127th (Manchester) Brigade

Manchester Brigade
127th (Manchester) Brigade
127th Infantry Brigade
Active1888–1919
1920–1941
Country United Kingdom
Branch Territorial Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade
Part of42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division
EngagementsGallipoli Campaign
Battle of Romani
Battle of Passchendaele
Battles of the Somme (1918)
Hundred Days Offensive (1918)
Battle of France
Dunkirk evacuation
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Herbert Lawrence
Sir John Smyth
British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division Insignia

The 127th (Manchester) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during both the First and Second World Wars. It was assigned to the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division and served in the Middle East and on the Western Front in the First World War.

In the Second World War, as the 127th Infantry Brigade, it fought in France and was evacuated at Dunkirk. Once back in the United Kingdom, the brigade was converted into an armoured support group.

Throughout its existence the brigade was composed mainly of battalions of the Manchester Regiment.