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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name=89th Indian Infantry Brigade
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|dates= 1942–1945
|country= [[British India]]
|allegiance= [[British Crown]]
|branch= [[British Indian Army]]
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|notable_commanders=Brigadier JC Martin<br>Brigadier WA Crowther<br>Lieutenant Colonel HRR Conder<br>Brigadier ICA Lauder DSO,OBE,PJK

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|battles=[[Burma Campaign]]
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The '''89th Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an Infantry formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]]. It was formed in October 1942, at [[Bhiar Kund]] in India. The brigade was assigned to the [[7th Indian Infantry Division]] and fought in the [[Burma Campaign]]. Apart from between May to June 1944, when it was attached to the [[5th Indian Infantry Division]], the brigade remained with the 7th Division until the end of the war.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=89 Indian Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6198&Tab=Sup|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120612075332/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6198&Tab=Sup|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-12}}</ref>

==Formation==
*4th Battalion, [[8th Gurkha Rifles]] October 1942 to August 1945
*7th Battalion, [[15th Punjab Regiment]] October 1942 to September 1943
*2nd Battalion, [[King's Own Scottish Borderers]] January 1943 to June 1945
*7th Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] September 1943 to March 1944
*4th Battalion, [[1st Gurkha Rifles]] January and February 1944
*3rd Battalion, [[6th Gurkha Rifles]] June to August 1945
*1st Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] April 1944 to August 1945
*7th Battalion, [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] June to July 1945
*4th Battalion, [[Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment]] July to August 1945 <ref>{{cite web|access-date=2009-10-23|publisher=Order of Battle|title=89 Indian Brigade Units|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6198&Tab=Sub|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120612075343/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6198&Tab=Sub|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-12}}</ref>

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

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]

89th Indian Infantry Brigade - Revision history

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