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The 25th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade was a brigade sized formation of the British Army, which was founded on 11 October 1940 in British East Africa.The brigade was initially called the 5th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade, but was redesignated on 18 October 1940 as the 25th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade.
54 Field Company, East African Engineers; 25th (East African) Brigade – Brigadier W. Owen (detached to 1st South African Division until 6 April) 2/3rd Kings African Rifles; 2/4th Kings African Rifles; 27 Mountain Battery, Indian Artillery; Detachment Somaliland Camel Corps Armoured cars
1st South African, 11th (East Africa), 12th (African) The brigade was formed when the 5th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade was redesignated. It ended the war based in India. [45] 25th Infantry Brigade: 1 November 1939: 31 August 1944: UK, France, Belgium Battle of France: Regular Army 47th (London) The brigade was disbanded in the UK on 31 August ...
This was the first offensive to be assigned to 1 SA Division. The division then consisted of the 2nd and 5th SA Brigades (located at Marsabit), the 25th East African Brigade (at Lokitaung) as well as six companies of the 2nd Abyssinian Irregulars. Almost on a daily basis, division infantry and armoured cars crossed the Dida Galgalla in search ...
The Allied forces attacking from the north were three battalions of the King's African Rifles (25th East African Brigade), several machine gun companies, six artillery batteries, a Sudanese company and about 6,500 Ethiopian irregulars, for a total of 13,000 men under Brigadier W. A. L. James.
However west of Lake Rudolf, the 25th East African Brigade of Brig. W. Owen marched on Namaraputh with the objective of taking the town of Kalam near the Ethiopia-Kenya border. Opposition from local pro-Italian Merille tribesman in the area was so fierce that the Brigade was compelled to cease its advance and to go on the defensive. [12]
Several attacks, counter-attacks and sorties were launched between May and August 1941. On 28 September 1941, after losing 950 casualties and running out of provisions, Gonella surrendered with 1,629 Italian and 1,450 Ethiopian soldiers to the 25th East African Brigade (Brigadier W. A. L. James). Work began to repair the road to Gondar during ...
The 11th (East Africa) Infantry Division was a British infantry division consisting of troops from the British Colonial Auxiliary Forces which was formed in February 1943 during World War II. Consisting of East African troops, the division fought in the Burma campaign .