28th Indian Brigade

28th Indian Brigade
Active19 October 1914 – February 1920
Country British India
AllegianceBritish Crown
Branch British Indian Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade
Part of10th Indian Division
7th (Meerut) Division
EngagementsFirst World War
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Actions on the Suez Canal
Battle of Sharon
South Arabia
Mesopotamian Campaign
Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
Battle of Wadi (1916)
Battle of Hanna
Second Battle of Kut
Fall of Baghdad (1917)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maj.-Gen. G.J. Younghusband
Maj.-Gen. G.V. Kemball

The 28th Indian Brigade[a] was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army that saw active service with the Indian Army during the First World War. Formed in October 1914, it defended the Suez Canal in early 1915, ended the Ottoman threat to Aden in July 1915, took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign in 1916 and 1917, before finishing the war in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. It remained in Palestine until it was broken up in 1920.

  1. ^ "Frontier Force Regiment". Official website. Pakistan Army. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.


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