152nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 152nd Infantry Brigade (part of The 51st (Highland) Division) was a British Territorial Army division that fought during the Second World War. The division was referred to as the "Highway Decorators" by other divisions who became used to discovering the 'HD' insignia painted wherever the Highlanders had passed through.

The original 152nd Brigade, formed along with the division in 1937, was effectively destroyed when the 51st (Highland) Division surrendered at St Valery-en-Caux on 12 June 1940. It was reformed in August 1940 from the 26th Infantry Brigade of the 9th (Highland) Infantry Division which was renumbered as the 51st Division.

Campaign Honours

 * Battle of France - 1939-1940 (destroyed)
 * Battle of El Alamein - 1942
 * Operation Supercharge - 1942
 * Operation Pugilist - 1943
 * Operation Husky - 1943
 * Operation Overlord - 1944
 * Operation Astonia - 1944
 * Battle of the Scheldt - 1944
 * Battle of the Bulge - 1944/45
 * Operation Plunder - 1945

Commanders

 * Brig. H. W. V. Stewart
 * Brig. I. K. Thompson
 * Brig. D. N. Wimberley
 * Brig. G. Murray
 * Lt.-Col. J. Sorel-Cameron
 * Brig. G. H. A. MacMillan
 * Brig. J. A. Oliver
 * Brig. A. J. H. Cassels
 * Lt.-Col. D. B. Lang
 * Brig. J. A. Grant-Peterkin

Original 152nd Infantry Brigade (1939-1940)

 * 4th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
 * 6th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
 * 4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

Reconstituted 152nd Infantry Brigade (1940-45)

 * 2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
 * 5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders
 * 5th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders