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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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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Some brigades were re-formed which consisted mostly of TA units, including two out of three brigades for a new reserve division for the British Army of...
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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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British home army in the First World War served the dual purpose of defending the country against invasion and training reinforcements for the army overseas...
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War, the brigade was engaged during both World Wars, and deployed to Afghanistan. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations known...
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During the Second World War, the British Army created several field armies. There were formations that controlled multiple army corps, which in turn controlled...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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the British Army was one of two Regular Forces (there were also separate Reserve Forces) within the British military (those parts of the British Armed...
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Keir and Cawdor (1867 – 18 February 1931) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who also served as a Member of Parliament. Stirling was born at Keir...
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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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part of the Regular army and the remaining 16 a part of the Army Reserve. The British Army's Infantry takes on a variety of roles, including armoured, mechanised...
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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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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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Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier. Generally, three infantry brigades would...
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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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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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