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2nd Gibraltar Brigade

释义

History
Formation
As 2nd Gibraltar Brigade As 28th Infantry Brigade
External links

{{for|the American Civil War unit with a similar name|Gibraltar Brigade}}

The 2nd Gibraltar Brigade was a British Army regular garrison brigade during the Second World War.

History

After serving as part of the Garrison of Gibraltar from 24 April 1941 to 1 December 1943, it was redesignated as the 28th Infantry Brigade and as such saw action in and Italy as part of the 4th Infantry Division with the British Eighth Army. From December 1944 through to August 1945 the 28th Infantry Brigade served in Greece during the Greek Civil War with Lieutenant General Ronald Scobie's III Corps.

Formation

As 2nd Gibraltar Brigade

2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
4th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
7th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
1st Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)

As 28th Infantry Brigade

2nd Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)
2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

External links

{{oob unit | id = 8892 | name = 2 Gibraltar Brigade }}
{{oob unit | id = 3549 | name = 28 Infantry Brigade }}
Garrison of Gibraltar Nov.1942

5 : Infantry brigades of the British Army|Gibraltar in World War II|Military units and formations established in 1941|1941 establishments in Gibraltar|Military units and formations disestablished in 1943

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