42 (North West) Brigade
42 (North West) Brigade Gallery
- 9 (Plassey) Battery 12 Regiment Royal Artillery paraded in Blackpool to officially mark its return from operations in Afghanistan and Iraq (27.76kb)
- 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire) in Kenya, as part of a comprehensive training package leading to the battalion's deployment in Spring 2010, with 4 Mechanized Brigade, to Afghanistan. (41.93kb)
- Soldiers of Chester-based 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh in North East Nad-e-Ali, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, January 2010. (25.03kb)
- 103 Regiment Royal Artillery live firing 105mm Light Guns on the Falkland Islands. (96.80kb)
- 2nd Battalion The Rifles, which has strong links to Merseyside, paraded through Liverpool city centre in October 2009 on its return from duties in Afghanistan (63.53kb)
- 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment in training on Salisbury Plain in February 2010, weeks before deploying to Afghanistan. (63.88kb)
- 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards), whose UK home is Weeton Barracks in Lancashire, on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in January 2010. (50.48kb)
- Her Majesty The Queen meets veterans at Fulwood Barracks. (123.72kb)
- 42 (North West) Brigade co-ordinated the military assistance to the civilian authorities following floods in parts of Cumbria in November and December 2009, including the construction, by Royal Engineers, of a footbridge over the River Derwent (54.11kb)
- 207 (Manchester) Field Hospital (Volunteers) in training at Strensall, near York, towards a probable deployment to Afghanistan in 2010 (51.18kb)
42 (North West) Brigade is the regional Army brigade which looks after the Army's interests in North West England and the Isle of Man.
It is part of the Army's 2nd Division. Our region, covering Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and the Isle of Man, has a proud tradition of supporting the Army.
More than 2,000 Regular soldiers are based here, at barracks in Preston, Weeton and Chester. We are home to 3,600 Territorial soldiers and over 7,000 cadets, as well as military training areas in Warcop, Halton, Holcombe Moor and Altcar.
Every year, about one-sixth of all the Army's new recruits are recruited from the 42 (North West) Brigade region. We have Army recruiting offices in 23 towns and cities from Carlisle to Crewe.
42 (North West) Brigade works to recruit and train 'fit for purpose' soldiers and units ready to support operations, both overseas and in the UK. For example, the brigade co-ordinated the military assistance to the civilian authorities in Cumbria in November and December 2009, following devastating floods in parts of the county.
Royal Engineers were assigned to build a footbridge over the River Derwent, re-connecting the north and south sides of Workington which were cut off when all the bridges in the town either washed away or were rendered unsafe by the flood waters.
We also engage with the local community to build and maintain the reputation of the Army within North West England and the Isle of Man, as well as to raise awareness of the Army's commitments worldwide as a 'force for good'.