154th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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154th Infantry Brigade was part of The 51st (Highland) Division and 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.

154th Brigade was luckier than its sister brigades of the 51st Division (152nd & 153rd). It was detached in June 1940 to form the mobile battlegroup "Arkforce" and was able to escape from Northern France while the rest of the division was forced to surrender at St Valery-en-Caux. However, the brigade was severely understrength by the time it returned to Britain, and in August 1940 it was reorganised and merged with the 28th Infantry Brigade of 9th (Highland) Infantry Division to form part of the new 51st Division. In this capacity it went on to serve in North Africa, Sicily and North-West Europe.

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

Order of Battle

1939-1940

6th Battalion, The Black Watch
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
8th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1940-1945

1st Battalion, The Black Watch
7th Battalion, The Black Watch
7th Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders