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From 1958 all regiments in the
Brigade adopted a common cap badge and brigade buttons, depicting an upright sword within a Saxon crown. The individual battalions were henceforth being distinguished by their collar badges. By 1961 the four regiments in the brigade were:
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In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Home
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announced in July, 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised: On 1 April 1958 the Royal
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On 31 December 1966 the four regiments of the Home
Counties Brigade were merged to become a new "large regiment": The
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British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially organised, and
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On 1 July 1968 the Home
Counties Brigade was united with the
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1968
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Infantry administrative brigades of the
British Army
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332:History of the British Army infantry collar badge
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216:The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
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175:The Queen's Own Buffs, The Royal Kent Regiment
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105:The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
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184:The white horse of Kent with the motto
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306:Head-dress badges of the British Army
269:Messenger, Charles (16 March 1994).
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110:The East Surrey Regiment
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24:from 1948 to 1968. The
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247:East Anglian Brigades
210:and a laurel wreath.
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547:North Irish Brigade
537:Lancastrian Brigade
220:The plumes of the
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257:References
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60:Canterbury
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186:"Invicta"
148:Regiment
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243:Fusilier
226:Albuhera
30:infantry
413:Current
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35:of the
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208:Garter
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