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8th Infantry Brigade    At the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, 8th Brigade was commanded by Brigadier Frank Hole Witts DSO MC ADC. Brigade Headquarters was at Crownhill Fort. They proceeded to France in late September 1939 and saw action during the Battle of France, being evacuated to the UK in late May 1940. They saw action across North Western Europe from mid 1944 until the end of the Second World War. 8th Brigade was made up of 1st Battalion, Royal Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 10th Sep 1939 Equipment 11th Sep 1939 Training 12th Sep 1939 Training 14th Sep 1939 Excerise 15th Sep 1939 Exercise 16th Sep 1939 Reliefs 16th Sep 1939 Orders 19th Sep 1939 Visit 19th Sep 1939 Orders 20th Sep 1939 Orders 21st Sep 1939 Ammunition 21st Sep 1939 Advance Party 22nd Sep 1939 Road Party 22nd Sep 1939 Advance Party 22nd Sep 1939 On the Move 23rd Sep 1939 Recce 23rd Sep 1939 Lack of Transport 23rd Sep 1939 On the Move 24th Sep 1939 Recce 24th Sep 1939 On the Move 24th Sep 1939 Looting 25th Sep 1939 Billets 25th Sep 1940 Inadequate Accomodation 26th Sep 1939 Conference 26th Sep 1939 Billets 26th Sep 1939 Loading 27th Sep 1939 Billets 27th Sep 1939 On the Move 28th Sep 1939 Reliefs 28th Sep 1939 Billets 28th Sep 1939 On the Move 29th Sep 1939 Billets 29th Sep 1939 Unloading 30th Sep 1939 Transport Issues 30th Sep 1939 Unloading 1st Oct 1939 Communication 1st Oct 1939 On the Move 2nd Oct 1939 On the Move 2nd Oct 1939 Orders 3rd Oct 1939 Advance Party 4th Oct 1939 Advance Parties 5th Oct 1939 Conference 5th Oct 1939 Orders 6th Oct 1939 Preparations 7th Oct 1939 Conference 8th Oct 1939 Rail Parties 9th Oct 1939 Divisional HQ 10th Oct 1939 Arrivals 11th Oct 1939 Espionage 12th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 13th Oct 1939 Reliefs 14th Oct 1939 Front Line 15th Oct 1939 Entrenching 16th Sep 1939 Orders 16th Oct 1939 Digging in 17th Oct 1939 Difficulties 18th Oct 1939 News 19th Oct 1939 Poor Weather 20th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 21st Oct 1939 Recreation 22nd Oct 1939 Recreation 23rd Oct 1939 Front Line 24th Oct 1939 Recconaissance 25th Oct 1939 Visit 26th Oct 1939 Shortages 27th Oct 1939 Conference 28th Oct 1939 Work Required 29th Oct 1939 Exercise 30th Oct 1939 Exercise 31st Oct 1939 Exercise 14th of November 1939 Cutting of Brushwood 14th of November 1939 Preparations 15th of November 1939 Policy 15th of November 1939 Refugees 16th of November 1939 Preparations 17th of November 1939 Preparations 18th of November 1939 Memorandum 18th of November 1939 Machinery 20th of November 1939 Defences 21st of November 1939 Preparations 22nd of November 1939 Air raid 23rd of November 1939 Conference 24th of November 1939 Recce 26th of November 1939 Church parades 27th of November 1939 Conference 30th of November 1939 Bad weather 3rd December 1939 Air Raid Warning 13th December 1939 Exercise 14th December 1939 Exercise 15th December 1939 Exercise 29th December 1939 Visits 31st December 1939 Recce 3rd January 1940 Defences 6th January 1940 Conference 7th January 1940 Move 14th January 1940 Message 15th January 1940 Orders 16th January 1940 Preparations 18th January 1940 Orders 19th January1940 Orders 19th January1940 Instructions 22nd January 1940 Move 24th January 1940 Recce 25th January 1940 Discussion 26th January 1940 Ice 27th January 1940 Intelligence 28th January 1940 Snow 29th January 1940 Course 30th January 1940 Orders 2nd February 1940 Rail Parties 14th February 1940 Discussions 1st March 1940 Visits 1st March 1940 Moves 1st March 1940 Instructions 1st March 1940 Orders 1st March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Orders 2nd March 1940 Operational Order 5th March 1940 Conference 6th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Exercise 7th March 1940 Orders 8th March 1940 Move 10th March 1940 Training 11th March 1940 Conference 16th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 19th March 1940 Exercise 20th March 1940 Conference 20th March 1940 Precautions 22nd March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. 