North Irish Brigade


The North Irish Brigade was a Brigade of the British Army which existed between 1948 and 1968; it consisted of the three regiments from Northern Ireland. After the Second World War there were 14 infantry depots in the United Kingdom, each bearing a letter. The depots were territorially aligned, and Infantry Depot M at Omagh was aligned with the regiments from Northern Ireland.
In 1948, the depots switched to names and this depot became the North Irish Brigade, with all regiments being reduced to a single battalion at the same time. The North Irish Brigade was formed on 14 July 1948 as an administrative apparatus for the infantry regiments from Northern Ireland:
From 1964 the North Irish Brigade was based at St Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena.
On 1 July 1968 the three regiments were amalgamated into a single large regiment named the Royal Irish Rangers and the North Irish Brigade was united with the Yorkshire and Lancastrian Brigades, to form the King's Division.