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86th Brigade (United Kingdom)

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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

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The following units served with the brigade at various time during the war:[1][2]

Commanders

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Commanding officers[3]
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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "29th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. ^ 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.