160th (Wales) Brigade

160th (Wales) Brigade

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 160th (Wales) Brigade


caption=Insignia of the 160th Brigade
dates= World War I-Present
country= Great Britain
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branch= British Army
type= Territorial Army
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command_structure= 5th Division
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battle_honours= World War I:
* Battle of Gallipoli
* First Battle of Gaza
World War II:
* Battle of Normandy
* Battle of Falaise
* Battle of the Bulge
* Operation Veritable

160 (Wales) Brigade, was originally part of the Territorial Army's 53rd (Welsh) Division and fought with that division in the First and Second World Wars. Post-war it was, for a time, 160th (South Wales) Brigade of the 53rd Division until the Territorial Army was reorganised as the TAVR and the division was finally deactivated. It is now a regional brigade coming under the 5th Division based in Shrewsbury.

It is not a formation that would be deployed as other brigades like 12th (Mechanised) Brigade would, but is a regional command responsible for all of Wales. The Brigade organises an annual patrolling competition in the Brecon Beacons known as Exercise CAMBRIAN PATROL.

Order of Battle

1914-1918

*2/4th Battalion, Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
*1/4th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
*2/4th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment
*2/10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
*1/1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment "(until February 1915)"
*1/3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment "(until February 1915)"

1939-1945

*2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
*4th Battalion, Welch Regiment "(until 26 August 1944)"
*1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment
*6th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers "(from 26 August 1944)"

Current Formation

* 3rd Battalion Royal Welsh
* 104th Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
* Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)
* 157th (Wales and West Midlands) Logistic Support Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps


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