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83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)

British Military Unit

British Military Unit

The 83rd Brigade was an infantry brigade 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 28th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during World War I. The Brigade was temporarily attached to the 5th Division between March and April 1915.

Formation

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

  • 2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  • 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
  • 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
  • 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
  • 1/3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment
  • 83rd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps
  • 83rd Trench Mortar Battery
  • 83rd SAA Section Ammunition Column

Commanders

RankNameDate appointedNotes
Brigadier-GeneralR. C. Boyle26 December 1914Sick 13 May 1915
Lieutenant-ColonelT. O. Marden13 May 1915Acting
Brigadier-GeneralH. S. L. Ravenshaw19 May 1915
Lieutenant-ColonelW. A. Blake18 May 1916Acting
Brigadier-GeneralH. S. L. Ravenshaw21 May 1916
Lieutenant-ColonelG. E. Bayley14 September 1916Acting
Brigadier-GeneralF. S. Montague-Bates25 September 1916
Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare13 November 1916
Brigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet10 March 1919
Lieutenant-ColonelW. Miller1 April 1919Acting
Lieutenant-ColonelR. C. Dobbs23 May 1919Acting
Brigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet27 May 1919
Lieutenant-ColonelR. Tyrer21 September 1919Acting
Brigadier-GeneralF. S. Montague-Bates26 September 1919
Brigadier-GeneralD. I. Shuttleworth26 February 1920

References

References

  1. "28th Division". The Long Long Trail.
  2. "28th Division". The Long Long Trail.
  3. Becke, Major A. F.. (1935). "Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions". [[HMSO]].
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