74th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)

74th Brigade (United Kingdom)

74th Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit

The 74th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 25th Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War. After suffering heavy losses in the German spring offensive in 1918 the brigade was reformed with new units. It fought on the Hindenburg Line in October and in Picardy in November.
The brigade was not reformed for the Second World War.[1]

Formation

From formation to the end of the Spring Offensive.[2]

On reforming after the Spring Offensive.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Joslen p306
  2. [2]
    "25th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. [3]
    "25th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

References

Joslen, Lt.Col H.F. (2003). Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939-1945. Eastbourne: N&M. ISBN 9781843424741.


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