(Berkshire and Wiltshire)

24th Airmobile Brigade

24 Brigade was first formed in November 1914 as part of the 8th Division.  It saw action in The First World War at Ypres and The Somme, with members winning 2 VCs before being demobilised in March 1919.  In February 1940 it was reformed as 24th Guards Brigade serving throughout the Second World War with service in the Norwegian Campaign, North Africa and   Italy . 

The Brigade was commanded by Major General FAM (Boy) Browning, whose Family’s Crest inspired the Brigade’s Gryphon’s Wings emblem.  In 1947 it became 24th Infantry Brigade and served in a variety of roles in Kenya, Aden and Northern Ireland before returning to the UK in 1955, and becoming 24 Airmobile Brigade in 1988.  

The Brigade moved to Colchester from Catterick in 1993 when it was assigned to the Multinational Division (Central) (MND(C)) as part of the Allied Command Europe (ACE) Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC).

• United Kingdom

  Then in the summer of 1990 the Battalion returned to the United Kingdom and to Bourlon Barracks, Catterick to become one of the three Airmobile Infantry Battalions within the elite 24th Airmobile Brigade. From Catterick it conducted two operational tours in Northern Ireland.  

Rosslea Bomb (B Coy)