The 2nd Infantry Brigade is a British Army unit active since the First World War. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

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History

During the Second World War the 2nd Infantry Brigade saw active service in many of the major campaigns that the British fought in, from France to Tunisia in North Africa and finally Italy. Through out the war it was part of the 1st Infantry Division. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...  Northern Africa (UN subregion)  geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent. ... List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII The British 1st Infantry Division was a permanently established Regular Army division. ...

It is now part of the 4th Division as 2nd (South East) Brigade. In the House of Commons on 25 November 2002 the Secretary of State for Defence said that the Brigade (along with 52 Brigade) was being re-roled from a regional brigade headquarters to provide better command and control arrangements for light infantry role battalions, all of which are currently deployable. The reorganisation of the brigade will not result in an increase in the number of deployable troops. The change will bring greater coherence to the way that light role units prepare for operations, through improved co-ordination of training. The British 4th Infantry Division served during World War II in France in 1940, North Africa and Italy. ... The Secretary of State for Defence is the senior United Kingdom government minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence. ...

Commanders (WW II)

• Brig.C.R.Hudson
• Brig.A.A.B.Dowler
• Brig.E.E.J.Moore
• Brig.A.C.Gore
• Brig.C.E.A.Firth
• Brig.R.N.Anderson

Component Units (WWII)

• 1st Bn, The Gordon Highlanders - (To 7th March 1940 surrendered St-Valery)
• 1st Bn, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
• 2nd Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment
• 6th Bn, The Gordon Highlanders

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Current Component Units

The 2nd Infantry Brigade comprises:

• Headquarters at Shorncliffe
• 2nd Battalion, Royal Gurkha Rifles, Sir John Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe (to 52 Brigade from September 2006)
• 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment, Tern Hill, Shropshire
• 3rd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's Lancashire and Border) at St. George's Barracks, North Luffenham (ex 1st Bn King's Own Royal Border Regiment; rebadged 1 July 2006)

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External Links

• History Data Base