86th Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 86th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 29th Division and served on the Western Front and the Gallipoli Campaign and in Egypt during the First World War.
Order of Battle
[edit]The following units served with the brigade at various time during the war:[1][2]
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
- 2/3rd Battalion, London Regiment – attached 24 September 1915 to January 1916
- 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
- 86th Machine Gun Company
- 86th Trench Mortar Battery
Commanders
[edit]| Rank | Name | Date appointed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant-Colonel | H. V. S. Ormond | 11 January 1915 | Acting |
| Brigadier-General | S. W. Hare | 1 February 1915 | Wounded 25 March 1915 |
| Colonel | O. C. Wolley-Dod | 25 April 1915 | Temporary |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | D. E. Cayley | 27 April 1915 | Acting |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | H. G. Casson | 30 April 1915 | Acting |
| Brigade split up 4 May 1915, reformed 6 June 1915 | |||
| Brigadier-General | O. C. Wolley-Dod | 6 June 1915 | Invalided 13 August 1915 |
| Brigadier-General | D. E. Cayley | 13 August 1915 | Temporary |
| Brigadier-General | C. J. Perceval | 14 August 1915 | |
| Brigadier-General | W. de L. Williams | 20 December 1915 | |
| Brigadier-General | R. G. Jelf | 29 April 1917 | Invalided 16 August 1917 |
| Lieutenant-Colonel | H. Nelson | 16 August 1917 | Acting |
| Brigadier-General | G. R. H. Cheape | 24 August 1917 | |
References
[edit]- ^ Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-38-X.
- ^ "29th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ Becke, Major A. F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. p. 118. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.