152nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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unit_name= 152nd Infantry Brigade
abbreviation= 152nd Inf Bde
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dates= 2 September 1939 - 12 June 1940;
August 1940 - 1945
country= Great Britain
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branch= British Army
type= Infantry
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size= Brigade
command_structure=British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
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notable_commanders= Brigadier "Rosey" Lloyd
Brigadier E. C. N. Custance
Brigadier "Roscoe" Harvey
Brigadier J. M. Anstice

identification_symbol= As part of 51st Division
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battle_honours= Battle of France
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
Belgium
Germany

152nd Infantry Brigade was part of The 51st (Highland) Division was a British Territorial Army division 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.

The original 152nd Brigade, formed along with the division in 1937, was effectively destroyed when the 51st (Highland) Division surrendered at St Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. It was reformed in August 1940 from the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division which was renumbered as the 51st Division.

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 152nd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

* 4th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
* 6th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
* 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Reconstituted 152nd Infantry Brigade (1940-45)

*2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
*5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
*5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

ee also

*51st (Highland) Infantry Division