1st South African Infantry Brigade | |
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Active | September 1915 – ? 1926 – January 1943 |
Disbanded | 1 Jan 1943 |
Country | South Africa |
Allegiance | Allied Forces (World War I and World War II) |
Branch | South African Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Brigade |
Motto(s) | Union is Strength |
Commanders | |
Commander WWI |
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Commander World War II |
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The South African 1st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the army of the Union of South Africa during World Wars I and II. During World War I, the brigade served as a British formation in Egypt and on the Western Front, most famously the Battle of Delville Wood. It was reactivated at the start of the Second World War as a South African formation and served in East Africa and the Western Desert; the brigade disbanded on 1 January 1943.