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    The article lists British Army reserve brigades in World War I. At the start of the war volunteers in the vast majority of cases joined their local infantry...
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    the First World War, 259 infantry brigades were raised by the British Army, two by the Royal Navy, and one from the Royal Marines. Of these brigades, fifty-three...
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    the British Army during the Second World War. List of British airborne brigades of the Second World War (includes airlanding and parachute brigades) List...
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    British Army during the First World War fought the largest and most costly war in its long history. Unlike the French and German Armies, the British Army...
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    Monthly recruiting figures for the British Army in the First World War British Army First World War reserve brigades Conscription in Australia Conscription...
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    The Indian Army, also called the British Indian Army, was involved in World War I as part of the British Empire. More than one million Indian troops served...
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    1939, the British Army was, as it traditionally always had been, a small volunteer professional army. At the beginning of the Second World War on 1 September...
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    and 14 Infantry brigades. Within the Army National Guard and United States Army Reserve, there are a further eight divisions, 27 brigade combat teams, additional...
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    of British army-level formations existing during the First World War. British Expeditionary Force (BEF) First Army Second Army Third Army Fourth Army Fifth...
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    The Army Reserve is the active-duty volunteer reserve force of the British Army. It is separate from the Regular Reserve whose members are ex-Regular personnel...
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  • Originally formed in the Second Boer War, the brigade was engaged during both World Wars. British Army brigades had traditionally been ad hoc formations...
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    Peninsular War, the component brigades were named for the commanding officer. For the Hundred Days Campaign, he numbered his British infantry brigades in a...
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    The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000...
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  • British home army in the First World War served the dual purpose of defending the country against invasion and training reinforcements for the army overseas...
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  • British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the six divisions the British Army sent to the Western Front during the First World War. Planning for a British...
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    Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier. Generally, three infantry brigades would...
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    the British Army spans over three and a half centuries since its founding in 1660 and involves numerous European wars, colonial wars and world wars. From...
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    Second World War, a British infantry brigade consisted of multiple battalions and was commanded by a brigadier. Generally, three infantry brigades would...
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  • part of the Regular army and the remaining 16 a part of the Army Reserve. The British Army's Infantry takes on a variety of roles, including armoured, mechanised...
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    During the Second World War, the British Army created several field armies. There were formations that controlled multiple army corps, which in turn controlled...
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    During the Second World War, the British Army maintained and created several mechanised, motorised, and horse-based brigades that were not infantry-based...
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    after the First World War, although parts of the British military, most were not considered parts of the British Army unless they received Army Funds (as...
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    The British cavalry were the first British Army units to see action during the First World War. Captain Hornby of the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards...
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    War I List of British brigades of the Second World War Military history of Britain during World War II In August 1919, the British government adopted the...
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  • Brigade or Brigâd 160 (Cymru), is a regional brigade of the British Army that has been in existence since 1908, and saw service during both the First...
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    Brigade that four of the six brigades were redesignations of 16, 17, 18, and 19 Brigades. 71 Motorised Brigade was the former 17 Brigade, 72 Brigade was...
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  • 19th Brigade is an Army Reserve formation of the British Army. As the 19th Infantry Brigade, it fought in the First and Second World War. The brigade became...
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    British Army and Royal Air Force. The brigade was formed 1 September 1943 at Dorchester with personnel from 102 RM Brigade, during the Second World War...
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  • Infantry Brigade was a Home Service formation of the British Army that existed under various short-lived titles in both the First and Second World Wars On the...
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    eight brigades east of the Mississippi River and First Army West at Fort Cavazos, Texas, assumes the training responsibilities with eight brigades formerly...
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