5th Canadian Infantry Brigade

5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
5th Canadian Infantry Brigade
	Canadian troops, possibly of the 25th Battalion (Nova Scotia Rifles), eating rations whilst seated on muddy ground outside a shelter near Pozières, France, during the final stages of the Battle of the Somme, October 1916.
Active	1915–1918; 1939–1945;
Country	Canada
Branch	Canadian Expeditionary Force; Canadian Army;
Type	Infantry
Size	Brigade
Part of	2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Engagements	World War I Western Front; ; World War II Dieppe Raid; Normandy; The Scheldt; The Rhineland; Battle of Groningen; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Archibald Hayes Macdonell; W J Megill;
Insignia
2nd Canadian Division Formation Patch

The 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I and of the Canadian Army in World War II. Raised in 1915, it formed part of the 2nd Canadian Division and fought on the Western Front during World War I before being disbanded. Later, it was re-raised in September 1939 and subsequently took part in Allied operations in northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945.