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153rd Infantry Brigade
Active	2 September 1939 - 12 June 1940 August 1940 - 1945
Country	Great Britain
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Battle honours	Battle of France North Africa Sicily Normandy Holland Belgium Germany
Commanders
Notable commanders	Brigadier Douglas Alexander Graham (CBE, DSO and bar, MC, Croix de Gurre)
Insignia
Identification symbol	As part of 51st Division

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, 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 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.

Contents 1 Campaign Honours 2 Order of Battle 2.1 Original 153rd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940) 2.2 Reconstituted 153rd Infantry Brigade (1940-1945) 3 See also

[edit] Campaign Honours

• Battle of France - 1939-1940 (destroyed)
• Battle of El Alamein - 1942
• Operation Supercharge - 1942
• Operation Pugilist - 1943
• Operation Husky - 1943
• Operation Overlord - 1944
• Operation Astonia - 1944
• Battle of the Scheldt - 1944
• Battle of the Bulge - 1944/45
• Operation Plunder - 1945

[edit] Order of Battle

[edit] Original 153rd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

• 4th Battalion, The Black Watch
• 5th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders
• 6th Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders

[edit] Reconstituted 153rd Infantry Brigade (1940-1945)

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

[edit] See also

• 51st (Highland) Infantry Division

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