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138th Infantry Brigade    138th Brigade was part of 46th Division, they saw action in the Battle of France in 1940, North Africa and Italy. It was made up of the following territorial units 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment 2/4th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 138th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (22nd July 1940 to 10th July 1941) 19th May 1940 Operation Order No. 5 19th May 1940 Instructions No. 1 27th May 1940 Orders 28th May 1940 Air Attacks 28th May 1940 Transport 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 29th May 1940 Defences 6th Jan 1943 On the Move 8th Jan 1943 Accident 9th Jan 1943 Poor Weather 13th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 26th Jan 1943 Advance Party 27th Jan 1943 On the Move 2nd Feb 1943 Reliefs 3rd Feb 1943 Patrols 10th Feb 1943 Minefields 13th Feb 1943 Difficult Position 20th Feb 1943 Heavy Shelling 22nd Feb 1943 Into Position 1st Mar 1943 Infiltration 1st Mar 1943 Attack 2nd Mar 1943 In Action 3rd Mar 1943 Withdrawal 3rd Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 10th Mar 1943 Shelling 14th Mar 1943 Reliefs 16th Mar 1943 Postings 17th Mar 1943 Counter Attack 17th Mar 1943 Recce 18th Mar 1943 Withdrawal 18th Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 25th Mar 1943 Reliefs 26th Mar 1943 Conference 27th Mar 1943  29th Mar 1943 In Reserve 30th Mar 1943 In Reserve 1st Apr 1943 Enemy Aircraft 2nd Apr 1943 Advance 1st September 1943 Embarkation 1st Sep 1943 Orders 2nd Sep 1943 On the Move 4th Sep 1943 On the Move 5th Sep 1943 On the Move 9th September 1943 Landing at Salerno 9th Sep 1943 Stiff Opposition 10th September 1943 Advance 11th September 1943 In Action 12th of September 1943 Attack Made 13th of September 1943 Shelling 14th September 1943 Orders Reconsidered 15th September 1943 Attacks Made 16th September 1943 Patrols 17th of September 1943 Shelling 18th of September 1943 Withdrawal 19th of September 1943  Large Fire 20th of September 1943 Patrols 20th Sep 1943 Reliefs 21st of September 1943 Conference 22nd of September 1943 Reorganisation 23rd of September 1943 Bold Plan 24th of September 1943 Mines 25th of September 1943 High Ground 26th of September 1943 Enemy Cleared 27th of September 1943 Orders 28th of September 1943 Town Captured 29rd of September 1943 Patrols 30th of September 1943 At Rest 26th Aug 1944 Attack Made 9th Oct 1944 Consolidation 13th Oct 1944 In Position 13th Oct 1944 In Action If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. 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