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{{Short description|Infantry Brigade of the Indian army during World War II}}
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The '''25th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in February, 1941 at [[Ahmednagar]] in [[British Raj|India]] and assigned to the [[10th Indian Infantry Division]]. The brigade was attached to the [[8th Infantry Division (India)|8th Indian Infantry Division]] in August 1941, and took part in the [[Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran]]. Returning to the 10th Indian Division in August 1941, they arrived in the desert just in time for the [[Battle of Gazala]] and continued to fight in the [[Western Desert Campaign]] and later in the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]. While in Italy the brigade was attached to the [[46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|British 46th Infantry Division]] from 7 to 11 December 1944.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=25 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1417&Tab=Sup}}</ref>

==Formation==
*2nd Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] March 1941 to March 1942 and June to August 1942
*3rd Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]] March 1941 to January 1942
*1st Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] April 1941 to April 1942
*2nd Battalion, [[8th Gurkha Rifles]] June to July 1941 and October to November 1944
*[[13th Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers]] August 1941
*1st Battalion, [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]] November 1941 to October 1943
*X Field Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] May to June 1942
*3rd Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] June 1942 to June 1943 and August 1944
*164th Field Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] June to August 1942
*4th Battalion, [[13th Frontier Force Rifles]] August 1942 to February 1943
*3rd Battalion, [[18th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] May 1943 to August 1945
*8th Battalion, [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]] November 1943 to December 1944, merged with 1st Battalion
*1st Battalion, [[King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)]] January 1944 to August 1945
*2nd Battalion, [[3rd Gurkha Rifles]] August 1944
*[[Lovat Scouts]] August 1944 and March to April 1945
*1st Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] August to September 1944
*2nd Battalion, [[4th Gurkha Rifles]] October 1944
*4th Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]] October 1944
*4th Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] January to April 1945
*3rd Battalion, [[1st Punjab Regiment]] February to August 1945
*2nd Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] March to April 1945 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=25 Indian Brigade Units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1417&Tab=Sub}}</ref>

==Officers commanding==
The following officers commanded the brigade during the war.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/Units/UnitAppointments?UniX=1417 | title=25th Indian Infantry Brigade Command Appointments | publisher=Orders of Battle.com | accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref>
:Brigadier [[Ronald Gervase Mountain|R.G. Mountain]] (February 1941 to July 1942)
:Brigadier A.E. Arderne (July 1942 onwards)

==See also==
{{portal|World War II}}
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1941]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1945]]
[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]

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25th Indian Infantry Brigade - Revision history

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