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This is a list of all British formations mobilised to serve in the Second Boer War
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This is a list of all British formations mobilised to serve in the Second Boer War
| Formation name | Created | Ceased to exist | Locations served | Notes | Ref |
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| First Army Corps |
| Formation name | Created | Ceased to exist | Locations served | Notes | Ref |
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| 1st Division | |||||
| 2nd Division | |||||
| 3rd Division | |||||
| 4th Division | March 1900 | October 1900 | Natal, Transvaal | Formed from garrison of Ladysmith after Siege | [1] |
| 5th Division | November 1899 | October 1900 | Natal, Transvaal | [2] | |
| 6th Division | |||||
| 7th Division | |||||
| 8th Division | |||||
| 9th Division | |||||
| 10th Division | |||||
| 11th Division | |||||
| Colonial Division | |||||
| Cavalry Division | |||||
| 1st Mounted Division | |||||
| 2nd Mounted Division | |||||
| 3rd Mounted Division | |||||
| 4th Mounted Division | |||||
| 5th Mounted Division |
| Formation name | Created | Ceased to exist | Locations served | Notes | Ref |
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| 1st (Guards) Brigade | Existing brigade at Aldershot | [3] [4] | |||
| 2nd Brigade | Existing brigade at Aldershot | [3] [4] | |||
| 3rd (Highland) Brigade | Existing brigade at Aldershot | [3] [4] | |||
| 4th (Light) Brigade | Existing brigade | [3] | |||
| 5th (Irish) Brigade | Existing brigade | [3] | |||
| 6th (Fusilier) Brigade | Existing brigade | [3] | |||
| 7th Brigade | March 1900 | October 1900 | Natal, Transvaal | Formed in the garrison of Ladysmith | [1] |
| 8th Brigade | March 1900 | October 1900 | Natal, Transvaal | Formed in the garrison of Ladysmith | [1] |
| 9th Brigade | November 1899 | Formed from troops already in Cape Colony | |||
| 10th (Fusilier) Brigade | November 1899 | [2] | |||
| 11th (Lancashire) Brigade | November 1899 | [2] | |||
| 12th Brigade | |||||
| 13th Brigade | |||||
| 14th Brigade | |||||
| 15th Brigade | |||||
| 16th Brigade | |||||
| 16th Brigade | |||||
| 17th Brigade | |||||
| 18th Brigade | |||||
| 19th Brigade | |||||
| 20th Brigade | |||||
| 21st Brigade | |||||
| 22nd Brigade | |||||
| 23rd Brigade |
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