British 28th Infantry Brigade

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28th Infantry Brigade
Active	World War I World War II Korean War
Country	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry

The 28th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation which served during the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War.

1 History
- 1.1 Korea
2 Structure
- 2.1 Commanders
3 External links

[edit] History

The Brigade was part of 9th (Scottish) Division during World War I.

Initially the brigade belonged to the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division from 1939 to 1940. After the destruction of the 51st Highland Division during the Battle of France in 1940, the 9th Division was redesignated the 51st Highland Division and the 28th Brigade was reformed as the 154th Infantry Brigade .

The 28th Brigade came into being again when the 2nd Gibraltar Brigade was redesignated as the 28th Brigade at Gibraltar on 1 December 1943. It served with the 4th Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign and in Greece.

[edit] Korea

The Brigade arrived in Hong Kong from the UK in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. It arrived in April 1951 in Korea , took the title '28 Commonwealth Brigade' and joined the 1st Commonwealth Division, and served right through the war until leaving in 1954.