page_title: 15th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
section_title: Role and Structure
hierarchical_section_title: 15th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) / Role and Structure
caption_attribution_description: English: 15th (North East) Infantry Brigade (TA)
context_page_description: The 15th Infantry Brigade, later 15 Brigade, was an infantry brigade of the British Army. It was part of the regular 5th Infantry Division during the First World War and Second World War, and was subsequently part of the 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom, with specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber.
context_section_description: In 1989 the 15th Infantry Brigade, (at that time a Reserve Brigade), had the following structure
  Structure 1989:
  HQ 15th Infantry Brigade and Signal Troop, Royal Signals (V)
  Queen's Own Yeomanry (V)
  1st (Cleavland) Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (V)
  2nd (Yorkshire and Humberside) Battalion, Yorkshire Volunteers (V)
  6th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (V)
  7th (Durham) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V)
  8th (Yorkshire) Battalion, The Light Infantry (V)
  101st (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (V)
  269th (West Riding) Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery (V)
  15th (North East) Brigade was a Regional Brigade responsible for the recruiting of soldiers and Officers for the Regular and Territorial Army. It trained the Territorial Army for operations, provided a command and control focus for all military support to civilian authorities during civil emergencies e.g. flooding and was responsible for providing the "Firm Base" to the Regular Army within its area. The brigade had its Headquarters at Imphal Barracks in York and included the following units:
  Queen's Own Yeomanry (Formation Reconnaissance)
  4th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th & 33rd/76th Foot)
  5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
  72nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
  150th (Yorkshire) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistics Corps
  102nd Battalion, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
caption: 15th (North East) Infantry Brigade (TA)
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