rd Jun 1944 Mines 23rd Jun 1944 Reliefs 24th Jun 1944 Attack Made 24th Jun 1944 Briefing 25th Jun 1944 In Action 25th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting 26th Jun 1944 In Action 26th Jun 1944 In Action 27th Jun 1944 Heavy Rain 28th Jun 1944 Attacks 29th Jun 1944 Shelling 30th Jun 1944 Heavy Rain 9th Jul 1944 Unexploded Ordnace 10th Jul 1944 Fire Support 10th Jul 1944 Recces 11th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 12th Jul 1944 Patrols 13th Jul 1944 Fighting Patrols 14th Jul 1944 Anti Tank Obstacle 15th Jul 1944 Attack Made 16th Jul 1944 Prisoners 16th Jul 1944 Attack Made 17th Jul 1944 Ground Gained 18th Jul 1944 Orders 19th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 20th Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 21st Jul 1944 Awaiting Orders 22nd Jul 1944 Recce 23rd Jul 1944 Advance Party 24th Jul 1944 Reliefs 25th Jul 1944 Reliefs Complete 26th Jul 1944 Heavy Shelling 27th Jul 1944 Prisoner Taken 28th Jul 1944 Enemy Weapons 29th Jul 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 Less Air Activity 31st Jul 1944 Patrols 6th Sep 1944 Recces 9th Sep 1944 Orders 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Ground Gained 28th Sep 1944 Orders 29th Sep 1944 In Action 30th Sep 1944 A Missunderstanding 1st Oct 1944 Orders 1st Oct 1944 In Action 2nd Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Oct 1944 Situation 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 3rd Oct 1944 Support 25th Nov 1944 Prisoner Taken 2nd Dec 1944 On the Move 3rd Dec 1944 Flooding 4th Dec 1944 Flooding 7th Dec 1944 Preparations 8th Dec 1944 Reliefs 9th Feb 1945 Preparations 15th March 1945 Reorganisation 16th March 1945 Move 22nd March 1945 Training 22nd March 1945 Training 23rd March 1945 Orders 23rd March 1945 Attck 23rd March 1945 Reliefs If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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