British 27th Infantry Brigade

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27th Infantry Brigade
Active	1939 - 1945 1948 - 1951
Country	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Role	Infantry
Battles/wars	Korean War

The 27th Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade during the Second World War and Korean War.

Contents 1 Unit History 1.1 World War II 1.2 Post World War II 2 Component units 2.1 1939-1940 2.2 1948 onwards 3 Commanders 3.1 Korea 4 External links and Sources

[edit] Unit History

[edit] World War II

In 1939 this brigade was formed as part of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division a duplicate of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division . When the 51st Highland Division surrendered during the Battle of France the 9th Highland Division was redesignated as a new 51st Division. Due to this the 27th Brigade became the British 153rd Infantry Brigade.

[edit] Post World War II

The Brigade was reformed in 1948 and sent out to Hong Kong , but was then sent on to Korea at the outbreak of the Korean War , where Major Kenneth Muir of the Argylls won the Victoria Cross in September 1950. The Brigade was joined by the specially raised 16 Field Regiment Royal New Zealand Artillery in January 1951, and then a Canadian infantry battalion in February. They fought in the intense Battle of Kapyong in April 1951. Kapyong was the last action for the brigade as such, as Headquarters 28 Brigade arrived to take over, along with two new battalions.

[edit] Component units

[edit] 1939-1940

• 5th Bn, The Black Watch
• 7th Bn, The Gordon Highlanders
• 9th Bn, The Gordon Highlanders
• 1st Bn, The Gordon Highlanders

[edit] 1948 onwards

• 1st Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (to April 1951)
• 1st Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (to April 1951)
• 1st Battalion, The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
• 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery

[edit] Commanders

• Brig.G.T.Gurney
• Brig.William Fraser
• Brig. D.A.H.Graham

[edit] Korea

• Brig B.A. Coad

[edit] External links and Sources

• Gregory Blaxland, The Regiments Depart: A History of the British Army 1945-70, William Kimber, London, 1971.
• Order of Battle Data Base (27th Infantry Brigade