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9th Infantry Brigade    9th Brigade was part of 3rd Division, at the outbreak of war in 1939 it was commanded by Brigadier William Robb MC and Brigade Headquarters was in Portsmouth. The Brigade 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. 9th Brigade was made up of 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles 3rd Sep 1939 Orders 10th Sep 1939 Equipment 11th Sep 1939 Training 12th Sep 1939 Training 16th Sep 1939 Reliefs 16th Sep 1939 Orders 18th Sep 1939 Orders 18th Sep 1939 Exercise 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 3rd October 1939 On the Move 4th Oct 1939 Advance Parties 4th October 1939 On the Move 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 16th of November 1939 Preparations 17th of November 1939 Preparations 18th of November 1939 Memorandum 20th of November 1939 Defences 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 8th December 1939 Exercise 13th December 1939 Exercise 14th December 1939 Exercise 15th December 1939 Exercise 19th December 1939 Exercise 20th December 1939 Exercise 21st December 1939 Exercise 22nd December 1939 Cleaning up 27th December 1939 Conference 29th December 1939 Visits 31st December 1939 Recce 4th January 1940 Defences 14th January 1940 Message 15th January 1940 Orders 16th January 1940 Preparations 18th January 1940 Orders 19th January1940 Orders 19th January1940 Instructions 20th January 1940 Recce 23rd January 1940 Conference 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 5th February 1940 Recce 17th February 1940 Conference 19th February 1940 Conference 21st February 1940 Arrangements Complete 22nd February 1940 Exercise 23rd February 1940 Exercise 26th February 1940 Exercise 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 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 Holding the Line 12th May 1940 Orders 12th May 1940 In Defence 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 Contact 13th May 1940 Movement 13th May 1940 Rumours 13th May 1940 Refugees 13th May 1940 Into Position 14th May 1940 Bridges Blown 14th May 1940 Shelling 14th May 1940 Contact 14th May 1940 Shelling 14th May 1940 In Action 15th May 1940 In Action 15th May 1940 In action 15th May 1940 Civilians 15th May 1940 In Action 15th May 1940 Aircraft Downed 15th May 1940 Civilians Evacuated 15th May 1940 Air Attack 16th May 1940 Heavy Shelling 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 16th May 1940 Defence 16th May 1940 Withdrawal 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 17th May 1940 Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Fighting Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Enemy Penetrate 18th May 1940 Withdrawal 18th May 1940 Heavy Fighting 18th May 1940 Good Positions 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 In Reserve 27th May 1940 Defensive Positions 27th May 1940 Patrols 27th May 1940 New Line Occupied 28th May 1940 Move 28th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 28th May 1940 Withdrawal 28th May 1940 Divisional HQ Moves 28th May 1940 Orders 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 Vehicles Destroyed 29th May 1940 Withdrawal 29th May 1940 In Action 30th May 1940 Delays 30th May 1940 La Panne 30th May 1940 Policy 30th May 1940 In Action 31st May 1940 Withdrawal 31st May 1940 Embarkation 31st May 1940 Air Attacks 31st May 1940 Orders 1st Jun 1940 On the Beaches 11th June 1940 Orders 14th June 1940 Inspection 17th of June 1940 Royal inspection 28th Apr 1942 Exercise 29th Apr 1942 Exercise 29th Jul 1942 Reliefs 26th Feb 1943 Enemy Attack 24th of April 1944 Lifting Mines 27th of April 1944 Briefing 29th of April 1944 Move for exercise 30th of April 1944 Exercise 8th of May 1944 Exercise 10th of May 1944 Training 10th May 1944 Field Firing 11th May 1944 Conference 14th May 1944 On the Move 15th May 1944 Sport 18th May 1944 Inspection 20th May 1944 Address 21st of May 1944 Overlord briefing 21st May 1944 Restrictions 22nd of May 1944 Inspection by the King 22nd May 1944 Inspection 24th of May 1944 Top Secret 24th May 1944 Preparations 25th of May 1944 Camp sealed 25th May 1944 Preparations 1st Jun 1944 Preparations 6th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jun 1944 Landings 7th Jun 1944 Orders 7th Jun 1944 Equipment 8th Jun 1944 Equipment 8th June 1944 Defences 8th Jun 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Mortar Fire 9th June 1944 In Action 9th Jun 1944 Attack Made 10th June 1944 Reliefs Complete 12th Jun 1944 Harassing Fire 14th Jun 1944 Minefield 19th Jun 1944 Shelling 19th Jun 1944 Conference 20th Jun 1944 Aircraft Downed 20th Jun 1944 Planning 21st Jun 1944 Under Shellfire 21st Jun 1944 Shelling 22nd Jun 1944 Preparations 22nd Jun 1944 In Support 23rd Jun 1944 Artillery Active 23rd Jun 1944 Counter Attack 25th Jun 1944 Shelling 26th Jun 1944 Artillery Active 29th Jun 1944 Prisoners 30th Jun 1944 Reliefs Completed 1st Jul 1944 Artillery Active 2nd Jul 1944 Shelling 3rd Jul 1944 Artillery Active 4th Jul 1944 Patrols 5th Jul 1944 Shelling 6th Jul 1944 Heavy Shelling 7th July 1944 Preparations 8th Jul 1944 In Action 10th Jul 1944 In Action   Troops of 1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 9th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, firing a captured Hotchkiss machine gun during street fighting in Caen, 10th July 1944. © IWM (B 6918) 17th Jul 1944 Orders 18th Sep 1944 Concentration 19th Sep 1944 Attack Made 20th Sep 1944 In Support 23rd Sep 1944 Advance 24th Sep 1944 In Action 29th Sep 1944 Moves 30th Sep 1944 Moves 1st Oct 1944 In Action 1st Oct 1944 On the Move 2nd Oct 1944 Attack Made 3rd Oct 1944 Reliefs 8th Oct 1944 Targets Engaged 9th Oct 1944 Reliefs Completed 12th Oct 1944 Attack Made 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 13th Oct 1944 Attack Made 14th Oct 1944 Advance Continues 15th Oct 1944 Flank Secured 16th Oct 1944 On the Move 17th Oct 1944 Recce 17th Oct 1944 Gains 18th Oct 1944 Defences 19th Oct 1944 Holding the Line 19th Nov 1944 Reliefs 22nd of November 1944 Orders 23rd Nov 1944 Attack Made 27th Nov 1944 Planning 30th Nov 1944 Night Attack 21st of December 1944 Relief continues 6th of February 1945 Reliefs Completed 1st Mar 1945 Orders 2nd Mar 1945 In Action 3rd Mar 1945 Prisoners 7th Mar 1945 Conference 8th Mar 1945 Reorganisation If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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