{{For|the First World War formation|33rd Indian Brigade}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox military unit | unit_name = 33rd Indian Infantry Brigade | image = | alt = | caption = | dates = 1 October 1941 – November 1946 | country = British India | allegiance = [[British Crown]] | branch = {{army|British India|23px}} | type = [[Infantry]] | role = | size = [[Brigade]] | command_structure = [[7th Indian Infantry Division]] | garrison = | garrison_label = | nickname = | patron = | motto = | march = | mascot = | anniversaries = | equipment = | equipment_label = | battles = [[Second World War]] :[[Burma Campaign]] | decorations = | battle_honours = | battle_honours_label = | disbanded = | notable_commanders = [[Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham|F.J. Loftus-Tottenham]] | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = }} The '''33rd Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Indian Army]] that saw active service in the [[Indian Army during the Second World War]], notably in the [[Burma Campaign]].
==History== The '''33rd Indian Infantry Brigade''' was formed in October 1941, at [[Campbellpore]] in India. The brigade was assigned to the [[7th Indian Infantry Division]] until July 1942, when it was attached to the [[North Western Army]]. It returned to the 7th Division in December 1942, and took part in the [[Burma Campaign]]. Between April and May 1944, it was corps reserve for [[XXXIII Indian Corps]] and was attached to the [[5th Indian Infantry Division]] in March 1945. The rest of the war was under the 7th Division command.<ref>{{cite web | access-date=23 October 2009 | publisher=Order of Battle | title=33 Indian Brigade | url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6160&Tab=Sup | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120609182700/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6160&Tab=Sup | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref>
==Order of battle== The brigade included the following units:<ref>{{cite web | access-date=23 October 2009 | publisher=Order of Battle | title=33 Indian Brigade Units | url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6160&Tab=Sub | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120609182710/http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6160&Tab=Sub | url-status=dead | archive-date=9 June 2012 }}</ref> *4th Battalion, [[5th Gurkha Rifles]] October 1941 to January 1944 *4th Battalion, [[10th Gurkha Rifles]] October to December 1941 *4th Battalion, [[15th Punjab Regiment]] April 1942 to August 1945 *4th Battalion, [[8th Gurkha Rifles]] May to October 1942 *4th Battalion, [[1st Gurkha Rifles]] February 1944 to August 1945 *1st Battalion, [[Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)]] December 1942 to September 1944 and April to August 1945 *1st Battalion, [[11th Sikh Regiment]] March to April 1944 *1st Battalion, [[Burma Regiment]] May 1944 to April 1945 *2nd Battalion, [[South Lancashire Regiment]] February 1945 *2nd Battalion, [[8th Punjab Regiment]] May 1945 *1st Battalion, [[19th Hyderabad Regiment]] May 1945
==Commanders== The brigade had the following commanders in the Second World War:<ref name=Kempton40>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=40}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" ! From !! Rank !! Name !! Notes |- | 1 October 1941 || [[Brigadier]] || B.C. Pigot {{postnom|country=GBR|MC}} || |- | December 1942 || Brigadier || [[Frederick Joseph Loftus-Tottenham|F.J. Loftus-Tottenham]] {{postnom|country=GBR|DSO}} || |- | 24 August 1944 || Brigadier || R.G. Collingwood {{postnom|country=GBR|DSO}} || |- | 28 March 1945 || [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|Lt. Col.]] || L.H.O. Pugh {{postnom|country=GBR|DSO}} || acting ''(from 25th Mountain Regiment, [[Indian Artillery|IA]])'' |- | 19 May 1945 || Brigadier || [[James Sholto Vickers|J.S. Vickers]] {{postnom|country=GBR|DSO}} || |- | 10 December 1945 || Brigadier || E.H.W. Cobb {{postnom|country=GBR|CBE}} || |}
==See also==
* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * {{cite book | last = Kempton | first = Chris | year = 2003b | title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947 | volume = Part II Brigades | publisher = The Military Press | location = Milton Keynes | isbn = 0-85420-238-2 }}
==External links== * {{oob unit | id = 6160 | name = 33 Indian Brigade }}
[[Category:Brigades of India in World War II]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1941]] [[Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1946]] [[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]