The 4th Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in September 1939, as the 7th Indian Infantry Brigade and renumbered 4th in June 1940,
The brigade was assigned to HQ Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi

Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...

 District on formation. Then posted to the 26th Indian Infantry Division in April 1942. The brigade also served with the 14th Indian Infantry Division

14th Indian Infantry Division

For the World War I formation see 14th Indian DivisionThe Indian 14th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II...

 between March and April 1943, and them returned to the 26th Division, where it remained for the rest of the war apart from a short attachment with the 82nd (West Africa) Infantry Division in April 1945.

Formation

• 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles September 1939 to May 1940
• 4th Jammu and Kashmir Infantry October 1940 to April 1941
• 3/9th Gurkha Rifles  May 1941 to January 1944
• 2nd Jammu and Kashmir Rifles September 1941 to January 1942
• 8/8th 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:...
  
   January 1942 to December 1943 and June to August 1945
• 6/11th 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....
  
    February 1942 to April 1943 and June to August 1943
• 7/15th 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 to May 1943
• 1sy Wiltshire Regiment
  Wiltshire Regiment
  The Wiltshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment of Foot....
  
   October 1943 to October 1944
• 2/7th Rajput Regiment
  7th Rajput Regiment
  The 7th Rajput Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  
   December 1943 to August 1945
• 2/13th Frontier Force Rifles
  13th Frontier Force Rifles
  The 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.-History:...
  
   December 1943 to August 1945
• 1/8th Gurkha Rifles May 1944
• 2nd Green Howards September 1944 to April 1945
• 1st Ant Tank Regiment , Indian Artillery March to April 1945
• 160th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Artillery
  Royal Artillery
  The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
  
   March to April 1945
• MG/12th Frontier Force Regiment
  12th Frontier Force Regiment
  The 12th Frontier Force Regiment was part of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922. It consisted of five regular battalions; numbered 1 to 5 and the 10th Battalion. During the Second World War a further ten battalions were raised. In 1945 the prenomial "12th" was dropped when the British...
  
   March to April 1945
• 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  The 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. They were they only Indian Infantry regiment to remain intact...
  
   March to April 1945
• 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment April to June 1945
• 72nd Field Company. Indian Engineers March to April 1945