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|dates= 1941&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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|notable_commanders= Brigadier [[Roger Eustace Le Fleming]]<br />
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The '''24th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. The brigade was formed in February 1941, in [[British Raj|India]] and at first assigned to the [[10th Indian Infantry Division]], and fought in the [[Anglo-Iraqi War]]. The brigade was transferred to the [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]] in June 1941, seeing service in the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]]. The brigade remained in this theatre for the rest of the war as part of the [[6th Infantry Division (India)|6th Indian Infantry Division]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=24 Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1403&Tab=Uhi}}</ref> The current GOC is<br />
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==Formation==<br />
*5th Battalion, [[1st Punjab Regiment]] February to April 1941<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] April 1941 to January 1944 and March 1944 to July 1945<br />
*[[19th Hyderabad Regiment|The Kumaon Rifles]] April 1941 to February 1945<br />
*5th Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] April 1941 to January 1943<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[Royal Sussex Regiment]] April 1943 to July 1945<br />
*25th Battalion, [[Sikh Light Infantry]] January to March 1944 and January 1945 to July 1945<br />
*14th Battalion, [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] April 1944 to May 1945<br />
*2nd Battalion, [[Jammu and Kashmir Rifles]] September 1944 to August 1945<br />
*[[Jodhpur Sardar Risala]] January to June 1945<br />
*14th Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] February to July 1945<br />
*1st Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]] June to August 1945<br />
*4th Battalion, [[8th Punjab Regiment]] June to August 1945 <br />
*87th Field Artillery Regiment [[Royal Artillery]] July to October 1942 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=24 Infantry Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1403&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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[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1941]]<br />
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]<br />
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