British 4th Infantry Brigade
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The 4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) was a Second World War British Army
brigade. It was part of the British 2nd Infantry Division
.
in 1940 as part of the BEF
, evacuated to England
on May 31, 1940. It remained in the United Kingdom
until April 1942 when, with the rest of the 2nd Infantry Division, it was shipped to India
to fight in the Burma Campaign
until the end of the war in 1945.
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
brigade. It was part of the British 2nd Infantry Division
British 2nd Infantry Division
The 2nd Division is a regular division of the British army, with a long history. It dates its existence as a permanently embodied formation from 1809, when it was established by Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley , as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War...
.
World War II History
A regular army formation, this brigade served in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
in 1940 as part of the BEF
British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force was the British force in Europe from 1939–1940 during the Second World War. Commanded by General Lord Gort, the BEF constituted one-tenth of the defending Allied force....
, evacuated to England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
on May 31, 1940. It remained in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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until April 1942 when, with the rest of the 2nd Infantry Division, it was shipped to India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to fight 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...
until the end of the war in 1945.
Composition
- 1st Bn, The Border Regiment (until 4 May 1940)
- 1st Bn, Royal Scots (until 3 November 1942)
- 2nd Bn, The Royal Norfolk Regiment
- 1/8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers (from 4 May 1940)
- 1st Bn, Royal Scots (from 3 July 1943)