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Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner
The 1st Commonwealth Division had three infantry brigades:-
- British - senior brigade
- Canadian - intermediate brigade
- Commonwealth - junior brigade
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Mark,
Don't want to hijack the thread, but I've never heard of brigades being graded senior, intermediate and junior. In fact, the 27th Commonwealth Brigade (2PPCLI, 3 RAR and 1 Middlesex and thankfully, some attached US tanks at Kapyong), as the precursor to the Commonwealth Division, had been in action for almost 12 months before the Division was created.
It would seem odd that they would have been relegated to 'junior' status, upon formation of the Division.
Once the Division was formed, from a numerical point of view, the status would have been Canadians (25 Bde), Commonwealth Bde (28 Bde) and British (29 Bde)
I'd be quite surprised if the Division Comd did not do all he possibly could, to avoid such divisive titles.
Jack