88th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)

88th Brigade (United Kingdom)

88th Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit


The 88th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army, raised for service in the First World War. It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. The brigade was assigned to the 29th Division and served on the Western Front and the Gallipoli Campaign and in the Middle East.

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Order of battle

The 88th Brigade was constituted as follows during the war: [1]

Commanders

The following officers commanded 88th Brigade during the First World War:[2]

  • 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

  1. "29th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. 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.

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