Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade

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Princess Irene Brigade
Koninklijke Nederlandse Brigade ‘Prinses Irene’
Princess Irene Brigade in South Holland on 8 May 1945
Active	May 1940-May 1945
Disbanded	Disbanded May 1945 to make way for a regiment.
Country	Netherlands
Allegiance	Dutch government-in-exile
Branch	Royal Netherlands Army
Type	Infantry brigade
Role	Mechanized infantry
Size	1,800[1]-~2,000
Patron	Princess Irene
Engagements	World War II Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Operation Pheasant
Commanders
Major	Sas (May 1940-Jan. 1941)
Major	Phaff (Jan. 1941-)
N/A	Various
Colonel	A. C. de Ruyter van Steveninck (by Aug. 1944)

During the Second World War, the Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade, later known as the Princess Irene Brigade (Dutch: Prinses Irene Brigade) was a Dutch military unit initially formed from approximately 1,500 troops, including a small group guarding German prisoners-of-war, who arrived in the United Kingdom in May 1940 following the collapse of the Netherlands. Elements of this force became the nucleus of what was originally called the "Dutch Legion."

Veterans of the Princess Irene Brigade who were members of the Dutch Army stationed at Wrottesley Park, Wolverhampton during World War II were given the Freedom of the City of Wolverhampton on 19 August 2006.