| East Midland Brigade 162nd (East Midland) Brigade 162nd Infantry Brigade 162nd Independent Infantry Brigade | |
|---|---|
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| Active | April 1908 – 30 September 1919 February 1920 – 31 August 1944 January 1947 – 1 May 1961 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division |
| Peacetime HQ | Bedford, Bedfordshire |
| Engagements | |
The East Midland Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Territorial Force, part of the British Army, that was raised in 1908. As the name suggests, it commanded infantry battalions recruited in the East Midlands of England: Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire. The brigade was an integral part of the East Anglian Division.
It was numbered as the 162nd (East Midland) Brigade (and the division as 54th (East Anglian) Division) and saw active service in the First World War at Gallipoli in 1915, Egypt in 1916 and in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in 1917 and 1918.
Disbanded after the war, the brigade was reformed in the Territorial Army as the 162nd Infantry Brigade and continued to be part of the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division. In the Second World War, the brigade remained in the United Kingdom throughout the war and did not see service and was disbanded in August 1944.
The brigade was reformed in 1947 as 162nd Independent Infantry Brigade before being finally disbanded in 1961.