11th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 11th Infantry Brigade


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dates= World War II
country= Great Britain
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branch= British Army
type= Infantry
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battles= Italian Campaign
notable_commanders= K.A.N.Anderson
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battle_honours=Operation TorchThe 11th Infantry Brigade is a British Army regular formation that served in both the First and Second World Wars. Deactivated in 1958 it was reactivated in 2008 to assume command of the planned Operation Herrick deployment to Afghanistan in late 2009.

History

First World War

Second World War

The 11th Infantry Brigade was originally part of the 4th Infantry Division, serving with it during the Battle of France in 1940 and then in the United Kingdom up until 6 June 1942 when it was re-assignigned to join 78th Infantry Division (commanded by Vivyan Evelegh, a previous commander of the brigade) which was being newly formed to take part in Operation Torch as part of the First Army (commanded by Kenneth Anderson, also a previous commander of the brigade). The brigade landed in North Africa at Algiers in November 1942 and fought with 78th Division throughout the Tunisian Campaign which ended with the Axis surrender in May 1943. It then served with 78th Division through out the campaigns in Sicily and Italy (except for a period of rest and training in Egypt between July and October 1944), ending the war with crossing the Italian border into in Austria.

Following World War II the Brigade was again active with the 4th Infantry Division in I (BR) Corps in Germany from at least 1956 to 1958.

Commanders

*Brig. K.A.N. Anderson
*Brig. B.G. Horrocks ,During to retreat to Dunkirk (later to command XXX Corps).
*Brig. J.M.L. Grover
*Brig. V. Evelegh
*Brig. G.F. Gough
*Brig. E.E.E. Cass
*Brig. R.K. Arbuthnot
*Brig. G.E. Thubron

Component Units

* 1st Bn. The East Surrey Regiment
* 1st Bn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
* 2nd Bn. The Lancashire Fusiliers
* 5th Bn. The Northamptonshire Regiment

21st Century

In 2008, it was announced that 11 Light Brigade would be reformed to assume command of the planned Operation Herrick deployment to Afghanistan in late 2009. The Brigade is headquartered in Aldershot and is formed using units from existing formations. It is planned to disband 11 Brigade in 2010 on its return from Afghanistan, with its component units returning to their previous formations. [ [http://www.army.mod.uk/garrisonradio/aldershot/index.htm Aldershot Garrison Radio] ]

*11 Light Brigade Headquarters and Signal Squadron (261)
*The Household Cavalry Regiment
*1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards
*3rd Battalion, The Rifles
*1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers)
*2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th & 33rd/76th Foot) (Green Howards)
*1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
*28 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
*10 Queen's Own Gurkha Logistic Regiment

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