11th Indian Infantry Brigade

11th Infantry Brigade (Indian Army)
Active1939–1945
1962–
Country British India
 India
Allegiance British Empire
 India
Branch British Indian Army
Indian Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade
EngagementsWorld War II Greek Civil War

The 11th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was relocated from India to Egypt in the middle of August 1939 and trained at Fayed in Ismailia Governorate on the Great Bitter Lake.[1] In October 1939, it was assigned to the 4th Indian Infantry Division. In May 1942, it was attached to the 5th Indian Infantry Division and in June the 2nd South African Infantry Division when it surrendered after Tobruk was captured by the Germans and Italians in 1942. The brigade was then reformed in Egypt in October 1943 and once more assigned to the 4th Indian Division serving in Tunisia, Italy and, at the end of the war, in Greece. [2]

The brigade was in the North-East Frontier Agency before the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and fought in that war.

  1. ^ Playfair, Vol. I, page 38.
  2. ^ "11 Indian Brigade". Order of Battle. Retrieved 23 October 2009.[permanent dead link]