The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. It was later part of the British 6th Infantry Division which was redesignated as the British 70th Infantry Division on 10th October 1941. This brigade was involved in the breakout from Tobruk and after being transferred, along with the rest of the 70th Division, to India and Burma, it was transformed into a Chindit formation. It fought in the Second Chindit Campaign of 1944. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Palestine (from Latin: ; Hebrew: Pleshet, פלשתינה Palestina; Arabic: ‎ Filastīn, Falastīn) is one of several names for the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the banks of the Jordan River with various adjoining lands. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The British 8th Infantry Division was a World War II division. ... The British 6th Division was a Regular Army division that was sent to France on 10 September 1914. ... // History This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... Tobruk or Tubruq (Arabic: طبرق; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Ţubruq, Tobruck ) is a town, seaport, municipality, and peninsula in eastern Libya in Northern Africa. ... The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 3rd Indian Infantry Division) were a British jungle Special Forces unit that served in Burma from 1943 until 1945 as part of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...

General Officer Commanding

• Brigadier C.E.N.Lomax
• Brigadier B.E.Fergusson

Formation

• 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment

• 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

• 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

• 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

• 2nd Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment

• 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment

The Welch Regiment (or The Welch) was a British army regiment. ... History The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) or Staffords was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of The South Staffordshire Regiment and the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales). The Staffords can trace their history back to 1705 when a regiment known as the 38th Foot was raised at Lichfield...

See also

• Chindits
• Order of Battle of the Chindits#Second Chindit Expedition 1944. Codenamed Operation Thursday
• Battle of Tobruk
• British 70th Infantry Division
• British 6th Infantry Division

The Chindits (Officially in 1942 77th Indian Infantry Brigade and in 1943 Indian 3rd Infantry Division) were a British Indian Army Special Force that served in Burma and India from 1942 until 1945 during the Burma Campaign in World War II. They were formed into long range penetration groups trained... Order of Battle of the Chindits an Allied special force which carried out two deep penetration raids behind Japanese line during the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II First Chindit Expedition 1943. ... Siege of Tobruk Conflict World War II, Western Desert Campaign Date March 31, 1941 – November 27, 1941 Place Tobruk, Libya Result Allied victory The Siege of Tobruk was a lengthy confrontation between Axis and Allied forces in the North African Campaign of World War II. See also Afrika Korps Desert... // History This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. ... The British 6th Division was a Regular Army division that was sent to France on 10 September 1914. ...

External links

• http://orbat.com/site/ww2/drleo/017_britain/39_org/div_inf.html#div-02
• http://www.rrw.org.uk/regiment/41ww2.htm