The Razmak Brigade was an Infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was in existence in September 1939, for service on the North West Frontier. It was normal practice for newly formed battalions to be posted to the North West Frontier for service before being sent to Africa, Burma or Italy.

Formation

These units served with the brigade during the war

• 1st Leicestershire Regiment
• 1/8th Gurkha Rifles
• 2/1st Gurkha 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...
  
  
• 25th Mountain Regiment Indian Artillery
• 3/10th Baluch Regiment
  10th Baluch Regiment
  The 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...
  
  
• 5/11th Sikh Regiment
  11th Sikh Regiment
  The 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....
  
  
• 1/19th Hyderabad Regiment
  19th Hyderabad Regiment
  The 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  
  
• 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 2nd Suffolk Regiment
  Suffolk Regiment
  The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated with the Royal Norfolk Regiment as the 1st East Anglian Regiment in 1959...
  
  
• 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles
• 1st Patiala Infantry
• 1/10th Gurkha Rifles
• 1st Queen's Royal Regiment
• 6/5th Mahratta Light Infantry
  5th Mahratta Light Infantry
  The 5th Mahratta Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in 1922, whenthe Indian government reformed the army moving from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments. The regiment fought in World War II and raised 30 battalions...
  
  
• 5/8th Punjab Regiment
  8th Punjab Regiment
  The 8th 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 merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.-Madras Infantry:...
  
  
• 7/11th Sikh Regiment
  11th Sikh Regiment
  The 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....
  
  
• 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 5/8th Punjab Regiment
  8th Punjab Regiment
  The 8th 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 merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.-Madras Infantry:...
  
  
• 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers
  King's Own Scottish Borderers
  The King's Own Scottish Borderers was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division.-History:It was raised on 18 March 1689 by the Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James II. It is said that 800 men were recruited within the space of two hours...
  
  
• 4/17th Dogra Regiment
  17th Dogra Regiment
  The 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...
  
  
• 20th Mountain Regiment IA
• 4/9th Gurkha Rifles
• 4/3rd Gurkha Rifles
• 1/16th Punjab Regiment
  16th Punjab Regiment
  The 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....
  
  
• 15/13th Frontier Force Rifles
  13th Frontier Force Rifles
  The 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:...
  
  
• 2nd Green Howards
• 6/8th Punjab Regiment
  8th Punjab Regiment
  The 8th 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 merged with the Baluch Regiment in 1956.-Madras Infantry:...
  
  
• 26th Mountain Regiment IA
• 7/1st 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....
  
  
• 15/10th Baluch Regiment
  10th Baluch Regiment
  The 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...
  
  
• 3/4th Gurkha Rifles
• 8/2nd Punjab Regiment
  2nd Punjab Regiment
  The 2nd Punjab Regiment was a British Indian Army regiment from 1922 to the partition of India in 1947.The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of other regiments:*1st Battalion, from the 67th Punjabis, formerly the 7th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry...
  
  
• 9/19th Hyderabad Regiment
  19th Hyderabad Regiment
  The 19th Hyderabad Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed following the post World War I reforms of the Indian Army when they moved from single battalion regiments to multi battalion regiments...
  
  
• 14/14th Punjab Regiment
  14th Punjab Regiment
  The 14th 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 1st, 15th and 16th Punjab Regiments in 1956, to form the Punjab Regiment....
  
  
• 4/2nd Gurkha Rifles
• 7th York and Lancaster Regiment
  York and Lancaster Regiment
  -History:It was formed in 1881 through the amalgamation of two other regiments:*65th Regiment*84th RegimentThe title of the regiment was derived not from the cities of York and Lancaster, or from the counties...
  
  
• 6/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  18th Royal Garhwal Rifles
  The 18th Royal Garhwal Rifles 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. They were they only Indian Infantry regiment to remain intact...
  
  
• 7th Jammu and Kashmir Infantry
• 5/1st Gurkha Rifles
• 1st Wiltshire Regiment
  Wiltshire Regiment
  The Wiltshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's Regiment of Foot....
  
  
• 10th Field Company Indian Engineers
• 7th Light Tank Company RA
• Faridkot Field Company Indian States Forces
• 482nd Field Company IE
• 366th Field Company IE