65th Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 65th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 22nd 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.

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References

  1. "22nd Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.