11th Indian Infantry Brigade

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11th Infantry Brigade (Indian Army)
Active1939–1945
1962–
CountryBritish Raj Red Ensign.svg British India
Flag of India.svg India
AllegianceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Flag of India.svg India
BranchEnsign of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps.svg  British Indian Army
Flag of Indian Army.svg Indian Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Engagements World War II Greek Civil War

The 11th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was relocated from India to Egypt in the middle of August 1939 and trained at Fayed in Ismailia Governorate on the Great Bitter Lake. [1] In October 1939, it was assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division. In May 1942, it was attached to the 5th Indian Infantry Division and in June the 2nd South African Infantry Division when it surrendered after Tobruk was captured by the Germans and Italians in 1942. The brigade was then reformed in Egypt in October 1943 and once more assigned to the 4th Indian Division serving in Tunisia, Italy and, at the end of the war, in Greece. [2]

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The brigade was in the North-East Frontier Agency before the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and fought in that war.

Commanders during World War II

Formation

A 3-inch mortar crew of the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders training at Mena Camp near Giza, Egypt, 4 June 1940. The British Army in North Africa E126.jpg
A 3-inch mortar crew of the 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders training at Mena Camp near Giza, Egypt, 4 June 1940.

See also

References

  1. Playfair, Vol. I, page 38.
  2. "11 Indian Brigade". Order of Battle. Retrieved 23 October 2009.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "11 Indian Brigade Units". Order of Battle. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2009.

Bibliography

  • Playfair, Major-General I.S.O.; Molony, Brigadier C.J.C.; with Flynn, Captain F.C. (R.N.) & Gleave, Group Captain T.P. (2009) [1st. pub. HMSO:1954]. Butler, Sir James (ed.). The Mediterranean and Middle East, Volume I: The Early Successes Against Italy, to May 1941. History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series. Uckfield, UK: Naval & Military Press. ISBN   978-1-84574-065-8.