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|dates= 1941&ndash;1945<br />
|country= {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
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|type= [[Infantry]]<br />
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|command_structure= [[6th Infantry Division (India)|6th Indian Infantry Division]]<br />
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|notable_commanders= [[Alan Barker]]<br />
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The '''27th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in March 1941, at [[Secundarabad]] in [[British Raj|India]] and assigned to the [[6th Infantry Division (India)|6th Indian Infantry Division]]. The brigade was used as Line of Communication troops in Iran and Iraq.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=27 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1423&Tab=Sup}}</ref> Between July 1942 and July 1943 it was commanded by [[Alan Barker]].<br />
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==Formation==<br />
*1st Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]] April 1941 to June 1945<br />
*4th Battalion, [[8th Punjab Regiment]] April 1941 to January 1943 and August 1943 to June 1944<br />
*5th Battalion, [[12th Frontier Force Regiment]] April 1941 to May 1942 and December 1942 to January 1943 and February to August 1945<br />
*159th Field Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] June 1942 to January 1943<br />
*[[4th/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment]] February 1943 to February 1944<br />
*87th Field Regiment, [[Royal Artillery]] March 1944 to May 1945<br />
*3rd Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] May to August 1944<br />
*27th Field Company, [[Indian Engineers]] September 1942 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=27 Indian Brigade Units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=1423&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:Brigades of India in World War II]]<br />
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