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| dates = 10 March 1918 – 1919
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| allegiance = [[British Crown]]
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| command_structure = [[14th Indian Division]]
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:[[Mesopotamian Campaign]]
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The '''56th 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 was disbanded shortly after the end of the war. It was not reformed for the [[Second World War]].<ref name=Kempton53>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=53}}</ref>

==History==
The 56th Indian Brigade was formed in March 1918 in [[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia]]. It joined the [[14th Indian Division]] in August 1918 to replace the [[36th Indian Brigade]] which had departed for the [[North Persia Force]]. It did not take part in any significant actions.<ref name=Perry130>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=130}}</ref>

At the end of the war, the 14th Division was rapidly demobilized. The [[35th Indian Brigade|35th]] and [[37th Indian Brigade]]s were broken up in February 1919, and the 56th Indian Brigade followed later in the year.<ref name=Perry130/>

==Order of battle==
The brigade had the following composition in the [[First World War]]:<ref name=Perry128>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=128}}</ref>
* 1/4th Battalion, [[Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)]] ''(joined in March 1918 from Corps Troops)''
* 1st Battalion, [[42nd Deoli Regiment]] ''(joined in March 1918 from Corps Troops)''
* [[95th Russell's Infantry]] ''(joined in March 1918 from Corps Troops; left in September to join [[British 22nd Division]])''
* [[104th Wellesley's Rifles]] ''(joined in March 1918 from Corps Troops)''
* 1st [[Patiala Lancers]] ''(attached March to June 1918)''
* 2nd Indian Machine Gun Company ''(joined in June 1918)''
* 56th Light [[Trench mortar|Trench Mortar]] Battery

==Commander==
The brigade was commanded from 10 March 1918 by [[Brigadier-General]] [[E.C. Tidswell]].<ref name=Perry127>{{harvnb|Perry|1993|p=127}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}


==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book
| last = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003b
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part II Brigades
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-238-2
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Perry | first = F.W.
| year = 1993
| title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5B. Indian Army Divisions
| publisher = Ray Westlake Military Books
| location = Newport
| isbn = 1-871167-23-X
}}

==External links==
*{{cite web|url=http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/ind_ind_bdes.htm |title=Independent Indian Brigades on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213201732/http://warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/ind_ind_bdes.htm |archive-date=13 February 2012 |df=dmy }}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm |title=14th Indian Division on ''The Regimental Warpath 1914 - 1918'' by PB Chappell |access-date=2015-06-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517084829/http://www.warpath.orbat.com/indian_divs/14_ind_div.htm |archive-date=17 May 2008 |df=dmy }}

[[Category:Brigades of India in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1918]]
[[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919]]

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