153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

.Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 153rd Infantry Brigade
abbreviation= 153rd Inf Bde
Caption=
dates= 2 September 1939 - 12 June 1940
August 1940 - 1945
country= Great Britain
allegiance=
branch= British Army
type= Infantry
role=
size= Brigade
command_structure=British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
equipment=
Past Commanders=
ceremonial_chief=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
notable_commanders= Brigadier Douglas Alexander Graham
(CBE, DSO and bar, MC, Croix de Gurre)
identification_symbol= As part of 51st Division
identification_symbol_2=
nickname=
patron=
motto=
colors=
march=
mascot=
battles=
anniversaries=
decorations=
battle_honours=Battle of France
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
Belgium
Germany

153rd Infantry Brigade, part of The 51st (Highland) Division, was a British Territorial Army brigade that fought during the Second World War. 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.

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

*Battle of France - 1939-1940 (destroyed)
*Battle of El Alamein - 1942
*Operation Supercharge - 1942
*Operation Pugilist - 1943
*Operation Husky - 1943
*Operation Overlord - 1944
*Operation Astonia - 1944
*Battle of the Scheldt - 1944
*Battle of the Bulge - 1944/45
*Operation Plunder - 1945

Order of Battle

Original 153rd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

* 4th Battalion, The Black Watch
*5th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
*6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Reconstituted 153rd Infantry Brigade (1940-1945)

*5th Battalion, The Black Watch
*1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
*5/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

ee also

*51st (Highland) Infantry Division


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