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The '''152nd Infantry Brigade''' (part of the [[51st (Highland) Division|51st (Highland) Infantry Division]]) was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Army]] that fought during both the [[World War I|First]] and the [[World War II|Second World Wars]].

==Formation==
The brigade was raised in 1908, as the '''Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders Brigade''', upon the creation of the [[Territorial Force]] (TF), the British Army's part-time reserve force, and was assigned to the Highland Division. The brigade was composed of the 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions of the [[Seaforth Highlanders]] and the 4th Battalion, [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]]. It was formed as a result of the [[Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1908/mar/31/territorial-and-reserve-forces-act-1907|title=Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907|publisher=Hansard|date=31 March 1908|access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>

==First World War==
The division was mobilised for service in early August 1914 and most of the men volunteered for [[Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge|overseas service]]. In mid-May 1915 the brigade was numbered as the '''152nd (1st Highland) Brigade''' and the division became the [[51st (Highland) Division]] and the infantry battalions received the '1/' prefix, 1/5th Seaforths for example, to distinguish them from their 2nd Line duplicates training as [[191st (2nd Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders) Brigade|191st (2/1st Seaforth and Cameron Highlanders)]], of [[64th (2nd Highland) Division]]. In early May 1915 the division was sent to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref name=trail>{{cite web|url=https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/51st-highland-division/|title=51st (Highland) Division|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=18 May 2022}}</ref>

===Order of battle===
The order of battle was:<ref name=trail/>
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] ''(left November 1914)''
* 1/5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
* 1/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] ''(left February 1915)''
* 1/6th Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] ''(from April to June 1915)''
* 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders ''(from April 1915, left February 1918)''
* 1/6th Battalion, [[Gordon Highlanders]] ''(from June 1916, later became 6th/7th Battalion after merging with 1/7th Battalion)''
* 152nd Machine Gun Company, [[Machine Gun Corps]] ''(formed 16 January 1916, moved to 51st Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 19 February 1918)''
* 152nd Trench Mortar Battery ''(formed July 1916)''

==Second World War==
[[File:Men of the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders embarking onto landing craft at Sousse, Tunisia, en route for Sicily, 5 July 1943. NA4072.jpg|thumb|left|Men of the 2nd Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] embarking onto [[landing craft]] at Sousse, Tunisia, en route for [[Sicily]], 5 July 1943.]]

The original 152nd Brigade, formed along with the division in 1908, was effectively destroyed when the 51st (Highland) Division surrendered during the [[Battle of France]] at St Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. It was reformed in August 1940 from the [[26th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|26th Infantry Brigade]] of the [[9th (Highland) Infantry Division]], formed as the 2nd Line duplicate of the 51st, which was renumbered as the 51st Division.{{sfn|Joslen|2003|p=55}}

===1939–1940===
* 4th Battalion, [[Seaforth Highlanders]] ''(destroyed 12 June 1940)''
* 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders ''(until 30 March 1940)''
* 4th Battalion, [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders]] ''(destroyed 12 June 1940)''
* 152nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company ''(formed 28 January 1940, destroyed 12 June 1940)''
* 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders ''(from 30 March 1940, destroyed 12 June 1940)''

===1940–1945===
* 2nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
* 5th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders
* 5th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

==Campaign honours==
* [[Battle of France]] – 1939-1940 (destroyed)
* [[Second Battle of El Alamein|Battle of El Alamein]] – 1942
* [[Second Battle of El Alamein|Operation Supercharge]] – 1942
* [[Battle of the Mareth Line|Operation Pugilist]] – 1943
* [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Operation Husky]] – 1943
* [[Operation Overlord]] – 1944
* [[Operation Astonia]] – 1944
* [[Battle of the Scheldt]] – 1944
* [[Battle of the Bulge]] – 1944/45
* [[Operation Plunder]] – 1945

==Commanders==
* [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] H. W. V. Stewart
* Brig. I. K. Thompson
* Brig. [[Douglas Wimberley|D. N. Wimberley]]
* Brig. G. Murray
* [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lt.-Col.]] J. Sorel-Cameron
* Brig. G. H. A. MacMillan
* Brig. J. A. Oliver
* Brig. [[James Cassels (British Army officer)|A. J. H. Cassels]]
* Lt.-Col. D. B. Lang
* Brig. J. A. Grant-Peterkin

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{Joslen-OOB}}
{{British infantry brigades of the Second World War}}

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