Post Alamein
After the battle the Brigade, reduced to a handful of running tanks, the 9th was withdrawn to Syria to regroup and undertake internal security duties. In 1944 the Brigade (with the same three constituent Regiments) fought in the Italian Campaign in support of 78th Infantry Division, and the Indian 4th and 10th Infantry Divisions.
After the reformation of the Territorial Army in 1947, the Brigade was reformed as an independent brigade within Northern Command. It was almost certainly disbanded by the time the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve formed in 1967.
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