4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

During both world wars, it was part of the 2nd Infantry Division.

As the Second Boer War ended in 1902 the army was restructured, and a 2nd Infantry division was established permanently as part of the 1st Army Corps, comprising the 3rd and 4th Infantry Brigades.

[1] The brigade served with the 2nd Infantry Division and was among the first British units to be sent overseas, shortly after the war began, as part of the British Expeditionary Force.

[2] The following units formed the brigade:[2] A regular army formation, this brigade served in France in 1940 as part of the BEF, evacuated to England on 31 May 1940.

It remained in the United Kingdom until April 1942 when, with the rest of the 2nd Infantry Division, it was shipped to India to fight in the Burma Campaign until the end of the war in 1945.

Men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment man a snow-covered forward trench in France while hand grenades are handed out to other soldiers on 26 January 1940.