British 15th Infantry Brigade

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The 15th Infantry Brigade is a British Army brigade. Part of the regular British 5th Infantry Division during the Second World War, it is now part of the British 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom.

15th Infantry Brigade
The Merlin
Active	Since World War I
Country	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Battles/wars	Battle of Sicily
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier Richard Dennis OBE

1 History
2 Commanding Officers during World War II
3 Structure during World War II
4 Current Structure
5 Links

[edit] History

When the 5th Division was sent to France in early 1940 the 15th Brigade was sent as part of Sickleforce to fight in the Battle of Norway in May 1940 under the command of Lieut. General H.R.S.Massey. The Norwegian campaign was a failure for the British. It was reunited with the 5th Division on 3rd August 1940.

The Brigade served with this unit through the rest of the war, seeing action in Sicily in 1943 and Italy in 1944, ending the war in North West Europe.

Having been a territorial formation for many years, the brigade was made part of the Second Division when the Division became responsible for the north of England and Scotland from around 1999-2000.