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14th Indian Infantry Brigade
14th Indian Infantry Brigade remained in active service from the year 1940 to 1945. It was allotted to the 7th Indian Infantry Division and took part in the Burma Campaign.

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The 14th Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Indian Army. It remained in active service from the year 1940 to 1945. The brigade was raised in October 1940 under the British Empire in India during the Second World War. The 14th Indian Infantry Brigade was allotted to the 7th Indian Infantry Division. It was later re-grouped and renumbered as the 114th Indian Infantry Brigade in April 1942. Later the troops were attached with the 7th Indian Infantry Division and the 26th Indian Infantry Division and took part in the Burma Campaign in the South East Asian Theatre of the Second World War.

Formation of 14th Indian Infantry Brigade
The 14th Indian Infantry Brigade incorporated a number of regiments. These are listed below-
* 3/9th Jat Regiment (October 1940 - March 1941)
* 2/4th Bombay Grenadiers (October 1940 - March 1941)
* 1/9th Jat Regiment (March 1941 - October 1941)
* Shamsher Dal Regiment (March 1941 - October 1941)
* 7th Jammu and Kashmir Infantry Indian State Forces (June 1941- September 1941)
* 1/7th Gurkha Rifles (July 1941- September 1941)
* 2nd Worcestershire Regiment (July 1941- September 1941)
* Bairab Nath Regiment (July 1941 - September 1941)
* 7/16th Punjab Regiment (September 1941 - March 1942)
* 4/8th Gurkha Rifles (October 1941 - March 1942)
* 9/11th Sikh Regiment (October 1941 - March 1942)
* 4/14th Punjab Regiment (April 1942 - February 1945)
* 4/5th Gurkha Rifles (April 1942 - August 1945)
* 7/15th Punjab Regiment (April 1942 - October 1942)
* 1st Somerset Light Infantry (November 1942 - April 1944)
* 2nd South Lancashire Regiment (April 1944 - July 1945)
* 4/14th Punjab Regiment (April 1945 - August 1945)
* 4th Queen`s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (June 1945 - July 1945)
* 1/9th Jat Regiment (July 1945 - August 1945)
* 4/10th Gurkha Rifles (July 1945 - August 1945)

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