43rd Independent Gurkha Infantry Brigade

It was created in 1943, by the renaming of the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade and instead of Indian cavalry regiments, it consisted of three Regular Army Gurkha infantry battalions.

It was sent to join the 4th, 8th and the 10th Indian Infantry Divisions, and fought in the Italian Campaign.

[1] From 25 September 1944, during the fighting on the Gothic Line, under the command of Brigadier Alan Barker, the brigade was temporarily assigned to the British 56th Infantry Division, replacing the British 168th Infantry Brigade which was being disbanded.

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