1940 Brigadier John Grover: 1940–1941 Brigadier Vyvyan Evelegh: 1941 Brigadier Guy Francis Gough: 1941–1942 Brigadier Edward Cass: 1942–1943 Brigadier Keith Arbuthnott: 1943–1944 Brigadier John Alexander Mackenzie: 1944 Brigadier Gerald Ernest Thubron: 1944–1945 Post war In January 1946, following the end of the campaign in Europe, the brigade was dissolved and its units dispersed to other brigades and commands. In 1950, the brigade was reformed in West Germany. The organisation of the brigade during the 1950s was as follows: Brigade Headquarters, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, at Lothian Barracks, Detmold (Armoured role, with Centurion main battle tanks) 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment), at Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment, at Clifton Barracks, Minden – merged with the King's Liverpool Regiment on 1 September 1958 to form the King's Regiment 1st Battalion, The Dorset Regiment, at Elizabeth Barracks, Minden – from April 1956, merged with the Devonshire Regiment in 1958 to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment On 1 April 1956, the 4th Infantry Division was reformed in the BAOR, and its brigades: 10th, 11th, and 12th was reformed by conversion of the old 61st Lorried Infantry Brigade based in Minden. In 1958, following the 1957 Defence White Paper, the brigade was redesignated as 11th Infantry Brigade Group and shifted to the 2nd Division. And in 1964, the brigade was transferred to the 1st Division, sitting alongside the 7th Armoured Brigade Group. In February 1961, the brigades were reorganisation, and the infantry brigade groups became organised as equivalents of a modern brigade combat team: signal squadron, armoured regiment, 3 x infantry battalions, field artillery regiment, engineer squadron, and one AAC reconnaissance flight. The brigade's structure following its conversion to a brigade group was as follows: Brigade Headquarters, at Kingsley Barracks, Minden 7th Royal Tank Regiment, at Haig Barracks, Hohne – merged with 4th Royal Tank Regiment on 3 April 1959 4th Royal Tank Regiment – from April 1959 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), at Clifton Barracks, Minden 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers – from June 1959 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment), at Alma Barracks, Lüneburg 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) – from November 1958 1st Battalion, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, at Elizabeth Barracks, Minden – from June 1958 19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Saint George's Barracks, Minden (Field artillery; 18