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	===123rd Indian Infantry Brigade===		===123rd Indian Infantry Brigade===

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{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name=23rd Indian Infantry Brigade 123rd Indian Infantry Brigade
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|dates= 1941–1947
|country= {{flagicon|British Raj}} [[British Raj|British India]]
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|branch= [[File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg|26px]] [[British Indian Army]]
|type= [[Infantry]]
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|Past Commanders=
|notable_commanders= '''23rd Brigade''' [[Arthur Verney Hammond|A V Hammond]] '''123rd Brigade''' T J W Winterton G C Evans E J Denholm-Young

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|battles=[[Burma Campaign]] Punjab Boundary Force
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The '''23rd Indian Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] formation of the [[Indian Army during World War II]] from 1941 to at least 1947. The brigade was formed in February 1941, at [[Loralai]] in [[British Raj|India]] and in June 1941, assigned to the [[14th Indian Infantry Division]]. In March 1942, the brigade was reassigned to the [[23rd Infantry Division (India)|23rd Indian Infantry Division]], just before being renumbered '''123rd Indian Infantry Brigade'''. As the 123rd the brigade served in the [[Burma Campaign]] with not only the 23rd but with the 14th again and the [[5th Infantry Division (India)|5th Indian Infantry Division]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=23 Brigade|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6158&Tab=Uhi}}</ref>

As 123rd Indian Brigade, the brigade served with the Punjab Boundary Force during the [[Partition of India]] in 1947.

==Formation==
===23rd Indian Infantry Brigade===
*1st Battalion, [[15th Punjab Regiment]]
*8th Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]]
*4th Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=23 Infantry Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6158&Tab=Sub}}</ref>

===123rd Indian Infantry Brigade===
*1st Battalion, [[15th Punjab Regiment]] to April 1943
*8th Battalion, [[10th Baluch Regiment]] to December 1942 and March to April 1943
*4th Battalion, [[5th Mahratta Light Infantry]] to June 1942
*10th Battalion, [[Lancashire Fusiliers]] July 1942 to April 1943
*1st Battalion, [[17th Dogra Regiment]] October 1942 to January 1943 and December 1943 to August 1945
*8th Battalion, [[6th Rajputana Rifles]] January to March 1943 and May to June 1943
*2nd Battalion, [[1st Punjab Regiment]] July 1943 to April 1944 and September 1944 to August 1945
*2nd Battalion, [[Suffolk Regiment]] July 1943 to September 1944
*1st Battalion, [[18th Royal Garhwal Rifles]] February 1944
*3rd Battalion, [[2nd Punjab Regiment]] April 1944 to March 1945
*7th Battalion, [[York and Lancaster Regiment]] March to June 1945
*3rd Battalion, [[9th Jat Regiment]] April to May 1945
*3rd Battalion, [[9th Gurkha Rifles]] July to August 1945 <ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-10-19|publisher=Order of Battle|title=123 Infantry Brigade Subordanates|url=http://www.ordersofbattle.com/UnitData.aspx?UniX=6179&Tab=Sub}}</ref>

==See also==
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* [[List of Indian Army Brigades in World War II]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:British Indian Army brigades]]
[[Category:Military units and formations in Burma in World War II]]

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