The 28th Infantry Brigade was a

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formation which served during the

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History

28th Brigade

First World War

The 28th Brigade was part of

9th (Scottish) Division The 9th (Scottish) Division, was an infantry division of the British Army during the First World War, one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. A ...

during the early stages of the

, from civilians volunteering for Lord Kitchener's

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. It was initially composed of the 6th (Service) Battalion,

King's Own Scottish Borderers The King's Own Scottish Borderers (KOSBs) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots, the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's O ...

, 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), and the 10th and 11th (Service) battalions of the

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. The brigade trained, with the rest of the division, from August 1914 until May 1915 and arrived on the Western Front and were to remain there until being disbanded in May 1916, being replaced in the division by 1st South African Brigade. The brigade was, however, briefly reformed in September 1918, during the Hundred Days Offensive in the final stages of the war. The 28th Brigade was composed as follows during the war: * 6th (Service) Battalion,

''(left 6 May 1916)'' * 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) * 10th (Service) Battalion,

* 11th (Service) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry * 28th Machine Gun Company,

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''(formed 3 January 1916)'' Upon being reformed in September 1918: * 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers * 1st Battalion,

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* 9th (Service) Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) * 28th Trench Mortar Battery

Second World War

Reformed in the Territorial Army in September 1939, the brigade was a 2nd Line Territorial Army formation and a duplicate of the 154 Infantry Brigade. Initially the 28th Brigade belonged to the

9th (Highland) Infantry Division The 9th (Highland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed just prior to the start of the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a significant military power and its occupation of ...

from its creation in 1939 until August 1940. After the destruction of the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division during the Battle of France in May–June 1940, the 9th Division was redesignated the 51st (Highland) Division and the 28th Brigade HQ was absorbed by the HQ 154th Infantry Brigade.Joslen The 28th Brigade came into being again when the 2nd Gibraltar Brigade was redesignated as the 28th Brigade at

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on 1 December 1943. The brigade was initially composed entirely of

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battalions, the 2nd King's and 2nd Somersets had been in Gibraltar many years before the war. It served with the 4th Infantry Division in the Italian Campaign and later were involved in the Civil War in Greece, remaining there for the rest of the war. The 28th Infantry Brigade was constituted as follows during the war: * 7th Battalion,

Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (3 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The regiment was created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881, when the 42nd Regiment of Foot, 42nd (Roy ...

* 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders * 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders From December 1943 the 28th Infantry Brigade was constituted as follows: * 2nd Battalion,

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* 2nd Battalion,

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* 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ''(from 5 December 1944)'' * 2/4th Battalion,

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''(from 24 March 1944)''

Post War

Mid 1949 Order of Battle * 1st Battalion,

* 1st Battalion,

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* 1st Battalion,

King's Shropshire Light Infantry The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. In 19 ...

28 Commonwealth Brigade

The Brigade arrived in

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from the United Kingdom in 1949, to join the 40th Infantry Division. It arrived in April 1951 in

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, took the title '28th Commonwealth Brigade' and joined the 1st Commonwealth Division, and served right through the

, until leaving in 1954. It comprised two British and two Australian infantry battalions and 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery.

28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group

The Brigade was reformed on 16 September 1955 in Malaya, formed from a combination of forces from Australia, New Zealand and Britain.28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Provost Unit - Malaya, Borneo, and Singapore
accessed June 2008 The formation was now air-portable and named the 28th Commonwealth Infantry Brigade Group. Its main elements were three infantry battalions from Australia, Britain and New Zealand and a British field artillery regiment with an Australian battery. The Brigade's operational role was as the 'Immediate Reaction Force' for the

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. Originally stationed at

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, it was then stationed in a new purpose built camp at Terandak, near Malacca in Malaysia. On 31 October 1971 the Brigade ceased to exist. However, its demise was painless and involved a mere change of name and location.

28 ANZUK Infantry Brigade

On 1 November 1971 the Brigade became '28 ANZUK Infantry Brigade' and was located on the northern side of

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. The brigade consisted of the

Royal Highland Fusiliers The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. Prior to 28 March 2006, the Royal Highland Fusiliers was an infantry regiment in its own right, c ...

, 6 Royal Australian Regiment and 1 RNZIR together with supporting Artillery, Signals, Engineer and Logistic units. HQ ANZUK Force HQ was located in the old RN Naval based at what was HMS Terror. After a short period as 28 (UK) Infantry Brigade was disbanded in 1974.

28 (UK) Infantry Brigade

After the demise of ANZUK Force in 1974, the remaining British units in Singapore regrouped as 28 (UK) Infantry Brigade, and with the withdrawal of the final British forces from Singapore, was finally disbanded in 1976.

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