153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

153rd Infantry Brigade
Active 1939–1940
1940–1946
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Part of 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Battle honours Battle of France
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Commanders
Notable
commanders		 Douglas Graham
Horatius Murray
Insignia
Identification
symbol		 As part of 51st Division

The 153rd Infantry Brigade, part of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division, was an infantry brigade of the British Army that fought during both the First and Second world wars. It was raised in 1908, as the 2nd Highland Brigade, upon the creation of the Territorial Force and was later redesignated the 153rd (2nd Highland) Brigade. The division was referred to as the "Highway Decorators" by other divisions who became used to discovering the 'HD' insignia painted wherever the Highlanders had passed through.

Men of the Gordon Highlanders of the Eighth Army cross the border into Tunisia, 1943.

Along with its sister brigade, the 152nd Brigade, the 153rd was effectively destroyed when it surrendered at St Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. It was reconstituted from the 27th Infantry Brigade of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, which was reorganised in August 1940 as the new 51st Division. It went on to serve in almost all of the major battles in North Africa, Sicily and North-west Europe.

Campaign Honours

Order of Battle

First World War

Original 153rd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

Reconstituted 153rd Infantry Brigade (1940-1945)

References


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