5 Infantry Bde FS/ 5 Field Force

[badjez]

Please can anyone supply me with the lineage of 5 Infantry Brigade post-1945.
Looking online I get confusing results, plus an unexplained gap between 1964 and 1970. Is it connected to a 5 Field Force or 24 Airmobile Brigade?

Similar information would be appreciated about 6 Inf Brigade/ 6 Fld Force, and anything on the background to the formation signs they wore (attached are pictures of the FS I'm referring to)

Thanks, Stephen.

[Mike Jackson]

Very complicated - essentially these signs were introduced when both Brigades were in Germany in 2 Inf Div - hence the key.
If you can finds a copy the following would be invaluable to you - "The British Army Overseas 1945-1970" by Malcolm A Bellis. Try eBay? Mike

[badjez]

Thanks Mike.

Stephen.

[Mike H]

In 1983 24 Airmobile were part of 2 Inf Div ,Brigade HQ at Catterick . I recall that there was at least one battalion of LI as part of the Brigade.
The other Brigades within the division at that were 15 and 49.

[oc14]

In 1978/79 5 Field Force wore the formation sign of the 24th Guards Brigade (these were embroidered and not printed and had to be bought for the princely sum of 60 pence each). The formation sign wasn't on vehicles , instead there was a white code in the format "5/24" indicating the vehicle as being part of 24th unit of 5 field force (if memory serves me correctly I think 5/24 was in fact the RCT Squadron within 5 FF).

If i'm not mistaken, 6 Field Force in the same period wore the yellow Pegasus on blue background (all those I saw were printed versions)


PL

[badjez]

Originally Posted by oc14

In 1978/79 5 Field Force wore the formation sign of the 24th Guards Brigade (these were embroidered and not printed and had to be bought for the princely sum of 60 pence each). The formation sign wasn't on vehicles , instead there was a white code in the format "5/24" indicating the vehicle as being part of 24th unit of 5 field force (if memory serves me correctly I think 5/24 was in fact the RCT Squadron within 5 FF).

If i'm not mistaken, 6 Field Force in the same period wore the yellow Pegasus on blue background (all those I saw were printed versions)


PL

So when was the 6 Fld Force FS (as pictured initially) worn?

Stephen.

[NewCollector]

Originally Posted by Mike H

In 1983 24 Airmobile were part of 2 Inf Div ,Brigade HQ at Catterick . I recall that there was at least one battalion of LI as part of the Brigade.
The other Brigades within the division at that were 15 and 49.

24 Bde didn't become airmobile until the late 1980's but 2LI and 1 Gordons were part of 6 Airmobile Bde (3 Div) from about 1985-87.

[Mike H]

Originally Posted by NewCollector

24 Bde didn't become airmobile until the late 1980's but 2LI and 1 Gordons were part of 6 Airmobile Bde (3 Div) from about 1985-87.

They were airportable wernt they before airmobile.