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81st Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit

The 81st Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 27th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War.

Formation

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

1st Battalion, Royal Scots
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
1st Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
1/9th Battalion, Royal Scots
1/9th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
13th Battalion, Black Watch
81st Machine Gun Company
81st SAA Section Ammunition Column
81st Trench Mortar Battery

References

"27th Division". The Long Long Trail.

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