69th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

69th Brigade 69th Infantry Brigade
Active	1914–1919 1939–1946
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	23rd Division 23rd (Northumbrian) Division 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
Engagements	Battle of France (1940) Battle of Gazala Second Battle of El Alamein El Agheila Mareth Line Wadi Akarit Enfidaville D Day Operation Perch Operation Market Garden
Insignia
Identification symbol	Twin overlapping red "T T" on a black background

The 69th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army in World War II. It was a 2nd Line Territorial Army unit and during the Battle of France served with the 23rd (Northumbrian) Division a division which suffered such heavy losses that it was disbanded. The brigade was included in the "order of battle" of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, together with the 150th Infantry Brigade and the 151st Infantry Brigade and became part of XII Corps, British home forces,.

It went on to fight in the North African Campaign, Operation Husky, the D-Day landings and the North West Europe Campaigns.

69th Infantry Brigade was constituted as follows during the war:

The following officers commanded 69th Infantry Brigade during the war:

In April 1941 the 69th Brigade, as part of 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division, was dispatched to the Middle East first via Cyprus, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and then into Libya as part of XIII Corps in the British Eighth Army which was one of the best-known formations in World War II.

The "Gazala Line" was a series of occupied "boxes" each of brigade strength set out across the desert with minefields and wire watched by regular patrols between the boxes. The Free French were to the south at the Bir Hakeim box. The line was not equally staffed with a greater number of troops covering the coast leaving the south less protected.

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