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|unit_name=72nd Indian Infantry Brigade<br />
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|dates= 1943&ndash;1944<br />
|country= {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
|allegiance= {{flag|British Empire}}<br />
|branch= {{army|British India}}<br />
|type= [[Infantry]]<br />
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|size= [[Brigade]]<br />
|command_structure= [[36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|36th Indian Infantry Division]]<br />
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|notable_commanders=[[Alfred Aslett|A.R. Aslett]]<br />
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The '''72nd Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]], of both the [[British Army|British]] and [[British Indian Army|Indian Armies]], formed in the [[United Kingdom]] in January 1941 during the [[World War II|Second World War]]. On 1 June 1943 it was re-designated as the '''[[72nd Brigade (United Kingdom)|British 72nd Infantry Brigade]]'''.<br />
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On 28 April 1943 a new 72nd Infantry Brigade was formed in [[British Raj|India]] by the re-designation of the '''72nd Indian Infantry Brigade''', which had been formed a few weeks earlier in March 1943 as an infantry formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was assigned to the [[36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|36th Indian Infantry Division]], which became a British division on 1 September 1944.<ref>Joslen</ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=72 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6169&Tab=Sup|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120612074936/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6169&Tab=Sup|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-12}}</ref><br />
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==Composition in United Kingdom 1941-1943==<br />
* 13th Battalion, [[Royal Welch Fusiliers]] (''21 January 1941 - 24 September 1942'')<br />
* 6th Battalion, [[Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers]] (''21 January 1941 - 14 January 1942'')<br />
* 15th Battalion, [[South Staffordshire Regiment]] (''21 January 1941 - 25 May 1942'')<br />
* 4th Battalion, [[East Lancashire Regiment]] (''14 January 1942 - 8 October 1942'')<br />
* 11th Battalion, [[Devonshire Regiment]] (''8 October 1941 - 25 May 1943'')<br />
* 9th Battalion, [[Somerset Light Infantry]] (''9 September 1942 - 21 May 1943'')<br />
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==Composition with 36th Infantry Division, India, 1943-==<br />
* 6th Battalion, [[South Wales Borderers]] (''28 April 1944 - 18 July 1945'')<br />
* 9th Battalion, [[Royal Sussex Regiment]](''28 April 1944 - 31 August 1945'')<br />
* 10th Battalion, [[Gloucestershire Regiment]] (''28 April 1944 - 16 July 1945'')<br />
* 30th Field Company, [[Indian Engineers]]<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=72 Indian Brigade Units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6169&Tab=Sub|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120612074950/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6169&Tab=Sub|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-12}}</ref><ref>Joslen</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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==Sources==<br />
* Joslen, HF, Orders of Battle Volume 1 United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War 1939 - 1945, London, HMSO 1960<br />
* Foster, Geoffry, 36th Division - North Burma - 1944–45, England 1946<br />
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[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]<br />
[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]<br />
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