44th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
| 44th Brigade 44th Infantry Brigade |
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15th (Scottish) Division insignia, World War I.
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| Active | 1914-1918 19391946 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division |
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| Identification symbol |
Divisional Insignia Scottish Red Lion Rampant , inside a yellow circle |
The 44th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both World War I and World War II with 15th (Scottish) Division.
The brigade was raised, as 44th Brigade, in 1914 as part of Kitchener's New Armies shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. With the 15th (Scottish) Division, the brigade saw active service on the Western Front in Belgium and France.
The brigade command the following units in World War I:
In May 1916 the 8th and 10th (Service) battalions of the Gordon Highlanders merged to form the 8th/10th Battalion.
Reformed in World War II as the 44th Infantry Brigade, the formation was organised as a 2nd Line Territorial Army Brigade as a duplicate of the 155th Infantry Brigade, and again formed part of 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, which was itself the duplicate of the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division. Throughout the war the brigade went through many changes and reorganisations.
During World War II the brigade had the following composition:
The brigade remained in England for most of the war, before crossing the channel to fight in Normandy as part of Operation Overlord on 13 June 1944, a week after D-Day on 6 June.
On 7 November 1942, 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ('The Shropshire Gunners') was assigned to the division and began training with 44th Brigade, with whose units it would operate in action:
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