1st Indian Infantry Brigade

The 1st Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939, in Abbottabad in India. It was assigned to HQ Rawalpindi District until May 1942, when it joined the 23rd Indian Infantry Division until the end of the war.^[1]

Formation

1/5th Gurkha Rifles to November 1940
2/6th Gurkha Rifles to April 1940
2/5th Gurkha Rifles February to December 1940 and January to June 1941
1/6th Gurkha Rifles April 1940 to February 1942
1st The Devonshire Regiment September 1940 to April 1941
1/7th Rajput Regiment October 1940 to September 1941
3/5th Gurkha Rifles October 1940 to March 1941
3/6th Gurkha Rifles October 1940 to March 1941
4/6th Gurkha Rifles March to October 1941
4/5th Gurkha Rifles March to October 1941
4/7th Gurkha Rifles March to October 1941
4/10th Gurkha Rifles March to October 1941
2nd Nepalese Infantry (Rifle Regiment) April 1941 to February 1942
1st Patiala Infantry April 1941 to August 1945
2nd The Suffolk Regiment June to September 1941
7/14th Punjab Regiment February to April 1942
1st Assam Regiment April 1942 to March 1944
1st Seaforth Highlanders May 1942 to August 1945
1/16th Punjab Regiment February to October 1943 and December 1943 to August 1945
9/12th Frontier Force Regiment February to April 1944
Kalibahadur Regiment, Nepal May to August 1944
2/19th Hyderabad Regiment June to July 1944
158th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery February to April 1944 ^[2]