25th March 1940 Orders Amended 25th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. Operation Instruction No 0754 25th March 1940 3rd Division H.Q. Operation Instruction No 0754 25th March 1940 Orders 25th March 1940 Orders 26th March 1940 Operational Order 28th March 1940 Conference 29th March 1940 HQ Moves 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Exercise 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Route 30th March 1940 Instructions 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Exercise 30th March 1940 Orders 30th March 1940 Orders 31st March 1940 On the Move 1st April 1940 Orders 1st May 1940 Visit 1st May 1940 Orders 2nd May 1940 Operational Instructions 6th May 1940 Defences 7th May 1940 Training 8th May 1940 Experiments 9th May 1940 Instructions 9th May 1940 Orders Issued 10th May 1940 Orders 10th May 1940 Air Raids 10th May 1940 3rd Division H.Q. Operation Instruction No 11. 10th May 1940 Advance 10th May 1940 3 Div Operation Order 13. 11th May 1940 Move 11th May 1940 Line Established 11th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 12th May 1940 Petrol 12th May 1940 In Position 12th May 1940 3rd Division H.Q. Operation Order No.12. 12th May 1940 On the Move 13th May 1940 Movement 13th May 1940 Rumours 13th May 1940 Refugees 14th May 1940 Shelling 14th May 1940 Contact 14th May 1940 Shelling 15th May 1940 Civilians 15th May 1940 In Action 15th May 1940 Aircraft Downed 15th May 1940 Civilians Evacuated 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Defence 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 17th May 1940 Congested Roads 17th May 1940 Defence 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 17th May 1940 Orderrs 18th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Enemy Penetrate 18th May 1940 Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Heavy Fighting 19th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 19th May 1940 Withdrawal 20th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 20th May 1940 Enemy Attacks 20th May 1940 Contact 20th May 1940 Shelling 20th May 1940 Supplies 21st May 1940 Supplies 21st May 1940 Shelling 22nd May 1940 Orders 22nd May 1940 Ammunition in Short Supply 22nd May 1940 Orders 22nd May 1940 3rd Division H.Q. Operation Order No.16. 22nd May 1940 Enemy Activity 22nd May 1940 Withdrawal 23rd May 1940 New Positions 23rd May 1940 Patrols 24th May 1940 Short Rations 24th May 1940 Attack Made 25th May 1940 Cellars 26th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 26th May 1940 Field Ambulances Move 26th May 1940 Enemy Aircraft 26th May 1940 Quiet 25th May 1940 Rations 26th May 1940 On the Move 27th May 1940 Defensive Positions 27th May 1940 Patrols 27th May 1940 New Line Occupied 28th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 29th May 1940 Vehicles Destroyed 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 30th May 1940 Bombardment 30th May 1940 Delays 30th May 1940 La Panne 30th May 1940 Policy 31st May 1940 Embarkation 31st May 1940 Air Attacks 11th June 1940 Orders 12th Jun 1940 Refitting 14th June 1940 Inspection 11th Feb 1942 Enemy Landing 12th Feb 1942 On the Move 12th Feb 1942 Withdrawal 28th Apr 1942 Exercise 29th Apr 1942 Exercise 9th Jan 1944 Exercise 11th Jan 1944 Exercise 17th Jan 1944 On the Move 1st Feb 1944 Training 4th Feb 1944 Reorganisation 4th Feb 1944 Inspection 5th Feb 1944 Bad Weather 7th Feb 1944 Exercise Postponed 8th Feb 1944 Exercise 9th Feb 1944 Exercise 9th Feb 1944 Exercise 9th Feb 1944 Exercise 10th Feb 1944 Exercise Ends 12th Feb 1944 Conference 13th Feb 1944 Conference 13th Feb 1944 On the Move 17th Feb 1944 Conference 18th Feb 1944 Trials 19th Feb 1944 Exercise 19th Feb 1944 Exercise 20th Feb 1944 Exercise 20th Feb 1944 Exercise 23rd Feb 1944 Exercise 1st Mar 1944 Training 15th Mar 1944 Exercise 16th Mar 1944 Exercise 24th Mar 1944 Visit 27th Mar 1944 Exercise 28th Mar 1944 Exercise 29th Mar 1944 Exercise 30th Mar 1944 Exercise 31st Mar 1944 Exercise 6th Apr 1944 On the Move 29th Apr 1944 Exercise 30th Apr 1944 Training 6th May 1944 Exercise 11th May 1944 Visit 13th May 1944 Inspection 19th May 1944 Inspection 22nd May 