153rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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153rd Infantry Brigade
Active	2 September 1939 - 1945
Country	Great Britain
Allegiance	Allies
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	British 51st (Highland) Infantry Division
Nickname	Highway Decorators
Insignia
Identification symbol	HD connected coloured red on a blue background

153rd Infantry Brigade, part of The 51st (Highland) Division, was a British Territorial Army brigade 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.

[edit] Battles

Battle of El Alamein , Operation Supercharge (1942) , Operation Pugilist , Operation Husky (Invasion of Sicily) , Operation Overlord (Invasion of Normandy) , Operation Varsity

[edit] Commanders

Brigadier Douglas Alexander Graham , CBE , DSO and bar , MC ,Croix de Gurre (France)

[edit] Order of Battle

• 5th Battalion, Black Watch
• 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders
• 5/7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders