The 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in October 1941, at Campbellpore in India. The brigade was assigned to the 7th Indian Infantry Division until July 1942, when it was attached to the North Western Army

North Western Army

The Northern Command was a formation of the British Indian Army from 1895 to 1942, and then from 1945 to 1947. Subsequently it was reformed in the post-Independence Indian Army in 1972....

. It returned to the 7th Division in December 1942, and took part in the Burma Campaign

Burma Campaign

The Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was fought primarily between British Commonwealth, Chinese and United States forces against the forces of the Empire of Japan, Thailand, and the Indian National Army. British Commonwealth land forces were drawn primarily from...

. Between April and May 1944, it was corps reserve for XXXIII Indian Corps and was attached to the 5th Indian Infantry Division in March 1945. The rest of the war it was under 7th Division command.

Formation

• 4/5th Gurkha Rifles October 1941 to January 1944
• 4/10th Gurkha Rifles October to December 1941
• 4/15th Punjab Regiment
  15th Punjab Regiment
  The 15th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
  
   April 1942 to August 1945
• 4/8th Gurkha Rifles May to October 1942
• 4/1st Gurkha Rifles February 1944 to August 1945
• 1st Queen's Royal Regiment December 1942 to September 1944 and April to August 1945
• 1/11th Sikh Regiment
  11th Sikh Regiment
  The 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....
  
   March to April 1944
• 1st Burma Regiment May 1944 to April 1945
• 2nd South Lancashire Regiment February 1945
• 2/8th Punjab Regiment
  8th Punjab Regiment
  The 8th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947 and merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.-Madras Infantry:...
  
   May 1945
• 1/19th Hyderabad Regiment
  19th Hyderabad Regiment
  The 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  
  May 1945