x Ordnance QF 25-pdr howitzers) 25 Field Squadron, Royal Engineers, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden In November 1965, the brigades became 'brigades' once again, and dropped their 'brigade group' designations and also dropped their support units. In October 1966, just after the publication of the 1966 Defence White Paper, the 7th Armoured and 11th Infantry brigades experimented with a new brigade organisation with two armoured regiments and two 'mechanised' battalions equipped with the new FV432 armoured personnel carrier. With the increasing availability of the new vehicle, all of the infantry battalions within the BAOR were to become mechanised. The brigade's structure just before conversion was as follows: Brigade Headquarters, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden 211 Signal Squadron (Infantry Brigade Group), Royal Corps of Signals, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons), at Wessex Barracks, Fallingbostel 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers, at Gordon Barracks, Hameln 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire & Wiltshire) – from June 1966 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers – in infantry role from June 1969 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders – from April 1967 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars – in infantry role from November 1969 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), at Elizabeth Barracks, Minden 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) – from March 1968 As a result of the above defence white paper and experimentations, the BAOR was completely reorganised with the 11th Infantry Brigade becoming an armoured formation in the end of 1970. The new formation, 11th Armoured Brigade, was reformed, thus ending the infantry lineage. Twenty-first century Afghanistan On 15th October 2007, Helmand Task Force 11 formed its planning cell at Aldershot Garrison, expanding into 11th Light Brigade in November 2007 for deployment to Afghanistan (Operation Herrick). The brigade was stood up alongside 52nd Infantry Brigade thus providing the Army with two infantry brigades available for deployment to either Afghanistan (Operation Herrick) or Iraq (Operation Telic). On 10th October 2009, the brigade deployed to Helmand Province, replacing 19th Light Brigade and would remain until April 2010. The brigade's order of battle on deployment to Afghanistan was as follows alongside the formation they had been part of: Brigade Headquarters 11th Light Brigade Headquarters & 261 Signal Squadron, Royal Corps of Signals (101st Logistic Brigade) Household Cavalry Regiment (1st Mechanised Brigade) 1st Battalion,