141st ( 5th London ) Brigade 141st ( 5th London ) Brigade ( 141 Bde ) was an infantry formation of Britain ' s Territorial Army that served in World War I and World War II . Origin . When the Territorial Force was created in 1908 under the Haldane Reforms , the existing volunteer units in the London area were brought together into a new London Regiment and organised into two divisions with a full complement of infantry brigades and supporting arms . 5th London Brigade formed part of 2nd London Division , with the following composition : World War I . The outbreak of war on 4 August saw 5th London Brigade at Perham Down on Salisbury Plain , where it had just arrived for its annual training camp with the rest of 2nd London Division . They were immediately recalled to London to complete their mobilisation and by mid - August 5 London Bde had reached its war station round Hatfield , Hertfordshire . The County of London Territorial Force Association immediately began raising ' Second Line ' battalions , which quickly led to the formation of a duplicate 2 / 5th London Brigade ( eventually 180th Brigade ) ; consequently 5th London Brigade was renumbered 1 / 5th and its battalions were similarly prefixed ( 1 / 17th – 1 / 20th ) . In October 1914 , 2nd London Division was selected for service on the Western Front and progressive training was carried out through the winter . 5th London Bde was the leading element of the division to land in France on 9 & 10 March 1915 . In May the division ( already known in France simply as ' The London Division ' to distinguish it from the Regular Army 2nd Division ) took its place in the line and was designated 47th ( 1 / 2nd London ) Division , with the brigades numbered consecutively : 5th London became 141st ( 1 / 5th London ) Brigade . Actions . During World War I the brigade was engaged in the following operations : 1915 1916 1917 1918 Order of Battle . There were few changes to the brigade ' s prewar Order of Battle during the campaign : After the Armistice , 47th Division was engaged in railway repair and then settled down around Béthune to await demobilisation . This began in January , and the last troops left France on 10 May 1919 . The brigade was demobilised at Felixstowe in May – June 1919 . Interwar years . 47th Division and its subformations began to reform in the redesignated Territorial Army in 1920 . 141 Bde was reformed with its original battalions , and with brigade HQ at the Duke of York ' s Headquarters . In the 1930s , reorganisation of the TA saw the brigade ' s units being retasked ( the 19th and 20th Bns became searchlight regiments in 1935 ) and posted away . The brigade was disbanded in 1936 . The rapid expansion of the TA after the Munich Crisis saw 5th London Brigade reformed with Second Line TA battalions , to provide a duplicate of 2nd London Brigade . 5th London Brigade resumed its number as 141 ( London ) Brigade on 21 November 1940 . World War II . The composition of 141 ( London ) Bde during World War II was as follows : 141 Bde did not see any active service in World War II . It mobilised as a motor brigade , but became a conventional infantry brigade in June 1940 . Between April and October 1944 it was responsible for an embarkation sector in Southampton for the Normandy landings . The brigade was disbanded on 27 October 1944 . On 17 November 1944 , 220th Brigade ( which had recently joined 47th Division , now reformed as a reserve division ) was renumbered 141st Infantry Brigade , but without any London connection . The new brigade had the following composition : 141 Bde was not included in the Territorial Army when it reformed in 1947 , although three of its traditional battalions ( London Rifle Brigade , London Scottish and London Irish Rifles ) formed the bulk of 168 Lorried Infantry Brigade in 56th ( London ) Armoured Division . Commanders . 141 Brigade was commanded by the following officers :