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  • 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade
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  • The 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was a World War II unit of the British Army it was formed from battalions of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1940. The Brigade served in the East African campaign in the early part of the war before seeing action against the Japanese in Burma in 1944–45.
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Branch
command structure
  • 2
  • 12
  • 82
Type
  • Infantry
Dates
  • 1940
Unit Name
  • 2
notable commanders
  • Brigadier Collen Edward Melville Richards
Allegiance
  • British Crown
Battles
Size
  • Brigade
abstract
  • The 2nd (West Africa) Infantry Brigade was a World War II unit of the British Army it was formed from battalions of the Royal West African Frontier Force in 1940. The Brigade served in the East African campaign in the early part of the war before seeing action against the Japanese in Burma in 1944–45.