17th Indian Infantry Brigade

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17th Indian Infantry Brigade
Active19391945
Country British Raj Red Ensign.svg British India
AllegianceFlag of the United Kingdom.svg British Empire
Branch British Raj Red Ensign.svg British Indian Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Engagements Anglo-Iraqi War
Syria-Lebanon Campaign
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran
North African campaign
Italian campaign
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Douglas Gracey

The 17th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II.

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History

Men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers operate a captured German Marder 75mm self-propelled gun, 30 December 1943. The British Army in Italy 1943 NA10438.jpg
Men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers operate a captured German Marder 75mm self-propelled gun, 30 December 1943.

It was formed in November 1940, at the Delhi Cantonment in India and assigned to the 8th Indian Infantry Division. They were sent to participate in the Anglo-Iraqi War and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and came under command of the 10th Indian Infantry Division between July and August 1941. Returning to the 8th Indian Division in September 1941, at the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, they were sent to Egypt. They then spent 1942, as a garrison force in Syria. It then took part in the Italian Campaign from September 1943 to August 1945. It was briefly coming under command of the British 78th Infantry Division between 3 and 7 November 1943. [1]

Units

Commanders

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References

  1. "17 Indian Brigade". Order of Battle. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
  2. "17 Indian Brigade Units". Order of Battle. Archived from the original on 26 February 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2009.