The 1st Burma Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the British Burma Army during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

. It was formed in July 1941, when it was converted from the Maymyo Infantry Brigade Area and assigned to the 1st Burma Infantry Division. In June 1942, it was redesignated 106th Indian Infantry Brigade and became part of the British Indian Army.

Formation

These units served with the brigade.

• 1st Burma Rifles
  Burma Rifles
  The Burma Rifles were a regiment of the British Indian Army created in 1917. The regiment re-used the name of an unrelated earlier unit, the 10th Regiment Madras Infantry, which evolved into the 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles....
  
  
• 5th Burma Rifles
• 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles.-The 51st Foot:...
  
  
• 2nd Burma Rifles
• 2/7th Rajput Regiment
  7th Rajput Regiment
  The 7th Rajput Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, after the Indian government decided to reform the army moving away from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  
  
• 1st Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
• 7th Burma Rifles
• 12th Burma Rifle
• 5/1st Punjab Regiment
  1st Punjab Regiment
  The 1st Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to the Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 14th, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....
  
  
• 1/4th Gurkha Rifles