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9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters - Lengerich - May 1945
Brigadier WFH Kempster OBE (Commander 9th Infantry Brigade) and other Brigade Headquarters officers who, based on return of officers and cap badges, pips, seniority and age are believed to be:

Back Row (Left to Right)
1. T/Captain TG Badham Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers/Royal Ulster Rifles - age 35
2. Lieutenant MP Scanlon - Royal Irish Fusiliers/Royal Ulster Rifles - age 27
3. Unknown Chaplain - Royal Army Chaplains Department 
4. Lieutenant EG Barker - Royal Ulster Rifles - age 34
5. Lieutenant MJ Wheelock - Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - age 21
6. Unknown Chaplain - Royal Army Chaplains Department 
7. Unknown Captain/Chaplain

Front Row (Left to Right)
1. T/Captain FL Usher - Royal Engineers - age 40
2. T/Captain MC Quarmby - Dorset Regiment - age 25
3. T/Major D Montgomery - Royal East Kent Regiment/Buffs - age 26
 4. A/Brigadier WFS Kempster - Kings Shropshire Light Infantry - age 36
5. A/Major JE Driver - Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment - age 33
6. T/Captain E Quinn - The Kings Regiment - age 25
7. Unknown Captain/Chaplain

The Unidentified Chaplains with the Brigade at the time were:
1. Chaplain DW Jones (attached to 2 Lincolns) - age 34
2. Chaplain WIG Wilson (attached to 1 KOSB) - age 32
3. Chaplain JP O’Brien (attached to 2 RUR) - age 26

The Unidentified Captains with the Brigade at the time were:
1. T/Captain HS Nettleton (RASC) - age 36
2. T/Captain DCW Milton (KOSB) - age 28


9 British Infantry Brigade Headquarters Return of Officers 2nd June 1945


Officers Mess - Lengerich May 1945
Lieutenant MP Scanlon second from right with other officers from 9th British Infantry Brigade Headquarters.



 Headquarters Defence Platoon - 9th British Infantry Brigade - Lengerich May 1945
Brigadier WFC Kempster OBE (Commander 9th Infantry Brigade) in centre, 
Lieutenant MP Scanlon (Camp Commandant) to his immediate right and other members of 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles on back row (with cap badge over right eye).
Other soldiers within Defence Platoon are representatives from 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment and 
1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers.


Loading of Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 611 (LTIN 371) and Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 612 (LTIN 370) during  Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23672
The D-Day Landing Timetable shows that LTIN 370 was due to carry 13 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon, each with their own folding Airborne Bicycles (see below).

LTIN (a)Beaching time (b)Code (c)Unit serialUnit partUnit no.Unit typeUnit or Sub-Unit (d)Marching parties (e)Vehicle parties (f)No/tons (g)Vehicle Type (h)TypeModelPort (j)Craft serial(k)Type and Mark(l)Sector (m)Remarks (n)
370H+28516000/370 LCT(4)16000E RIDING YEOE RIDING YEOØ262tk Sherman III ARVARVSherman III ARV+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+28516000/370 LCT(4)16000E RIDING YEOE RIDING YEOØ3tk lt Stuarttk ltStuart+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+28516000/370 LCT(4)16000E RIDING YEOE RIDING YEOØ1M14 (US half track)half trackM14 (US)+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+285/370 LCT(4)22 DGNS22 DGNS102tk Sherman flailtkSherman flail+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+2851319/370 LCT(4)13191 KOSB1 KOSB51carrier mortarcarriermortar+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+2851319/370 LCT(4)13191 KOSB1 KOSB1MCMC+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEloaded
370H+285/370 LCT(4)50Beach Balloon Unit RAF50 Beach Balloon Unit RAF2+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITErig balloon on craft
370H+2851375/370 LCT(4)13753 Br Inf Div Pro Coy3 Br Inf Div Pro Coy33MCMC+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEloaded on tk of  E RIDING YEO
370H+2851318A/370 LCT(4)1318ADef Pl9 Br Inf Bde9 Br Inf Bde Def Pl1313bicycle airbornebicycleairborne+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+2851320/370 LCT(4)13202 RUR2 RUR102carrier mortarcarriermortar+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
370H+2851320/370 LCT(4)13202 RUR2 RUR2MCMC+370LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEloaded



Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 675 (LTIN 365) during Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23670
LTIN 365 Carried 5 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and 8 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon on D-Day

Landing Craft Tank LCT(4) 675 (LTIN 365) during Exercise FABIUS IV May 44 - IWM A23671
LTIN 365 Carried 5 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Headquarters and 8 Members of 9th Infantry Brigade Defence Platoon on D-Day


LTIN (a)Beaching time (b)Code (c)Unit serialUnit partUnit no.Unit typeUnit or Sub-Unit (d)Marching parties (e)Vehicle parties (f)No/tons (g)Vehicle Type (h)TypeModelPort (j)Craft serial(k)Type and Mark(l)Sector (m)Remarks (n)
365H+28516000/365 LCT(4)16000E RIDING YEOE RIDING YEOØ332tk Sherman VctkSherman Vc+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+28516000/365 LCT(4)16000E RIDING YEOE RIDING YEOØ5tk Sherman IIItkSherman III+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+28523855/365 LCT(4)2385590Armd Bde Coy RASC90 Armd Bde Coy RASC11MCMC+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEloaded on tk of  E RIDING YEO
365H+285/365 LCT(4)50Beach Balloon Unit RAF50 Beach Balloon Unit RAF2+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITErig balloon on craft
365H+2851319/365 LCT(4)13191 KOSB1 KOSB111carrier mortarcarriermortar+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+2851319/365 LCT(4)13191 KOSB1 KOSB2carrier univcarrieruniv+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEcoy comds
365H+2851319/365 LCT(4)13191 KOSB1 KOSB3MCMC+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITEloaded on vehs
365H+2851318/365 LCT(4)1318HQ9 Br Inf BdeHQ 9 Br Inf Bde55bicycle airbornebicycleairborne+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+2851348/365 LCT(4)1348'K' Sec3 Br Inf Div Sigs'K' Sec Div Sigs33bicycle airbornebicycleairborne+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+2851318A/365 LCT(4)1318ADef Pl9 Br Inf Bde9 Br Inf Bde Def Pl88bicycle airbornebicycleairborne+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE
365H+28536175/365 LCT(4)36175HQ101 Beach Sub AreaHQ 101 Beach Sub Area13+365LCT(4)QUEEN WHITE

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Introduction

This blog is intended to provided a summary of 9th British Infantry Brigade activities during World War 2. More detailed summaries can be fo...

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    This blog is intended to provided a summary of 9th British Infantry Brigade activities during World War 2. More detailed summaries can be fo...