1944 Inspection 23rd May 1944 Preparations 24th May 1944 Preparations 25th May 1944 Preparations 26th May 1944 Breifing 28th May 1944 Orders 29th May 1944 Briefing 30th May 1944 On the Move 31st May 1944 Training 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 1st Jun 1944 On the Move 2nd Jun 1944 Preparations 3rd Jun 1944 Landing Craft 6th of June 1944 Landing 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Landings 6th June 1944 Assault Made 6th Jun 1944 On the Move 6th Jun 1944 2nd Wave 6th June 1944 Bombardment 6th Jun 1944 2nd Wave 6th Jun 1944 Landings 6th Jun 1944 Landings 6th Jun 1944 In Action 7th Jun 1944 Equipment 7th Jun 1944 In Action 8th Jun 1944 Equipment 8th Jun 1944 Arrivals 8th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Attack Made 10th June 1944 Reliefs Complete 10th Jun 1944 Visit 11th June 1944 Shelling 12th June 1944 Civilians 13th June 1944 Ammunition 14th June 1944 Minefield 15th June 1944 Patrols 16th June 1944 Air Raid 17th June 1944 Communication 18th June 1944 Quiet 19th June 1944 Report 19th June 1944 Patrols 19th Jun 1944 Conference 20th June 1944 Recce Patrol 20th Jun 1944 Planning 21st Jun 1944 Shelling 22nd Jun 1944 In Support 23rd Jun 1944 Counter Attack 28th Jun 1944 Preparations 6th of July 1944 At Rest 7th July 1944 Preparations 8th Jul 1944 In Action 12th Jul 1944 In Position 13th Jul 1944 Preparations 14th Jul 1944 Preparations 15th Jul 1944 Recce 16th Jul 1944 On the Move 17th Jul 1944 Orders 18th Jul 1944 In Action 19th Jul 1944 Advance 25th Jul 1944 Bad Weather 26th Jul 1944 Reliefs 27th Jul 1944 Orders 28th Jul 1944 Reliefs 30th Jul 1944 Orders 31st Jul 1944 On the Move 7th Aug 1944 In Support 8th Aug 1944 In Support 9th Aug 1944 In Support 10th Aug 1944 Orders 11th Aug 1944 In Action 12th Aug 1944 Advance 13th Aug 1944 Attack Made 14th Aug 1944 Patrols 15th Aug 1944 Advance 16th Aug 1944 Enemy Scattered 17th Aug 1944 Enemy Equipment 18th Aug 1944 Prisoners Captured 19th Aug 1944 Orders 20th Aug 1944 On the Move 22nd Aug 1944 Training 23rd Aug 1944 Training 24th Aug 1944 Salvage 25th Aug 1944 Salvage 26th Aug 1944 Reinforcements 27th Aug 1944 Training 28th Aug 1944 Training 29th Aug 1944 Training 30th Aug 1944 Training 1st Sep 1944 Preparations 2nd Sep 1944 Preparations 3rd Sep 1944 On the Move 6th Sep 1944 Training 12th Sep 1944 Visit 13th Sep 1944 March Past 14th Sep 1944 Orders 15th Sep 1944 Preparations 16th Sep 1944 On the March 17th Sep 1944 On the Move 18th Sep 1944 Concentration 19th Sep 1944 Attack Made 20th Sep 1944 Patrols 21st Sep 1944 Advance 22nd Sep 1944 Patrols 23rd Sep 1944 Advance 23rd Sep 1944 Defence 23rd Sep 1944 On the Move 24th Sep 1944 Enemy Sighted 25th Sep 1944 Advance 25th Sep 1944 Orders 26th Sep 1944 Reliefs 26th Sep 1944 A Good Welcome 27th Sep 1944 Targets Engaged 27th Sep 1944 In Defence 28th Sep 1944 Patrols 29th Sep 1944 Moves 29th Sep 1944 Patrols 30th Sep 1944 Recce 1st Oct 1944 Attack Made 1st Oct 1944 In Action 1st Oct 1944 On the Move 2nd Oct 1944 Visit 2nd Oct 1944 Quiet 3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs 3rd Oct 1944 Attacks Made 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 4th Oct 1944 Preparations 5th Oct 1944 In Position 5th Oct 1944 Preparations 6th Oct 1944 Reliefs 7th Oct 1944 Orders 8th Oct 1944 Targets Engaged 8th Oct 1944 Orders 8th Oct 1944 Reliefs 9th Oct 1944 Heavy Rain 10th Oct 1944 Heavy Rain 11th Oct 1944 Preparations 12th Oct 1944 Attack Made 12th Oct 1944 In Action 12th of October 1944 Plans for capture of wood 12th Oct 1944 In Action 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 13th of October 1944 Advance 14th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 14th of October 1944 Attack Made 15th Oct 1944 Flank Secured 15th of October 1944 Advance 17th Oct 1944 Gains 17th Oct 1944 In Action 18th Oct 1944 Defences 19th Oct 1944 Holding the Line 25th Oct 1944 Preparations 25th Nov 1944 Attack Made 27th Nov 1944 Planning 29th Nov 1944 Enemy Withdraws 19th of December 1944 Orders 21st of December 1944 Relief continues If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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