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| unit_name = 51st Indian Brigade<br />
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| dates = August 1917 – August 1923<br />
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| allegiance = [[British Crown]]<br />
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| command_structure = [[17th Indian Division]]<br />
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The '''51st Indian Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Indian Army]] that saw active service with the [[Indian Army during the First World War]]. It took part in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] and formed part of the occupation force for Iraq post-war.<br />
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==History==<br />
The 51st Indian Brigade started forming in [[Mesopotamian campaign|Mesopotamia]] from August 1917 as part of the [[17th Indian Division]]. It was formed from [[battalion]]s that had already been in Mesopotamia for some months, guarding [[Line of communication|lines of communications]]. It remained with the division for the rest of the war, taking part in the action at [[Fat-ha Gorge]] on the [[Little Zab]] (23–26 October 1918) and the [[Battle of Sharqat]] (28–30 October 1918).<ref name=Perry146>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=146}}</ref><br />
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At the end of the war, the 17th Division was chosen to form part of the occupation force for Iraq. It took part in the [[Iraqi revolt against the British|Iraq Rebellion in 1920]]. In August 1923, the division was reduced to a single brigade; the last British troops left in March 1927 and the Indian ones in November 1928.<ref name=Perry146/><br />
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==Order of battle==<br />
The brigade had the following composition in the [[First World War]]:<ref name=Perry144>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=144}}</ref><br />
* 1st Battalion, [[Highland Light Infantry]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in September 1917)''<br />
* 1st Battalion, [[2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajput Light Infantry]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in September 1917; left in September 1918 for the [[67th Brigade (United Kingdom)|67th Brigade]], [[British 22nd Division]])''<br />
* [[14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs]] ''(joined from [[50th Indian Brigade]], [[15th Indian Division]] in October 1917; to Corps Troops in November 1918)''<br />
* 1st Battalion, [[10th Gurkha Rifles]] ''(joined from Corps Troops in August 1917)''<br />
* 257th Machine Gun Company<br />
* 51st Light Trench Mortar Battery ''(joined in February 1918)''<br />
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==Commander==<br />
The brigade was commanded from formation by [[Brigadier-General]] [[Reginald Hildyard|R.J.T. Hildyard]].<ref name=Perry141>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=141}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
{{portal|World War I}}<br />
<!--* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War I]]--><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book<br />
| last = Perry | first = F.W.<br />
| year = 1993<br />
| title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions<br />
| publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books<br />
| location = Newport<br />
| isbn = 1-871167-23-X<br />
}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/17_ind_div.htm |title=17th Indian Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-05-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528042736/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/17_ind_div.htm |archive-date=28 May 2008 |df=dmy }} <br />
* {{cite web | url = http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/sharqat.htm | title = Battle of Sharqat, 1918 | publisher = FirstWorldWar.com | access-date=31 May 2015}}<br />
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