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114th Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit

The 114th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army during the First World War. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 38th (Welsh) Division.

The brigade re-formed in the Second World War as the 114th Infantry Brigade, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of 160th Infantry Brigade.

First World War formation

The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.

10th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (1st Rhondda)
13th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (2nd Rhondda)
14th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Swansea)
15th (Service) Battalion, Welsh Regiment (Carmarthen)
114th Machine Gun Company
114th Trench Mortar Battery

Second World War

5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers
2nd Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
114th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 10 July 1940, disbanded 9 January 1942)

References

Sources

References

"38th Division". The Long Long Trail.
Nafziger, George. (1992). "British Infantry Brigades, 1st thru 214th, 1939–1945".

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