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By the time the 10th Panzer Division was ready to attack Calais, the British 30th Infantry Brigade and 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (3rd RTR) had reinforced the French and British troops in the port. On 22 May, the British troops had established roadblocks outside the town and French rearguards skirmished with German armoured units, as they advanced ...
The 30th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army in the ... 30 Brigade memorial plaque inside the gatehouse of Calais Citadel, scene of the epic ...
Dennis Talbot, later a major general, was Nicholson's brigade major. [5] Nicholson's brigade left Dover and reached Calais on 23 May 1940 to keep the Calais port open and relieve the defenders at the Battle of Boulogne. With the German advance, that became impossible and Nicholson held Calais. [citation needed]
Entitled the Malaya Infantry Brigade at the start of the war, it was redesignated the 1st Malaya Infantry Brigade on 14 September 1940. It was a mixture of British regular forces, based in British Malaya, and locally recruited forces. Japan captured it after the Battle of Singapore. [26] 1st Sudan Defence Force Brigade: 9 May 1942: 11 July 1942
Littledale, promoted on 1 February 1940 to major, [10] served in World War II where he took part in the defence of Calais, as a Transport Officer with the 30th Infantry Brigade. On 26 May 1940 he was captured by a German patrol near the fort at the harbour mouth.
2nd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section, Royal Signals 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) 6th (Banffshire) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders 2nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company 3rd Infantry Brigade 3rd Infantry Brigade Headquarters and Signals Section ...
After briefly serving as brigade major of the 47th (London) Infantry Division's 141st (5th London) Brigade, he then served at Combined Operations Headquarters in from 1941 to 1944, he became Commanding Officer of the 7th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment, part of the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division, in North West Europe. [1]
However, the German Army invaded France and the brigade was instead sent, in mid-May, to Calais, France, where, despite fighting for several days, the 30th Brigade, along with most of the battalion—including Williams—was forced to surrender, most spending the rest of the conflict as a prisoner of war (POW). [1]