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|dates= 1939&ndash;1945<br />
|country= {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
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|branch= [[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|23px]] [[British Indian Army]]<br />
|type= [[Infantry]]<br />
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|command_structure= [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]]<br />
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The '''19th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in October, 1940 at Old [[Delhi]] in [[British Raj|India]] and assigned to the [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]]. In August 1941, they took part in the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]]. In September 1943, they moved to the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Front]], coming briefly under command of the [[2nd New Zealand Division]] in November 1943 and the [[History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars|British 1st Infantry Division]] in December 1943. Apart from those two attachments the brigade remained with the 8th Indian Division for the remainder of the war.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=19 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1413&Tab=Sup|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120302030442/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1413&Tab=Sup|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-03-02}}</ref><br />
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==Formation==<br />
*3rd Battalion, [[8th Punjab Regiment]] October 1940 to August 1945<br />
*1st Battalion, [[1st Punjab Regiment]] December 1940 to November 1941<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] November 1940 to July 1942<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]] December 1941 to May 1943<br />
*6th Battalion, [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] May to November 1942 and February 1943 to August 1945<br />
*5th Battalion, [[Essex Regiment]] May 1943 to March 1944<br />
*[[4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade|19th New Zealand Armoured Regiment]] November 1943<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] February 1944 to June 1945<br />
*1st Battalion, [[Jaipur Regiment]] September to October 1944 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=19 Indian Brigade Units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1421&Tab=Sub}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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