6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

6th Brigade 6th Infantry Brigade
Badge of 6th Infantry Brigade
Active	1908-1918 1923-1926 1939-1945 1947-1977 1981-1992
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Infantry Brigade
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	San Sebastian Barracks, Soest
Engagements	Second Boer War World War I World War I
Commanders
Notable commanders	William Bartholomew

The 6th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence during the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War and later formed part of British Army of the Rhine.

The brigade was a part of the Natal Field Force under the command of Major General Sir Geoffrey Barton. It was composed as follows;

The brigade was part of 2nd Division. The brigade commanded the following units in the First World War:

The following battalions were part of the brigade during 1915.

The 17th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers joined the brigade from the 5th Brigade in February 1918.

At the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 the 6th Infantry Brigade was, as in the last war, part of the 2nd Infantry Division, although with a very different composition. In October the brigade, under the command of Brigadier Noel Irwin, moved with the rest of the division to France to become part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). The brigade was involved in the short Battle of France fighting at the Battles of The Dyle, St Omer-La Bassée and the retreat to and evacuation from Dunkirk in May–June 1940. With the invasion of Burma by the Imperial Japanese Army in early 1942 the brigade was shipped out to India with the 2nd Division where it would remain for the rest of the war, fighting in the Burma Campaign. It fought in the Arakan and at Kohima and Mandalay.