The brigade administered the regular infantry regiments of Yorkshire, England.
After the Second World War there were 14 infantry depots in Britain, each bearing a letter.
The brigade was formed on 14 July 1948 and combined the depots of the following regiments:[2] Under the defence review announced in July 1957, the number of battalions in the brigade was reduced to four in 1958: the East Yorkshire Regiment and the West Yorkshire Regiment were amalgamated into the Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, while the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers were transferred to the newly formed Fusilier Brigade.
[3] As part of the 1958 reforms, all regiments in the Brigade adopted a common cap badge depicting a crowned white rose above a scroll inscribed "Yorkshire".
From 1960 the Yorkshire Brigade was based at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Strensall.