267th Indian Armoured Brigade

The 267th Indian Tank Brigade was a short lived armoured brigade of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It was reconstituted as 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade.

History

The brigade was formed on 3 July 1942 at Sialkot with three regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps. These were infantry battalions of the British Army that were converted to an armoured role:

It moved to Secunderabad in October under the command of the 43rd Indian Armoured Division and then to Poona.^[3] The brigade was intended for service in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War^[4] but in the event it never left India. On 1 April 1943, it was reconstituted as the 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade.^[3]

The brigade commanded the following units:^[4]^[5]

116th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (joined on 27 July 1942; left on 31 October 1942 for 255th Indian Armoured Brigade)^[1]
163rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (joined on 30 July 1942; left on 31 March 1943 when it reverted to 13th Sherwood Foresters in 67th Indian Training Brigade)^[2]^[6]^{[lower-alpha 1]}
160th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps (joined on 22 December 1942; left on 1 April 1943 when it reverted to 9th Royal Sussex Regiment in 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade)^[2]^[8]
267th Armoured Brigade Signals Squadron (1942 to 1943; became 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade Signals Section)
111th Field Post Office (July 1942 to April 1943)

↑ Kempton^[7] acknowledges Joslen's^[6] information, but notes that there is no reference to a 67th Indian Training Brigade in any official Indian Army records or orders of battle.

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