13th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that fought in both World Wars. In World War I it served mainly on the Western Front, with a brief spell in Italy; in 1915 it was temporarily under the 28th Division before moving to the regular 5th Division.

In World War II, the brigade sailed to France in September 1939 as part of the British Expeditionary Force, but after the retreat it re-formed in the United Kingdom. In 1942, as part of the 5th Infantry Division, it took part in the Madagascar campaign against Vichy France. The brigade then fought in the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Italian Campaign. Sergeant Maurice Albert Windham Rogers of the Wiltshire Regiment (2nd Battalion) was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross in 1944—the first and only VC awarded to the brigade and division during World War II.

In 1945 the 5th Division, with the 13th Brigade, joined the British Second Army for the final push into Northwest Europe to invade Germany. The brigade remained with the 5th Division throughout the war.

During Madagascar, the brigade briefly had various units under its command from 23 April to 19 May 1942. The 13th Brigade was led by several distinguished officers during its existence.