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158th (Royal Welch) Brigade    158th (Royal Welch) Brigade was a territorial formation, part of 53rd Division. It consisted of 4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers, 6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers and 7th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers. They served in Northern Ireland, Ulster and North Western Europe. On the 4th of August 1944 1/5th Btn. Welch Regiment replaced 4th Royal Welch Fusiliers and 1st East Lancashire Regiment replaced 6th Royal Welch Fusiliers. 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Those known to have served with 158th (Royal Welch) Brigade during the Second World War 1939-1945. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 9th May 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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