232nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit

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The 232nd Infantry Brigade was a formation of the British Army during both the First and the Second World Wars.

## First World War

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It was assigned to the 75th Division and served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. Units included:[1]

* 1/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
* 2/5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
* 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
* 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
* 2nd Battalion, 3rd Gurkha Rifles
* 2/4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
* 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
* 72nd Punjabis
* 2/4th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
* 3rd Battalion, Kashmir Rifles
* 229th Machine Gun Company
* 232nd Trench Mortar Battery

## Second World War

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The 232nd Infantry Brigade was formed from the 2nd (Malta) Infantry Brigade. It was based in Malta and Egypt.

Commander was Brigadier F.A.J.E. Marshall.

## Component Units

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* 2nd Battalion, King's Own Malta Regiment
* 3rd Battalion, King's Own Malta Regiment
* 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
* 8th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
* 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment

## References

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1. ^ Baker, Chris. "The 75th Division in 1914-1918". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 3 July 2015.

## External links

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* "232 Infantry Brigade". Orders of Battle.com.

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British infantry brigades of the Second World War (List for 1-100 and list for 101-308 and named)

Regular Army|

* 1st Gibraltar
* 1st (Guards)
* 1st (Malta)
* 1st Malayan
* 1st SDF
* 2nd Gibraltar
* 2nd
* 2nd (Malta)
* 2nd Malayan
* 2nd SDF
* 3rd
* 3rd (Malta)
* 4th
* 4th (Malta)
* 5th
* 5th Guards
* 6th
* 6th Guards
* 7th
* 7th (Guards)
* 7th Motor
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th
* 17th
* 18th
* 19th
* 20th (Guards)
* 21st
* 22nd Guards
* 22nd
* 23rd
* 24th (Guards)
* 25th
* 26th
* 28th
* 29th
* 30th
* 30th (Guards)
* 31st
* 32nd (Guards)
* 33rd (Guards)
* 38th (Irish)
* 42nd
* 43rd
* 52nd
* 56th
* 61st
* 66th
* 71st
* 72nd
* 73rd
* 103rd
* 140th
* 141st
* 178th
* 185th
* 200th Guards
* 201st Guards
* 201st
* 202nd
* 203rd
* 204th
* 205th
* 206th
* 207th
* 208th
* 209th
* 210th
* 211th
* 212th
* 213th
* 214th
* 215th
* 216th
* 217th
* 218th
* 219th
* 220th
* 221st
* 222nd
* 223rd
* 224th
* 225th
* 226th
* 227th
* 228th
* 231st
* 232nd
* 233rd
* 234th
* 301st
* 302nd
* 303rd
* 304th
* 305th
* 306th
* 307th
* 308th

Territorial Army|

* 1st London
* 2nd London
* 3rd London
* 4th London
* 5th London
* 6th London
* 26th
* 27th
* 28th
* 35th
* 36th
* 37th
* 44th
* 45th
* 46th
* 53rd
* 54th
* 55th
* 69th
* 70th
* 113th
* 114th
* 115th
* 125th
* 126th
* 127th
* 128th
* 129th
* 130th
* 131st
* 132nd
* 133rd
* 134th
* 135th
* 136th
* 137th
* 138th
* 139th
* 140th (London)
* 141st (London)
* 143rd
* 144th
* 145th
* 146th
* 147th
* 148th
* 150th
* 151st
* 152nd
* 153rd
* 154th
* 155th
* 156th
* 157th
* 158th
* 159th
* 160th
* 161st
* 162nd
* 163rd
* 164th
* 165th
* 166th
* 167th (London)
* 168th (London)
* 169th (London)
* 176th
* 177th
* 182nd
* 183rd
* 184th
* 197th
* 198th
* 199th

East Africa:|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 5th
* 7th (N Rhodesia)
* 21st
* 22nd
* 25th
* 26th
* 27th
* 27th (N Rhodesia)
* 28th
* 29th
* 30th
* 31st

West Africa:|

* 1st
* 2nd
* 3rd
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 23rd (Nigeria)
* 24th (Gold Coast)

Other:|

* 116th Royal Marines
* 117th Royal Marines
* Adriatic
* Cairo
* Canal
* Central
* Hong Kong
* Jewish
* Kowloon
* Malta
* Northern
* Southern
* Vis
* Western

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