Lowland Brigade (Scottish)

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The Lowland Brigade is a historical unit of the British Army which has been formed a number of times. It is traditionally Scottish as the name derives from the Scottish Lowlands.

[edit] World War II

There was a Lowland Brigade (the 44th, part of the 15th Scottish Division) in World War II; it fought in the Normandy invasion, and in North-West Europe.

[edit] Modern structure

The Lowland Brigade was reformed on July 14, 1948 from B Group, the infantry depot for Lowland regiments, as an administrative apparatus for the four Lowland regiments of infantry:

• The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
• The Royal Scots Fusiliers (Until 1959)
• The King's Own Scottish Borderers
• The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (Until 1968)

The Highland Light Infantry was transferred from the Highland Brigade in 1958, and amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers to form the Royal Highland Fusiliers in 1959. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) were disbanded on the 14th of May 1968. On July 1, 1968, the Lowland Brigade was amalgamated with the Highland Brigade to form the Scottish Division.

British Infantry Depots

Current Infantry Depots Guards Division | Scottish Division | King's Division | Queen's Division | Prince of Wales' Division Royal Irish Regiment | Parachute Regiment | Brigade of Gurkhas | The Rifles

Former Infantry Depots Light Division Guards Brigade | Lowland Brigade | Highland Brigade | Home Counties Brigade | Fusilier Brigade East Anglian Brigade | Forester Brigade | Mercian Brigade | Welsh Brigade | Wessex Brigade Lancastrian Brigade | Yorkshire Brigade | North Irish Brigade | Light Infantry Brigade | Green Jackets Brigade

[edit] External links

• Lowland Brigade
• Veterans' homage to comrades