The article lists British Army reserve brigades in World War I. At the start of the war volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry...
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the First World War, 259 infantry brigades were raised by the British Army, two by the Royal Navy, and one from the Royal Marines. Of these brigades, fifty-three...
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the British Army during the Second World War. List of British airborne brigades of the Second World War (includes airlanding and parachute brigades) List...
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British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army...
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Monthly recruiting figures for the British Army in the First World War British Army First World War reserve brigades Conscription in Australia Conscription...
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1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World War on 1 September...
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The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel...
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and 14 Infantry brigades. Within the Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve, there are a further eight divisions, 27 brigade combat teams, additional...
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of British army-level formations existing during the First World War. British Expeditionary Force (BEF) First Army Second Army Third Army Fourth Army Fifth...
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The Indian Army, also called the British Indian Army, was involved in World War I as part of the British Empire. More than one million Indian troops served...
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The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards...
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The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed...
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The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000...
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British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War. Planning for a British...
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since 1899 and now forms part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations known by the name of their...
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after the First World War, although parts of the British military, most were not considered parts of the British Army unless they received Army Funds (as...
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Originally formed in the Second Boer War, the brigade was engaged during both World Wars. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations...
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the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From...
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The 5th Infantry Brigade was a regular infantry brigade of the British Army that was in existence since before the First World War, except for a short...
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Peninsular War, the component brigades were named for the commanding officer. For the Hundred Days Campaign, he numbered his British infantry brigades in a...
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The British yeomanry during the First World War were part of the British Army reserve Territorial Force. Initially, in 1914, there were fifty-seven regiments...
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Brigade or Brigâd 160 (Cymru), is a regional brigade of the British Army that has been in existence since 1908, and saw service during both the First...
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The 19th Brigade is an Army Reserve formation of the British Army. As the 19th Infantry Brigade, it fought in the First and Second World War. The formation...
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to allocate ten brigades to face the Second and Third army bridgeheads. In addition, it became necessary to keep the strategic reserves at their maximum...
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British infantry brigades of the First World War List of British divisions in World War II List of Indian divisions in World War I Maj A.F. Becke,History...
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Kitchener's First New Army, or 'K1'. The K2 and K3 battalions, brigades and divisions quickly followed: 26th Division, containing 77th, 78th and 79th Brigades, was...
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Russia was one of the major belligerents in the First World War: from August 1914 to December 1917, it fought on the Entente's side against the Central...
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had served in the British Army during the First World War. W. R. E. Murphy, a second-in-command of the National Army in the civil war (from January until...
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German brigades in World War II. The list aims to include all brigade-level military formations of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS during World War II...
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War I List of British brigades of the Second World War Military history of Britain during World War II In August 1919, the British government adopted the...
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