The Forester Brigade (known as the Midland Brigade until 1958) was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1964. The Brigade administered the regular infantryregiments of the English Midlands.
In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Midland Brigade with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time. The Midland Brigade was formally formed on 14 July 1948, combining the depots of four regiments:[2]
Under the 1957 Defence White Paper changes announced in July 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised: accordingly, in 1958, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was transferred to the East Anglian Brigade and the Midland Brigade was renamed as the Forester Brigade.
From 1958 all regiments in the Brigade adopted a common cap badge: "A Maltese cross voided, the points pommelled, and thereon, on a mount, an antelope statant gorged with a ducal coronet and chained within The Garter, the whole encircled with a chaplet of oak-leaves issuant from a scroll inscribed 'Forester Brigade' and ensigned with, upon a mount, a tiger passant guardant. The badge combined parts of the cap badges of the Royal Warwicks, Royal Leicesters and Sherwood Foresters.[3] From 1960 the Forester Brigade was based at Glen Parva Barracks in Leicestershire.[4]
In 1963, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment was transferred to the Fusilier Brigade, and in the following year the Royal Leicestershire Regiment joined the East Anglian Brigade[5] and the Sherwood Foresters moved to the Mercian Brigade. With this, the Forester Brigade was disbanded.
^Goldschmidt, Michael (2009). Marching with the Tigers: The History of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1955-1975. Pen & Sword. ISBN978-1848840355.
^. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
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forester, brigade, known, midland, brigade, until, 1958, administrative, formation, british, army, from, 1948, 1964, brigade, administered, regular, infantry, regiments, english, midlands, groupmidland, brigadeactive1946, 1963country, united, kingdombranch, br. The Forester Brigade known as the Midland Brigade until 1958 was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1964 The Brigade administered the regular infantry regiments of the English Midlands F GroupMidland BrigadeForester BrigadeActive1946 1963Country United KingdomBranch British ArmyTypeAdministrative After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots each bearing a letter The depots were territorially organised and Infantry Depot F at Strensall was the headquarters for the county regiments of Derbyshire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire 1 In 1948 the depots adopted names and this depot became the Midland Brigade with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time The Midland Brigade was formally formed on 14 July 1948 combining the depots of four regiments 2 The Royal Warwickshire Regiment The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment The Royal Leicestershire Regiment The Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment Under the 1957 Defence White Paper changes announced in July 1957 the infantry of the line was reorganised accordingly in 1958 the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was transferred to the East Anglian Brigade and the Midland Brigade was renamed as the Forester Brigade From 1958 all regiments in the Brigade adopted a common cap badge A Maltese cross voided the points pommelled and thereon on a mount an antelope statant gorged with a ducal coronet and chained within The Garter the whole encircled with a chaplet of oak leaves issuant from a scroll inscribed Forester Brigade and ensigned with upon a mount a tiger passant guardant The badge combined parts of the cap badges of the Royal Warwicks Royal Leicesters and Sherwood Foresters 3 From 1960 the Forester Brigade was based at Glen Parva Barracks in Leicestershire 4 In 1963 the Royal Warwickshire Regiment was transferred to the Fusilier Brigade and in the following year the Royal Leicestershire Regiment joined the East Anglian Brigade 5 and the Sherwood Foresters moved to the Mercian Brigade With this the Forester Brigade was disbanded Contents 1 Units 1 1 Regular battalions 1 2 Territorial battalions 2 ReferencesUnits editDuring its existence the brigade was made up of the following units 6 Regular battalions edit 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1946 1962 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1946 1948 1st Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1946 1958 2nd Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1946 1948 1st Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1946 1963 2nd Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1946 1948 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1946 1963 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1946 1948 1952 1955 Territorial battalions edit 7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1947 1962 2 7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1947 1950 4th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1947 1950 6th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1947 1950 4th 6th Battalion Royal Lincolnshire Regiment 1950 1958 5th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1947 1961 4th 5th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1961 1963 5th Derbyshire Battalion Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1947 1961 8th Nottinghamshire Battalion Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1947 1961 5th 8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1961 1963 References edit Messenger Charles 16 March 1994 A History of British Infantry For Love of Regiment Volume 2 1915 1994 p 156 ISBN 9780850524222 Whitaker s Almanack 1956 p 471 A L Kipling and H L King Head dress badges of the British Army Volume 2 London 1979 Infantry Brigade Depots Location Parliamentary Debates Hansard 7 March 1958 Retrieved 10 April 2014 Goldschmidt Michael 2009 Marching with the Tigers The History of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment 1955 1975 Pen amp Sword ISBN 978 1848840355 Forester Brigade Archived from the original on 1 January 2007 Retrieved 6 January 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Forester Brigade amp oldid 1176344020, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
