The 10th Indian Motor Brigade was a formation of the

Indian Army during World War II The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men.Sumner, p.25 By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, ...

. It was formed in

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in March 1942. The brigade left Egypt for Persia in September 1942 and was converted to the 60th Indian Infantry Brigade in July 1943. During its time active the brigade was under the command of three different higher formations, the

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, the

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, and, from September 1942 to 1943, the Tenth Army.

Formation

* 1st Duke of York's Own Skinner's Horse * Central India Horse (21st King George V's Own Horse) *5th Battalion,

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* 10th Queen Victoria's Own Frontier Force Guides Cavalry ay - June 1942*402nd Field Squadron

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and from November 1942 *3rd Battalion,

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*4th Battalion,

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British Indian Army brigades {{World-War-II-stub

Formation

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