13th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

13th Brigade 13th Infantry Brigade
Active	1914-1918 1939-1945
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	5th Infantry Division
Engagements	World War I World War II
Commanders
Notable commanders	Miles Dempsey Douglas Wimberley

The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during both the First and Second world wars.

The 13th Brigade was temporarily under the command of 28th Division between 23 February and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 84th Brigade from that Division and moved to the regular 5th Division. It served on the Western Front for most of the war except for a brief period in Italy.

Component units included:

The 13th Infantry Brigade was part of the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in 1940. After the retreat from France the 13th Brigade was involved in the landings on Vichy held French Madagascar in 1942.

The brigade, with the rest of 5th Infantry Division, fought in the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Italian Campaign where Sergeant Maurice Albert Windham Rogers of the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1944, the first and only VC to be awarded to the brigade and division during the Second World War.

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