Operation Overlord, D-Day
On 19 October 1943 the Brigade as part of 50 Northumbrian Division was withdrawn to Britain for reforming and training before landing on Gold Beach on D-Day, 6 June 1944, together with the 151st Infantry Brigade,the 231st Infantry Brigade (previously an independent unit formed from regular troops stationed on Malta) permanently attached to the Division, and the 56th Infantry Brigade temporarily attached.
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