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- The 8th London (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a new unit formed when Britain's Territorial Force was created in 1908. Its origin lay in Artillery Volunteer Corps formed in the 1860s in Plumstead, Kent, later incorporated into London. Together with its wartime duplicate the brigade served during the First World War on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine where it was the first British unit to enter Jerusalem. It again formed two units for service in the Second World War, one of which saw extensive action in France, North Africa, and Italy, while its duplicate was captured at the Fall of Singapore. Its successor unit continues in the Army Reserve today. (en)
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- * First World War:
** Battle of Aubers Ridge
** Battle of Festubert
** Battle of Loos
** Battle of the Somme
** Salonika
** Palestine
** Capture of Jerusalem
* Second World War:
** Battle of France
** Fall of Singapore
** Second Battle of El Alamein
** Tunisian Campaign
** Operation Avalanche
** Crossing of the Garigliano
** Battle of Anzio
** Operation Olive
** Operation Grapeshot (en)
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- The 8th London (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a new unit formed when Britain's Territorial Force was created in 1908. Its origin lay in Artillery Volunteer Corps formed in the 1860s in Plumstead, Kent, later incorporated into London. Together with its wartime duplicate the brigade served during the First World War on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine where it was the first British unit to enter Jerusalem. It again formed two units for service in the Second World War, one of which saw extensive action in France, North Africa, and Italy, while its duplicate was captured at the Fall of Singapore. Its successor unit continues in the Army Reserve today. (en)
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- 8th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (en)
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- 8th County of London Brigade, RFA (en)
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