| East Lancashire Brigade 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade 126th Infantry Brigade | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1908–1919 1920–1941 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch | _Brigade&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg){kind=small} Territorial Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division |
| Engagements | Gallipoli Campaign Battle of Romani Battle of Passchendaele Battles of the Somme (1918) Hundred Days Offensive (1918) Dunkirk evacuation |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders | Brigadier-General Viscount Hampden Brigadier Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham |
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The 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army during the First World War and the Second World War. It was assigned to the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division and served in the Middle East and on the Western Front in the Great War. In the Second World War, now as the 126th Infantry Brigade, it served again with the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division in France and was evacuated at Dunkirk and then later converted into 11th Armoured Brigade.
For most of its existence the brigade was composed of battalions of the East Lancashire Regiment and the Manchester Regiment, although in the late 1930s and the Second World War it was composed of battalions of the King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and the Border Regiment.