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The '''55th Infantry Brigade''' was an [[infantry]] [[brigade]] of the [[British Army]] that saw active service in both the [[World War I|First]] and the [[World War II|Second World Wars]].

==First World War==
The brigade was originally raised in 1914, as the '''55th Brigade''', in the First World War as part of [[Kitchener's Army|Kitchener's New Armies]] and joined the [[18th (Eastern) Division]], serving with it throughout the war mainly on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] from 1915 to 1918.

===Order of battle===
* 7th (Service) Battalion, [[Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)]]
* 7th (Service) Battalion, [[Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]]
* 8th (Service) Battalion, [[East Surrey Regiment]]
* 7th (Service) Battalion, [[Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)]] ''(left February 1918)''
* 55th Machine Gun Company, [[Machine Gun Corps]] ''(formed 13 February 1916, moved to 18th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 16 February 1918)''
* 55th Trench Mortar Battery ''(formed 17 June 1916)''<ref>((cite web|access-date=20 January 2012|publisher=The Long Long Trail|title=18th (Eastern) Division|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/18div.htm))</ref>

==Second World War==
The brigade was disbanded after the war in 1919. However, it was reformed as the '''55th Infantry Brigade''' in 1939 in the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and joined the [[18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|18th Infantry Division]]. It remained in the [[United Kingdom]] on home defence and training duties, preparing for a possible [[Operation Sea Lion|German invasion]] which, fortunately, never arrived. The 55th Infantry Brigade, along with the rest of the 18th Division, was sent to Singapore in 1942 where it surrendered to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] in the short but violent [[Battle of Singapore]]. The men of the brigade would spend the next three years as Japanese [[Prisoner of war|prisoners]] in harsh and degrading imprisonment.

===Order of battle===
* 1st Battalion, [[Cambridgeshire Regiment]]
* 2nd Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment ''(to 30 October 1939)''<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/18_Infantry_Division__1939_.pdf |title=18 Infantry Division (1939) |access-date=20 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194848/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/18_Infantry_Division__1939_.pdf |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead ))</ref>
* 5th Battalion, [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment]]
* 1/5th Battalion, [[Sherwood Foresters]] ''(from 8 July 1940)''
* 55th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company ''(formed 9 October, disbanded 14 December 1940)''<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/939BXIE.pdf |title=British Infantry Brigades, 1st thru 215th, 1939-1945|access-date=25 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231709/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/939BXIE.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead))</ref>

===Commanders===
* [[Brigadier (United Kingdom)|Brig.]] [[William Ozanne|W.M. Ozanne]]
* Brig. [[Tim Massy-Beresford|T.H. Massey-Beresford]]

==References==
((reflist))

==Bibliography==
* ((cite book
  | last = Bellis | first = Malcolm A.
  | year = 1994
  | title = Regiments of the British Army 1939–1945 (Armour & Infantry)
  | publisher = Military Press International
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-85420-999-9
))
* ((cite book
  | last = Bellis | first = Malcolm A.
  | year = 1995
  | title = Regiments of the British Army 1939–1945 (Artillery)
  | publisher = Military Press International
  | location = London
  | isbn = 0-85420-110-6
))
* ((Joslen-OOB))
* ((cite book
  | last = Westlake | first = Ray
  | year = 1986
  | title = The Territorial Battalions, A Pictorial History, 1859–1985
  | publisher = Spellmount
  | location = Tunbridge Wells
))
((British infantry brigades of the Second World War))\

((DEFAULTSORT:55 Infantry Brigade))
[[Category:Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I]]
[[Category:Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War II]]

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