234th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 234th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army, raised during the First World War, and was later reformed during the Second World War.

First World War

The 234th Brigade was assigned to the

Sinai and Palestine Campaign.[1]

Commanders

The following officers commanded the brigade during the war:[2]

  • Brigadier-General F. G. Anley (26 June – 19 November 1917)
  • Brigadier-General C. A. H. Maclean (19 November 1917 – 8 April 1918)
  • Brigadier-General C. A. H. Maclean (23–25 April 1918)
    • Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Cassels (25 April – 7 May 1918)
  • Brigadier-General C. A. H. Maclean (7 May – 12 July 1918)
    • Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. S. Smith (12–17 July 1918)
    • Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel J. N. Macrae (17–21 July 1918)
    • Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Cassels (21 July – 16 August 1918)
  • Brigadier-General C. A. H. Maclean (16 August – 2 October 1918)
    • Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel G. R. Cassels (2–3 October 1918)
  • Brigadier-General F. P. C. Keily (3 October 1918)

Second World War

The brigade was re-formed as the 234th Infantry Brigade during the

Dodecanese Islands in late 1943 and consisted mainly of regular army
units of the British Army that had served on the island during the siege.

The brigade, under

Major-General F. G. R. Brittorous, later replaced by Brigadier Robert Tilney, was landed on the island of Leros towards the end of September 1943.[3] The 234th Brigade, together with other British, Italian and Allied forces, attempted to hold the Dodecanese islands against successive German air attacks and the landings of amphibious German forces, but without success. In the Battle of Kos and the Battle of Leros, German air superiority and tactical ability resulted in British defeats, and their garrisons were forced to surrender after a few days' resistance. The few men of the brigade who had escaped returned to the Middle East, where it was disbanded on 16 January 1944.[4]

Order of battle

The brigade was constituted as follows during the war:[5]

Commanders

The following officers commanded the brigade during the war:[6]

Citations

  1. ^ Baker, Chris. "The 75th Division in 1914-1918". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ^ Becke (1937), p. 124.
  3. ^ Joslen, p. 396
  4. ^ Joslen, p. 396
  5. ^ Joslen, p. 396
  6. ^ Joslen, p. 396

References

  • Becke, A. F. (1937). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office.
  • Joslen, Lt-Col H.F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield: Naval and Military Press. .

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