153rd Infantry Brigade, part of The 51st (Highland) Division, was a British Territorial Army brigade that fought during the Second World War. The division was referred to as the "Highway Decorators" by other divisions who became used to discovering the 'HD' insignia painted wherever the Highlanders had passed through.

Along with its sister brigade, the 152nd Brigade

152nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 152nd Infantry Brigade was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War...

, the 153rd was effectively destroyed when it surrendered at St Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. It was reconstituted from the 27th Infantry Brigade

27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 27th Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade during the Second World War and Korean War. In Korea, the brigade was known as 27th British Commonwealth Brigade due to the addition of Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Indian units....

 of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division, which was reorganised in August 1940 as the new 51st Division. It went on to serve in almost all of the major battles in North Africa, Sicily and North-west Europe.

Campaign Honours

• Battle of France
  Battle of France
  In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. The battle consisted of two main operations. In the first, Fall Gelb , German armoured units pushed through the Ardennes, to cut off and...
  
   - 1939-1940 (destroyed)
• Battle of El Alamein
  Second Battle of El Alamein
  The Second Battle of El Alamein marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. The battle took place over 20 days from 23 October – 11 November 1942. The First Battle of El Alamein had stalled the Axis advance. Thereafter, Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery...
  
   - 1942
• Operation Supercharge
  Operation Supercharge
  Operation Supercharge may refer to:* Operation Supercharge , the second of three operations to relieve the Australian 9th Division during the siege of Tobruk...
  
   - 1942
• Operation Pugilist
  Operation Pugilist
  Operation Pugilist was an Allied operation in Tunisia during the Second World War. In his General Plan, General Bernard Montgomery stated "...the object of operation Pugilist is to destroy the enemy now opposing Eighth Army in the Mareth position, and to advance and capture Sfax." Pugilist itself...
  
   - 1943
• Operation Husky - 1943
• Operation Overlord
  Operation Overlord
  Operation Overlord was the code name for the Battle of Normandy, the operation that launched the invasion of German-occupied western Europe during World War II by Allied forces. The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings...
  
   - 1944
• Operation Astonia
  Operation Astonia
  Operation Astonia was a World War II battle fought from 10 September 1944 to 12 September 1944.The Allied objective of the operation was the capture of the German-held Channel port of Le Havre,France,coveted by the Allies to improve their supply system.The Allies hoped to find the port intact and...
  
   - 1944
• Battle of the Scheldt
  Battle of the Scheldt
  The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations of the Canadian 1st Army, led by Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds. The battle took place in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands during World War II from 2 October-8 November 1944...
  
   - 1944
• Battle of the Bulge
  Battle of the Bulge
  The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive , launched toward the end of World War II through the densely forested Ardennes mountain region of Wallonia in Belgium, hence its French name , and France and...
  
   - 1944/45
• Operation Plunder
  Operation Plunder
  Commencing on the night of 23 March 1945 during World War II, Operation Plunder was the crossing of the River Rhine at Rees, Wesel, and south of the Lippe River by the British 2nd Army, under Lieutenant-General Sir Miles Dempsey , and the U.S. Ninth Army , under Lieutenant General William Simpson...
  
   - 1945

Original 153rd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

• 4th Battalion, The Black Watch
  Black Watch
  The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
  
  
• 5th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
• 6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

Reconstituted 153rd Infantry Brigade (1940-1945)

• 5th Battalion, The Black Watch
• 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
• 5/7th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders