230th Brigade (United Kingdom)
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First World War
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The 3rd Dismounted Brigade was a formation of the
In January 1917, the brigade was reorganized and redesignated as the 230th Brigade and joined the
3rd Dismounted Brigade
The 3rd Dismounted Brigade, commanded by
The Eastern Mounted Brigade had served dismounted in the
- 1/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry
- 1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry
- 1/1st Queen's Own West Kent Yeomanry
- 1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry
- 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry
- 1/1st Welsh Horse Yeomanry
- 3rd Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Company
- 3rd Dismounted Brigade Signal Troop
- 1/Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, RAMC
- 1/South Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance, RAMC
The brigade served as part of the Suez Canal Defences from 14 March to 26 July attached to 42nd (East Lancashire) Division;[4] it then joined the Western Frontier Force.[1] By the end of the year, it was back on the Suez.[5]
230th Brigade
The brigade was with the Suez Canal Defences when, on 14 January 1917,
- 10th (Royal East Kent and West Kent Yeomanry) Battalion, Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)[a]
- 12th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment[b]
- 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment[c]
- 16th (Sussex Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment[d]
- 209th Machine Gun Company[e]
- 230th Trench Mortar Battery[f]
- 230th Field Ambulance[g]
The remaining yeomanry regiment, 1/1st Welsh Horse, was amalgamated with
On 23 February, the
Palestine 1917–18
With the 74th Division, the brigade took part in the invasion of
Before departure for France, the 209th Machine Gun Company joined 4th (of 229th Brigade), 210th (of 231st Brigade) and 261st MG Companies to form 74th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps. It concentrated at Alexandria between 17 and 30 April and departed for France with the division on the latter date.[6]
France and Flanders 1918
In May 1918, the brigade landed at
Due to a lack of replacements, British[h] infantry divisions on the Western Front had been reduced from 12 to 9 battalions in January and February 1918.[8] To conform with this new structure, on 21 June, 12th Royal Scots Fusiliers (of 229th Brigade), 12th Norfolk Regiment and 24th Royal Welsh Fusiliers (of 231st Brigade) left 74th (Yeomanry) Division.[6] They were used to reconstitute 94th Brigade of 31st Division which was renamed 94th (Yeomanry) Brigade on that date.[9]
On 14 July 1918 the Yeomanry Division went into the line for the first time, near
With the end of the war, the troops of 74th Division were engaged in railway repair work and education was undertaken while demobilisation began. The division and its subformations were disbanded on 10 July 1919.[7]
Commanders
The 3rd Dismounted Brigade[4] / 230th Brigade had the following commanders during its existence:[10]
From | Rank | Name |
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22 February 1916 | Brigadier-General |
H. W. Hodgson
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18 February 1917 | Brigadier-General |
A. J. McNeill (sick, 12 December 1917) |
12 December 1917 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
F. W. Jarvis (acting) |
21 December 1917 | Brigadier-General | H. B. Orpen-Palmer |
12 February 1918 | Brigadier-General | W. J. Bowker |
1 July 1918 | Brigadier-General | A. A. Kennedy |
Colonel H.W. Hodgson (promoted to Brigadier-General on 5 August 1914) was the commander of the Eastern Mounted Brigade from 1 April 1912. He took command of 3rd Dismounted Brigade on formation.[11]
See also
Notes
- ^ 1/1st Royal East Kent Yeomanry and 1/1st West Kent Yeomanry were amalgamated on 1 February 1917 and redesignated 10th Buffs.
- ^ 1/1st Norfolk Yeomanry was reorganized on 7 February and redesignated 12th Norfolk Regiment on 11 February.
- ^ 1/1st Suffolk Yeomanry was reorganized on 5 January and redesignated 15th Suffolk Regiment on 19 February.
- ^ 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry was reorganized on 3 January and redesignated 16th Royal Sussex Regiment on 28 February.
- ^ 3rd Dismounted Brigade Machine Gun Company redesignated on 14 January.
- ^ Formed in the brigade on 27 May 1917.
- ^ 1/Eastern and 1/South Eastern Mounted Brigade Field Ambulances were amalgamated as 230th Field Ambulance on 14 January 1917.
- ^ As distinct from the Australian, Canadian and the New Zealand divisions which remained on a 12-battalion basis.
References
- ^ a b Chappell, PB. "3rd Dismounted Brigade". The Regimental Warpath 1914-18. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- ^ Westlake 1996, pp. 271, 277, 278, 282
- ^ Westlake 1996, pp. 260, 261, 279
- ^ a b c Becke 1936, p. 37
- ^ a b c d Becke 1937, p. 121
- ^ a b c d e Becke 1937, p. 119
- ^ a b c d Becke 1937, p. 122
- ^ Haythornthwaite 1996, p. 217
- ^ Becke 1945, p. 16
- ^ Becke 1937, p. 117
- ^ Becke 1936, p. 2
Bibliography
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- James, Brigadier E.A. (1978). British Regiments 1914–18. London: Samson Books Limited. ISBN 0-906304-03-2.
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