XVIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (T.F.)
XVIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) was a
History
Background
The ANZAC Mounted Division was formed in Egypt in March 1916 with four
In June 1917, the Desert Column was reorganised from two mounted divisions of four brigades each (ANZAC and
Formation
In July 1917, the artillery of the ANZAC Mounted Division was reorganized. The existing III and IV Brigade HQs were dissolved and XVIII Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) was formed for the division with[8]
- Ayrshire Battery, RHA (T.F.) from IV Brigade
- Inverness-shire Battery, RHA (T.F.) also from IV Brigade
- Somerset Battery, RHA (T.F.) from III Brigade
In practice, the batteries were permanently attached to the mounted brigades: Somerset RHA to the 1st Light Horse Brigade,[9] Inverness-shire RHA to the 2nd Light Horse Brigade[10] and Ayrshire RHA to the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade.[11]
The batteries had each been re-equipped with four
Service
The brigade, and its batteries, served with the ANZAC Mounted Division throughout the rest of the
At the beginning of 1918, the division was attached to
Dissolved
After the Armistice of Mudros, the division was withdrawn to Egypt. The Australian brigades departed for home in March and April 1919 and the New Zealanders by the end of July.[4] The brigade was broken up some time after April 1919.[8]
See also
Notes
- Lieutenant-Colonel. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938. Note that the battery strength refers to a battery of six guns; a four-gun battery would be about two thirds of this.
- North Midland Mounted Brigade. Leicestershire RHA had been formed in 1908 for this brigade[6]and was mobilised with it in 1914.[7]
References
- ^ "The Royal Artillery". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ Baker, Chris. "What was an artillery brigade?". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ^ a b Perry 1992, p. 51
- ^ a b c d Perry 1992, p. 52
- ^ Becke 1936, p. 34
- ^ Frederick 1984, p. 673
- ^ Conrad, Mark (1996). "The British Army, 1914". Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ a b Frederick 1984, p. 449
- ^ "1st Australian Light Horse Brigade". Australian Light Horse Studies Centre. 10 November 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "2nd Australian Light Horse Brigade". Australian Light Horse Studies Centre. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade". Australian Light Horse Studies Centre. 10 February 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Farndale 1988, p. 83
- ^ Farndale 1988, p. 90
- ^ Farndale 1988, p. 95
Bibliography
- Becke, Major A.F. (1936). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56). London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-12-4.
- ISBN 1-870114-05-1.
- Frederick, J.B.M. (1984). Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978. Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
- Perry, F.W. (1992). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 5A. The Divisions of Australia, Canada and New Zealand and those in East Africa. Newport: Ray Westlake Military Books. ISBN 1-871167-25-6.