72nd Indian Infantry Brigade
The 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade, of both the British and Indian Armies, formed in the United Kingdom in January 1941 during the Second World War. On 1 June 1943 it was re-designated as the British 72nd Infantry Brigade.
On 28 April 1943 a new 72nd Infantry Brigade was formed in India by the re-designation of the 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade, which had been formed a few weeks earlier in March 1943 as an infantry formation of the Indian Army during World War II. It was assigned to the 36th Indian Infantry Division, which became a British division on 1 September 1944.- 13th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 6th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
- 15th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
- 4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
- 11th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
- 9th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
- 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers
- 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
- 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
- 30th Field Company, Indian Engineers
