84th Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 84th 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 28th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War. The Brigade was temporarily attached to the 5th Division between March and April 1915.

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Formation

The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war. [1]

General Officers Commanding

Commanding officers [2]
RankNameDate appointedNotes
Brigadier-General F. Wintour 25 December 1914Sick 23 February 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Wallace23 February 1915Acting
Brigadier-General L. J. Bols 24 February 1915
Brigadier-General T. H. F. Pearse 7 September 1915
Brigadier-General G. A. Weir 13 October 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel F. A. Greer 1 December 1916Acting
Brigadier-GeneralG. A. Weir14 February 1917
Brigadier-General F. C. Nisbet 23 March 1918
Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare8 March 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. A. Hunt 3 April 1919Acting
Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare28 June 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Dobbs 14 August 1919Acting
Lieutenant-ColonelJ. L. Furney9 October 1919Acting
Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare17 October 1919
Lieutenant-ColonelJ. L. Furney25 October 1919Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Yatman 5 November 1919Acting
Colonel H. A. V. Cummins 21 December 1919Acting
Lieutenant-ColonelA. H. Yatman29 December 1919Acting
Colonel C. Bonham-Carter 2 January 1920Acting
Brigadier-General W. B. Emery 29 February 1920Converted into an "Army Brigade" in Turkey 25 September 1922

References

  1. "28th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. Becke, Major A. F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. p. 106. ISBN   1-871167-09-4.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)