2nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

2nd Brigade 2nd Infantry Brigade 2 (South East) Brigade
Insignia of 2nd (South East) Brigade.
Active	1908–2014
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry Regional
Size	Brigade
Part of	Support Command
Garrison/HQ	Shorncliffe Army Camp
Engagements	World War I * Battle of Mons * First Battle of the Marne * First Battle of the Aisne * First Battle of Ypres * Battle of Aubers Ridge * Battle of Loos * Battle of the Somme * Battle of Pozières * Battle of Passchendaele * Battle of Épehy World War II * Battle of France * Tunisia Campaign * Italian Campaign
Commanders
Notable commanders	Sir John Dill Charles Hudson Arthur Dowler Richard Anderson

The 2nd Infantry Brigade (later 2 (South East) Brigade) was a regional brigade of the British Army, active since before the First World War. It was the regional formation of the Army in the South East of England–the Brigade commanded and administered soldiers throughout Kent, Surrey and Sussex–but also Brunei. In December 2014 the Brigade merged with 145 (South) Brigade to form Headquarters 11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East.

The brigade served with the 1st Division during World War I, from 1914 to 1918 and served throughout the war on the Western Front as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The brigade fought in many of the major battles of the war, first fighting at Mons where they were forced to retreat, and later the First Battle of Ypres, the Second Battle of Ypres and later the Battle of the Somme and Battle of Passchendaele, the Spring Offensive and the Hundred Days Offensive.

The 2nd Brigade was constituted as follows during the war:

During the Second World War the 2nd Infantry Brigade saw active service in many of the major campaigns that the British Army fought in, from France with the BEF to Tunisia in North Africa and finally Italy and saw some extremely hard fighting at the Battle of Anzio where, during a German counterattack, the brigade was surrounded and nearly destroyed. In April 1943, during the fighting in Tunisia, Lieutenant Willward Alexander Sandys-Clarke of the 1st Battalion, Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) was posthumously awarded the brigades' only Victoria Cross of the war.