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6th Infantry Brigade    6th Brigade was part of 2nd Division and saw action in France in 1940 and in India and Burma. 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (9 September 1941 to 19 October 1941) 6th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (9 September 1939 to 14 December 1940) 1st Battalion, Royal Scots (1 November 1942 to 2 June 1943) 99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (1 November 1942 to 2 June 1943) 506th Field Company, Royal Engineers (1 November 1942 to 2 June 1943) 6th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (1 November 1942 to 2 June 1943) 4th of December 1939 Distribution 5th of December 1939 Inspection 8th of December 1939 Cold & Wet 18th of December 1939 Demonstration 20th of December 1939 Reliefs 24th of December 1939  10th May 1940 Orders 15th May 1940 In Action 24th May 1940 In Action 25th May 1940 Air Raid 25th May 1940 In Action 26th May 1940 New Positions 27th May 1940 Hard Fighting 30th May 1940 Withdrawal 1st Mar 1943 New Position 4th Mar 1943 Move 6th Mar 1943 Reliefs 12th Mar 1943 Reliefs 13th Mar 1943 Reliefs Completed 14th Mar 1943 Air Attacks 15th Mar 1943 Artillery Registration 16th Mar 1943 Heavy Firing 17th Mar 1943 Patrol 18th Mar 1943 Attack Made 19th Mar 1943 Reliefs 20th Mar 1943 Defence Work 21st Mar 1943 Snipers 22nd Mar 1943 Reliefs 23rd Mar 1943 Snipers 24th Mar 1943 Shelling 25th Mar 1943 Reliefs 26th Mar 1943 Alert 27th Mar 1943 Support Called For 28th Mar 1943 Report of Contact 29th Mar 1943 Reliefs 30th Mar 1943 Quiet 31st Mar 1943 Positions Handed Over 1st Apr 1943 Defences reorganised 2nd Apr 1943 Poor Communications 4th Apr 1943 Difficulties 5th Apr 1943 Supplies 6th Apr 1943 Difficult Move 7th Apr 1943 Defences 8th Apr 1943 Reliefs 3rd Apr 1944 In Action 8th Apr 1944 Advance 14th Apr 1944 Break Through 18th Apr 1944 Attack Made 19th Apr 1944 Reliefs 20th Apr 1944 Reliefs 13th May 1944 In Action 26th Jul 1944 Advance 3rd Dec 1944 Conference 10th Dec 1944 Conference 14th Dec 1944 On the Move 15th Dec 1944 On the Move 16th Dec 1944 On the March 17th Dec 1944 Recce 18th Dec 1944 Recce 19th Dec 1944 On the March 20th Dec 1944 Water 21st Dec 1944 On the March 22nd Dec 1944 On the March 23rd Dec 1944 On the March 24th Dec 1944 Advance 25th Dec 1944 Patrols 26th Dec 1944 In Action 27th Dec 1944 In Action 28th Dec 1944 On the March 29th Dec 1944 In Action 30th Dec 1944 In Action 31st Dec 1944 Air Raid 1st Jan 1945 Festive Celebrations 1st of January 1945 Intelligence Summary 2nd Jan 1945 On the March 3rd Jan 1945 On the March 4th Jan 1945 Attack Made 5th Jan 1945 Reliefs 6th Jan 1945 Baths 7th Jan 1945 Enemy Aircraft 8th Jan 1945 On the March 9th Jan 1945 On the March 10th Jan 1945 Air Raid 11th Jan 1945 Air Raid 12th Jan 1945 Rations 13th Jan 1945 Football 14th Jan 1945 Football If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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