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Formation of Nowshera Brigade The Nowshera Brigade included several regiments which are listed as follows- * 1st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (September 1939) * 10/11th Sikh Regiment (September 1939) * 1/6th Gurkha Rifles (September 1939 - April 1940) * 2/11th Sikh Regiment (September 1939 - August 1940) * 11/12th Frontier Force Regiment (September 1939) * 4/5th Mahratta Light Infantry (September 1939 - April 1941) * 2/9th Gurkha Rifles (September 1939 - November 1939) * 2/6th Gurkha Rifles (April 1940 - November 1940) * 2nd South Staffordshire Regiment (December 1939 - September 1940) * Mahindra Dal Regiment (September 1940 - November 1941) * 3/9th Jat Regiment (October 1940 - May 1941) * Shere Regiment, Nepal (September 1940 - December 1941) * Purnao Gorakh Regiment (October 1940 - December 1942) * 1/4th Bombay Grenadiers (November 1940 - October 1941) * Bairab Nath Regiment (October 1940 - July 1941) * 2/7th Rajput Regiment (November 1940 - March 1941) * Kalibahadur Regiment (November 1940 - December 1940) * JodhpurSadar Infantry (November 1940 - April 1941) * 1st Patiala Infantry (March 1941- April 1941) * 1st Lincolnshire Regiment (June 1941 - February 1942) * 2/4th Bombay Grenadiers (April 1941 - October 1941) * 2/5th Gurkha Rifles (September 1941 - October 1941) * 14/5th Mahratta Light Infantry (February 1942 - October 1942) * 7/14th Punjab Regiment (November 1941 - February 1942) * 8/15th Punjab Regiment (April 1942 - May 1942) * 16/7th Rajput Regiment (August 1942 to September 1942) * 1st Mahar Regiment (August 1942 - March 1944) * 16/13th Frontier Force Rifles (October 1942 - June 1943) * 8/10th Baluch Regiment (June 1943 - September 1944) * 2nd Patiala Infantry (December 1942 - March 1944) * 8/6th Rajputana Rifles (July 1943 - February 1945) * 18th King Edward VII's Own Cavalry (July 1944 - August 1944) * 3rd Mahar Regiment (November 1943 - August 1945) * 8/9th Jat Regiment (August 1944 - June 1945) * 2/5th Gurkha Rifles (September 1944 - August 1945) * 2/3rd Madras Regiment (September 1944 - March 1945) * 15/9th Jat Regiment (November 1944 - August 1945) * 15/6th Rajputana Rifles (March 1945 - August 1945) * 1/7th Rajput Regiment (March 1945 - June 1945) * 3/11th Sikh Regiment (June 1945 - August 1945) * Shirmoor Field Company, Indian State Forces (November 1940 - December 1941) * 2nd Field Company, Indian Engineers (September 1939) * 96th Field Company, Indian Engineers (January 1942 - September 1942) * 75th Field Company Indian Engineers (January 1942 - December 1943) * 426th Field Company, Indian Engineers (January 1942 - June 1942) * 79th Field Company, Indian Engineers (March 1945 - August 1945) * 336th Field Company, Indian Engineers (January 1944 - March 1945) Commanding Officers of Nowshera Brigade Some of the most reputed commanding officers of the Nowshera Brigade are mentioned below- * Brigadier H. H. Rich * Brigadier Harold Alexander * Brigadier G.G.C. Bull * Brigadier R.G. Ekin * Brigadier E.W. Langlands |
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