The Light Infantry Brigade was an administrative formation of the British Army from 1948 to 1968.
The Brigade administered the regular English light infantry regiments.
After the Second World War the British Army had fourteen infantry depots, each bearing a letter.
The Light Infantry Brigade was formed on 14 July 1948, combining the depots of the following regiments:[2] Under the Defence Review announced in July, 1957, the infantry of the line was reorganised, and by 1959 the Brigade was reduced to four battalions:[3] From 1958 all regiments adopted a common brigade cap badge, a silver bugle-horn.
[5] From 1960 the Light Infantry Brigade was based at Copthorne Barracks in Shropshire.