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Here Brigadier Ronald Senior (centre) with the staff of the 151st Infantry Brigade, who have been visited by Lieutenant-General William Duthie Morgan (left) and the Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden (right) in 1944. During the Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier.
During the Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier. Generally, three infantry brigades would form an infantry division, although brigades could be used as independent formations in which case, they were usually assigned to a corps-level command to be utilised. Brigades were ...
List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (1–100) List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (101–308 and named) List of British mobile brigades during the Second World War (includes armoured, cavalry, armoured reconnaissance, motor machine gun, support groups, and tank brigades)
British infantry on the move, alongside Universal Carriers, 1945. The infantry were the backbone of the British Army, and were intended to be mobile and with sufficient integrated artillery to be able to overcome opposing forces. [112] At the start of the war, the infantry were separated into two classes: infantry divisions and motor divisions ...
The infantry brigade group would consist of three motorised infantry battalions, an artillery regiment also with an integrated anti-tank battery, a light anti-aircraft battery, Royal Engineers and administration units. The divisional headquarters was given more staff and signal units and a headquarters was formed to control the artillery.
20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards) 21st (East Africa) Infantry Brigade; 21st Brigade (United Kingdom) 22nd Guards Brigade; 22nd (East Africa) Infantry Brigade; 22nd Brigade (United Kingdom) 23rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 25th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) 25th (East Africa) Infantry Brigade
At the time, despite their multi-national composition, such formations were often referred as "British". The territories and peoples comprising many countries mentioned below have changed since the war; in some cases the names of countries have changed or do not correspond to modern country names.
For example, I Canadian Corps consisted of 1 infantry division, 1 armour division, 1 armour brigade and Corps Troops (20 plus companies from the Corps of engineers, signals, medicine, military police, etc...) Military formations within the British Empire were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions.