page_title: 151st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
section_title: El Alamein
hierarchical_section_title: 151st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) / History / North Africa / El Alamein
caption_attribution_description: Second Battle of El Alamein, Deployment of Forces on October 23rd, 1942
context_page_description: The 151st Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during the Second World War in Belgium and France in 1940, and later in North Africa, Tunisia and Sicily, and later in Normandy in mid-1944 and North-western Europe. The brigade was part of the 50th Infantry Division, and for most of its wartime existence consisted of three battalions of the Durham Light Infantry the 6th, 8th and 9th.
context_section_description: On 5 October, 50th Division rejoined XIII Corps in preparation for the Second Battle of El Alamein. During the opening phase of the battle (24–25 October), 50th Division attacked the Italian 185th Parachute Division Folgore  in the southern part of the line with little success.
  On 29 October, 151st Brigade was attached to the 2nd New Zealand Division for Operation Supercharge, a new attack at "Kidney Ridge" on 2 November. 151st Brigade was on the right for the initial drive through the German minefields, which started at 1 AM and was a success. The next afternoon, while the tank forces battled, 151st Brigade pressed on to "SKINFLINT", a position about two miles west-south-west of Kidney Ridge.
  That evening, 151st Brigade was withdrawn to XXX Corps reserve, and took no further part in the battle. On 11 November it was returned to 50th Division.
caption: Deployment of forces on the eve of battle
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