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The Forester Brigade (known as the Midland Brigade until 1958) was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1964. The Brigade administered...

France as part of the Sherwood Foresters Brigade in the North Midland Division (later 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade and 46th (North Midland) Division...

Forester Brigade. The regiment wore a Lincoln green lanyard. On 1 July 1968, the Mercian Brigade was united with the Wessex Brigade and Welsh Brigade...

The 139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 46th (North...

part of the North Midland Brigade from 1888 until 1901 when that formation split to form a separate Sherwood Foresters Brigade. In 1900, men of the battalion...

(operating as Foresters) Baron Forester, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Free Foresters, a cricket team Forester Brigade, an administrative...

respectively. From 1960 the Fusilier Brigade was based at St George's Barracks in Sutton Coldfield. In 1962 the Forester Brigade was dissolved and the Royal Warwickshire...

regiments of the Midland Brigade (renamed the Forester Brigade in 1958). In November 1962, it was announced that the Forester Brigade was to be broken up and...

Regiments Forester Brigade: Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until November 1962), Royal Leicestershire Regiment, Sherwood Foresters. Mercian Brigade: Cheshire...

In 1958, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment was transferred from the Forester Brigade, and by 1960 the six individual regiments had amalgamated to form three...

of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958 and decommissioned in 1963. The Sherwood Foresters Regimental Museum moved...

Central Area) 31 Canadian Brigade Group. Due to the restructuring of the British Army, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment was amalgamated...

War. The barracks were demoted to the status of out-station to the Forester Brigade depot at Glen Parva Barracks in 1958, the last recruits were accepted...

went on to become the regional centre for infantry training as the Forester Brigade Depot in 1960. They were closed in the late 1960s and most of the buildings...

Battalion. In 1963 the Forester Brigade was dissolved, with the Royal Leicesters and Royal Lincolns moving to the East Anglian Brigade where they joined the...

with the disbanding of the Forester Brigade. The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment had transferred to the East Anglian Brigade and amalgamated with the Northamptonshire...

139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 1/6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (disbanded January...

re-titled as Leeds Rifles 1961 Midland Brigade, renamed as Forester Brigade in 1958 with HQ at Budbrooke Barracks, brigade broken up in 1963 The Royal Warwickshire...

and the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire) Regiments would assemble at Derby. Later the Leicestershire Battalion was added. The Brigade formed part of Northern...

When Volunteer Infantry Brigades were introduced in 1888, the VBs of the Sherwood Foresters formed part of the North Midland Brigade, although for a few years...