232nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 232nd Infantry Brigade was a formation of the British Army during both the First and the Second World Wars.

First World War

It was assigned to the 75th Division and served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Units included:^[1]

1/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
2/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
1/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles
2/4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
1/4th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
72nd Punjabis
2/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
3rd Battalion, Kashmir Rifles
229th Machine Gun Company
232nd Trench Mortar Battery

Second World War

The 232nd Infantry Brigade was formed from the 2nd (Malta) Infantry Brigade. It was based in Malta and Egypt.

Commander was Brigadier F.A.J.E. Marshall.

Component Units

2nd Battalion, King's Own Malta Regiment
3rd Battalion, King's Own Malta Regiment
2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

References

^ Baker, Chris. "The 75th Division in 1914-1918". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

External links

"232 Infantry Brigade". Orders of Battle.com.

v t e British infantry brigades of the Second World War (List for 1-100 and list for 101-308 and named)
Regular Army	1st Gibraltar 1st (Guards) 1st (Malta) 1st Malayan 1st SDF 2nd Gibraltar 2nd 2nd (Malta) 2nd Malayan 2nd SDF 3rd 3rd (Malta) 4th 4th (Malta) 5th 5th Guards 6th 6th Guards 7th 7th (Guards) 7th Motor 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th (Guards) 21st 22nd Guards 22nd 23rd 24th (Guards) 25th 26th 28th 29th 30th 30th (Guards) 31st 32nd (Guards) 33rd (Guards) 38th (Irish) 42nd 43rd 52nd 56th 61st 66th 71st 72nd 73rd 103rd 140th 141st 178th 185th 200th Guards 201st Guards 201st 202nd 203rd 204th 205th 206th 207th 208th 209th 210th 211th 212th 213th 214th 215th 216th 217th 218th 219th 220th 221st 222nd 223rd 224th 225th 226th 227th 228th 231st 232nd 233rd 234th 301st 302nd 303rd 304th 305th 306th 307th 308th
Territorial Army	1st London 2nd London 3rd London 4th London 5th London 6th London 26th 27th 28th 35th 36th 37th 44th 45th 46th 53rd 54th 55th 69th 70th 113th 114th 115th 125th 126th 127th 128th 129th 130th 131st 132nd 133rd 134th 135th 136th 137th 138th 139th 140th (London) 141st (London) 143rd 144th 145th 146th 147th 148th 150th 151st 152nd 153rd 154th 155th 156th 157th 158th 159th 160th 161st 162nd 163rd 164th 165th 166th 167th (London) 168th (London) 169th (London) 176th 177th 182nd 183rd 184th 197th 198th 199th
East Africa:	1st 2nd 5th 7th (N Rhodesia) 21st 22nd 25th 26th 27th 27th (N Rhodesia) 28th 29th 30th 31st
West Africa:	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 23rd (Nigeria) 24th (Gold Coast)
Other:	116th Royal Marines 117th Royal Marines Adriatic Cairo Canal Central Hong Kong Jewish Kowloon Malta Northern Southern Vis Western

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