1st Gibraltar Brigade

1st Gibraltar Brigade

The 1st Gibraltar Brigade was a British Army unit created in 1941 as a fortress brigade on Gibraltar. It remained as such throughout the Second World War. [cite web|title=orders of battle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=9055&Tab=Uhi]

Component Units

*2nd Bn, The King's Regiment (Liverpool)
*4th Bn, The Black Watch
*2nd Bn, The Royal Scots
*1st Bn, The Hertfordshire Regiment
*30th Bn, The Dorsetshire Regiment
*31st Bn, The Suffolk Regiment [cite web|title=orders of battle|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=9055&Tab=Sub]

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