19th Light Brigade (United Kingdom)

19th Brigade 19th Infantry Brigade 19th Light Brigade
Insignia of 19 Light Brigade
Active	1892–1901 1914–1919 1938–1939 1950–2013
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Light infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	3rd Division
Garrison/HQ	Catterick Garrison
Engagements	First World War Second World War War in Afghanistan
Commanders
Notable commanders	Horace Smith-Dorrien

The 19th Light Brigade was a Regular Army infantry brigade of the British Army. It fought in the First and Second world wars. The brigade became 19 Light Brigade in 2005, and moved to Northern Ireland following the end of Operation Banner and "normalisation" of British military operations in the province. Following the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), the Brigade entered suspended animation in March 2013.

The 19th Infantry Brigade was formed in France as an independent brigade It saw action on the Western Front including the Battle of Mons in August 1914. It then joined the 2nd Division on 19 August 1915 but left to join the 33rd Division on 25 November 1915.

Its components included:

The 19th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation at the beginning of the Second World War. It had been raised in 1938 for Internal Security in Palestine, and appears to have joined the 7th Infantry Division on its reformation in September–October 1938. On 3 September 1939 it was converted to HQ Jerusalem Area.

In the 1980s, the 19th Brigade was based at Colchester as part of 3rd Armoured Division. It would have had to cross the Channel to join the rest of the division, stationed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany. Following the disbandment of the 3rd Armoured Division following the end of the Cold War, the brigade joined the new 3rd Mechanised Division, and moved to Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire in April 1993.