63rd Indian Infantry Brigade
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The 63rd Indian Infantry Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was formed in January 1942, at Jhansi
in India and assigned to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division. In March 1942, it was re assigned to the 17th Indian Infantry Division with who it remained for the rest of the war apart from in May 1942, when it was attached to the 39th Indian Infantry Division.
Jhansi
Jhansi Hindi:झाँसी, , Marathi: झाशी, is a historical city of India. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi District and Jhansi Division. The original walled city grew up around its stone fort, which crowns a neighboring rock. This district is on the bank of river Betwa.The National...
in India and assigned to the 23rd Indian Infantry Division. In March 1942, it was re assigned to the 17th Indian Infantry Division with who it remained for the rest of the war apart from in May 1942, when it was attached to the 39th Indian Infantry Division.
Formation
- 1/11th Sikh Regiment11th Sikh RegimentThe 11th Sikh Regiment were an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. They could trace their origins to 1922, when after World War I the Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments....
January to August 1942 - 1/10th Gurkha Rifles January to August 1945
- 2/13th Frontier Force Rifles13th Frontier Force RiflesThe 13th Frontier Force Rifles was part of the British Indian Army, and after 1947, Pakistan Army. It was formed in 1922 by amalgamation of five existing regiments and consisted of five regular battalions.-History:...
February to July 1942 - 5/17th Dogra Regiment17th Dogra RegimentThe 17th Dogra 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...
March to June 1942 - 1st Gloucestershire Regiment June 1942 to June 1943
- 1/3rd Gurkha Rifles June 1942 to August 1944
- 7/10th Baluch Regiment10th Baluch RegimentThe 10th Baluch or Baluch Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. After the Partition of India, it was transferred to the Pakistan Army. In 1956, it was amalgamated with the 8th Punjab and Bahawalpur Regiments...
January to August 1943 and August 1944 to August 1945 - 1/4th Gurkha Rifles September 1943 to April 1944 and July to August 1944
- 1/16th Punjab Regiment16th Punjab RegimentThe 16th Punjab Regiment was a regiment of the British Indian Army from 1922 to 1947. It was transferred to Pakistan Army on Partition of India in 1947, and amalgamated with the 1st, 14th and 15th Punjab Regiments in 1956 to form the Punjab Regiment....
October to December 1943 - 4/12th Frontier Force Regiment12th Frontier Force RegimentThe 12th Frontier Force Regiment was part of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922. It consisted of five regular battalions; numbered 1 to 5 and the 10th Battalion. During the Second World War a further ten battalions were raised. In 1945 the prenomial "12th" was dropped when the British...
March 1944 - 9th Border RegimentBorder RegimentThe Border Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 34th Regiment of Foot and the 55th Regiment of Foot....
August 1944 to August 1945