88th Brigade (United Kingdom)
88th Brigade | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg |
The 88th Brigade was an
Gallipoli Campaign and in the Middle East
.
Order of battle
The 88th Brigade was constituted as follows during the war: [1]
- 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment (left February 1918)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Newfoundland Regiment (from July 1915, left April 1918)
- 1/5th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, Royal Scots (TF) (from March 1915, left July 1915)
- 2/1st Battalion, London Regiment (TF) (from August 1915, left January 1916)
- 88th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 21 February 1916, moved to 29th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 15 February 1918)
- 88th Trench Mortar Battery (from 16 April 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) (from April 1918)
Commanders
The following officers commanded 88th Brigade during the First World War:[2]
- Brigadier-General H. E. Napier (27 January 1915)
- Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel H. C. Smith (25 April 1915)
- Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel O. G. Godfrey-Faussett (26 April 1915)
- Acting: Lieutenant-Colonel W. de L. Williams (29 April 1915)
- Brigadier-General W. Doran (26 May 1915)
- Brigadier-General D. E. Cayley (7 June 1915)
- Brigadier-General H. Nelson (1 October 1917)
- Brigadier-General B. C. Freyberg (22 January 1918)
References
- ^ "29th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ISBN 1-871167-09-4.