17th Indian Infantry Brigade

It was formed in November 1940, at the Delhi Cantonment in India and assigned to the 8th Indian Infantry Division.

They were sent to participate in the Anglo-Iraqi War and the Syria-Lebanon Campaign and came under command of the 10th Indian Infantry Division between July and August 1941.

Returning to the 8th Indian Division in September 1941, at the end of the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran, they were sent to Egypt.

It was briefly coming under command of the British 78th Infantry Division between 3 and 7 November 1943.

This article about a specific Indian military unit is a stub.

Men of the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers operate a captured German Marder 75mm self-propelled gun, 30 December 1943.