154th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
- 154th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
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unit_name= 154th Infantry Brigade
abbreviation= 154th Inf Bde
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dates= 2 September 1939 - 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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identification_symbol= As part of 51st Division
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battle_honours=Battle of France
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
Belgium
Germany
154th Infantry Brigade was part of The 51st (Highland) Division and 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.
154th Brigade was luckier than its sister brigades of the 51st Division (152nd & 153rd). It was detached in June 1940 to form the mobile battlegroup "Arkforce" and was able to escape from Northern France while the rest of the division was forced to surrender at St Valery-en-Caux. However, the brigade was severely understrength by the time it returned to Britain, and in August 1940 it was reorganised and merged with the 28th Infantry Brigade of 9th (Highland) Infantry Division to form part of the new 51st Division. In this capacity it went on to serve 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
1939-1940
* 6th Battalion, The Black Watch
* 7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
* 8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
1940-1945
*1st Battalion, The Black Watch
*7th Battalion, The Black Watch
*7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
ee also
*51st (Highland) Infantry Division
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