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71st Infantry Brigade    71st Brigade served with 53rd (Welsh) Division and saw action in North Western Europe from mid 1944 until the end of the Second World War. 14th Jun 1944 Advance Party 16th Jun 1944 On the Move 17th Jun 1944 Orders 18th Jun 1944 On the Move 18th Jun 1944 Enemy Plane 20th Jun 1944 Preparations 20th Jun 1944 Vehicle Party 21st Jun 1944 On the Move 23rd Jun 1944 Poor Weather 24th Jun 1944 On the Move 25th Jun 1944 On the Move 26th Jun 1944 On the Move 27th Jun 1944 Digging in 29th Jun 1944 Orders 29th Jun 1944 Digging in 1st Jul 1944 Digging in 2nd Jul 1944 Reliefs 2nd Jul 1944 Reliefs 2nd Jul 1944 Reliefs 3rd Jul 1944 Shelling 4th Jul 1944 Mortar Fire 5th Jul 1944 Intermittent Shelling 6th Jul 1944 Intermittent Shelling 7th Jul 1944 Band Plays 8th Jul 1944 Orders 8th Jul 1944 Reliefs 9th Jul 1944 Reliefs 10th Jul 1944 Bombing 11th Jul 1944 Heavy Shelling 12th Jul 1944 Move 12th Jul 1944 Patrols 13th Jul 1944 Shelling 13th Jul 1944 Patrols 14th Jul 1944 Shelling 16th Jul 1944 Air Raid 17th Jul 1944 Air Raid 19th Jul 1944 Reliefs 19th Jul 1944 Reliefs 20th Jul 1944 Reliefs Completed 20th Jul 1944 Enemy Patrol 21st Jul 1944 Enemy Attacks 22nd Jul 1944 Quiet 23rd Jul 1944 Raid 23rd Jul 1944 Prisoners 23rd Jul 1944 Prisoners 23rd Jul 1944 Prisoners Taken 24th Jul 1944 Night Patrols 27th Jul 1944 Patrols at Night 28th Jul 1944 Ammunition Dump 29th Jul 1944 Attack Made 30th Jul 1944 Reliefs 31st Jul 1944 Reliefs Completed 1st Aug 1944 Orders 2nd Aug 1944 Reliefs 3rd Aug 1944 Instructions 3rd Aug 1944 Indications fo enemy withdrawal 4th Aug 1944 Mines 5th Aug 1944 Reorganisation 25th Aug 1944 Instructions 27th Aug 1944 On the Move 30th Aug 1944 River Crossed 31st Aug 1944 Planning 19th Sep 1944 Advance 19th Sep 1944 Moves 20th September 1944 Attack Made 20th September 1944 Strong Opposition 21st September 1944 Attack Made 22nd September 1944 Objective Taken 22nd September 1944 A Difficult Day 23rd September 1944 Artillery in Action 24th September 1944 In Action 4th October 1944 Move 21st Oct 1944 Under Fire 22nd Oct 1944 In Action 8th Feb 1945 Explosion 25th Apr 1945 Patrols If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with 71st Infantry Brigade during the Second World War 1939-1945. Vale Edward John. A/Capt. 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. 27th April 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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