43rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

43rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 43rd (Wessex) Brigade


caption=Insignia of the 43rd (Wessex) Brigade
dates= 1914-1944
1985-Present
country= Great Britain
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branch= British Army
type= Territorial Army
role=Regenerative
size=Brigade
command_structure= 4th Division
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History

The British Army's 43rd Infantry Brigade was originally created during World War I as part of the 14th (Light) Division. It was reformed as a Lines of Communication security force in North Africa during the Second World War.

In November 1943 it was redesignated as the 40th Infantry Division a division created for deception purposes. The brigade was disbanded in Sicily in June 1944.

In 1985 43rd (Wessex) Brigade was formed as one of the new one star Headquarters principally as a National Defence Brigade commanding the Territorial Army in the south west of England. In 1995 the restructuring programme within the British Army saw an increase in the brigade's responsibility to include regional and bugetary aspects working to a new superior headquarters - 3rd Division. The Strategic Defence Review of 1998 further increased the brigade's responsibility and as from 1 April 1999 came under the command of Headquarters 4th Division, and moved from Exeter to Bulford in September 1999 to establish the new Headquarters 43rd (Wessex) Brigade.

Composition Today

*The Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RHQ Bovington) (TA)
*6th (V) Battalion, The Rifles (HQ Exeter)(TA)


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