2nd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)

2nd Guards Brigade
2nd Guards Brigade
	Guards Division Insignia.
Active	26 August 1915 – post-war
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	Guards Division
Engagements	First World War Battle of Loos Battle of the Somme Battle of Passchendaele Battle of Cambrai (1917) First Battles of the Somme Second Battles of the Somme Second Battle of Arras Battles of the Hindenburg Line Final Advance in Picardy
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Andrew Thorne

The 2nd Guards Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, formed in the First World War. It was formed in France in August 1915 with two Guards battalions already on the Continent and another two from England. It served with the Guards Division on the Western Front for the rest of the war.

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