The Brigade was created as part of the 1957 Defence White Paper announced in July 1957.

It was formed on 1 April 1958, when the three English fusilier regiments were transferred from existing regional brigades: The three regiments adopted common cap and collar badges consisting of a fired grenade bearing Saint George and the dragon within a laurel wreath beneath a crown.

[1] The regiments were distinguished by a coloured feather hackle worn behind the badge in some forms of head dress: red and white (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers), white (Royal Fusiliers), or primrose yellow (Lancashire Fusiliers) respectively.

From 1960 the Fusilier Brigade was based at St George's Barracks in Sutton Coldfield.

A new button was designed for the Brigade in 1963, bearing the ancient antelope badge of the Royal Warwickshires within The Garter.