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Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry (HHC 1-181 IN) is the command element for the 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, stationed in Worcester, Massachusetts. The company perpetuates the Wellington Rifles, the historic volunteer militia company of Worcester. In the National Guard ...
Men of the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade watch the destruction of a British supply dump at Hamra, El Alamein. The 9th Battalion was created in late May 1941 by re-naming the 1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles. [56] The battalion was part of the 2nd Support Group of the 2nd Armoured Division and then the 200th Guards Brigade until June 1942. [47]
The battalion is currently based in Dhekelia, British Forces Cyprus until 2025. 1 Rifles will return to Chepstow in the summer of 2025 to take on a new role as a Light Mechanised Battalion driving Foxhound vehicles. Towards the end of the decade, 1 Rifles will move to new build facilities at Caerwent Barracks. [7]
Company B, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment is a rifle company of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. In the National Guard, companies sometimes have two histories. In the National Guard, companies sometimes have two histories.
1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (until 7 July) 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (from 18 July) 1st Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (until 7 July) 3rd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (26–27 July) One troop from the 171st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (until 7 July) One troop from the 113th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery (26–27 July)
The Grants with their 75mm guns (known as 'Egypt's last hope') were dug around Point 102 in front of the Alam el Halfa ridge alongside the 6-pounder A/T guns of the brigade's motor battalion, 1st Rifle Brigade (RB). Two squadrons of Crusaders were stationed 2 miles (3.2 km) to the south, to lure the Afrika Korps onto this line.
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to British Army occupation forces in the Rhineland, West Germany, after the First and Second World Wars, and during the Cold War, becoming part of NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) tasked with defending the North German Plain from the armies of the Warsaw Pact.
The regiment was partially inactivated on 22 September 1921 at Fort Mills by transfer of Philippine Scout personnel to the 2nd Battalion, 14th Engineer Regiment (PS). The 62nd Infantry was fully inactivated on 25 November 1921 at Fort Mills, and demobilized (disbanded) on 31 July 1922.