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| type = Infantry
 
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| specific_type = Infantry brigade
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| size_at_full_strength = 4,000
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_end_date = 30/04/1919
 
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| parent = 2nd Division, UK
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| parent = 2nd Division, British Army
 
| parent_level = Division
 
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| relationship_type = Tactical
 
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| command_start_date = unknown
 
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| subordinate = 6th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, UK
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| subordinate = 6th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Company
 
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| relationship_type = Tactical
 
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| subordinate = 6th Machine Gun Company, UK
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| subordinate = 6th Machine Gun Company, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| command_end_date = 31/12/1915
 
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| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| command_end_date = 30/04/1919
 
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion Liverpool Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_end_date = 30/04/1919
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/02/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/02/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/12/1915
 
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| subordinate = 5th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/03/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/03/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/12/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/12/1915
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| subordinate = 1/7th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 1/7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/08/1915
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1916
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1916
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/11/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/11/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/01/1918
 
| command_end_date = 31/01/1918
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| subordinate = 13th Battalion Essex Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/11/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/11/1915
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
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| subordinate = 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/02/1918
 
| command_start_date = 01/02/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
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| subordinate = 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, UK
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| subordinate = 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
| command_end_date = 30/11/1919
 
| command_end_date = 30/11/1919
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
| command_end_date = 31/10/1920
 
| command_end_date = 31/10/1920
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion 33rd Punjabis, Indian
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, 33rd Punjabis, Indian
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
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| command_end_date = 30/09/1919
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion 67th Punjabis, Indian
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| command_start_date = 01/05/1919
 
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| command_end_date = 31/07/1920
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian
 
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== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
  
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052875|WO 95/1357/1|01/01/1918|30/04/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052877|WO 95/1357/3|01/09/1918|31/10/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052878|WO 95/1357/4|01/11/1918|31/03/1919}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7364178|WO 95/5411|01/05/1919|30/11/1919}}
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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===

Latest revision as of 08:18, 12 November 2017

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.


6th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Years active: unknown – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry brigade
Full size: 4,500
Sources for overview:
Created: unknown. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 6th Infantry Brigade
Name1 Start: unknown
Name1 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 2nd Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 2nd Indian Division
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 31/10/1920
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 6th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 6th Machine Gun Company, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/02/1915
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/7th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1915
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 28/02/1916
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 31/01/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 28/02/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 17th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/02/1918
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 30/11/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, 33rd Punjabis, Indian
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 31/10/1920
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, 67th Punjabis, Indian
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 30/09/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, 8th Gurkha Rifles, Indian
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 31/07/1920
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: India and East Persia
Date entered: 01/05/1919
Date left: 31/10/1920
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1352/1 (01/08/1914–31/12/1914)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1352/2 (01/01/1915–31/03/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1352/3 (01/04/1915–30/06/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1352/4 (01/07/1915–31/08/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1352/5 (01/09/1915–30/09/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/1 (01/10/1915–31/10/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/2 (01/11/1915–30/11/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/3 (01/12/1915–31/12/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/4 (01/01/1916–31/01/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/5 (01/02/1916–29/02/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1353/6 (01/03/1916–31/03/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1354/1 (01/04/1916–30/04/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1354/2 (01/05/1916–31/05/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1354/3 (01/06/1916–30/06/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1354/4 (01/07/1916–31/07/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1355/1 (01/08/1916–31/08/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1355/2 (01/09/1916–30/09/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1355/3 (01/10/1916–31/10/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1355/4 (01/11/1916–31/12/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/1 (01/01/1917–28/02/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/2 (01/03/1917–31/03/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/3 (01/04/1917–30/04/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/4 (01/05/1917–31/07/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/5 (01/08/1917–31/10/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1356/6 (01/11/1917–31/12/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1357/1 (01/01/1918–30/04/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1357/2 (01/05/1918–31/08/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1357/3 (01/09/1918–31/10/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1357/4 (01/11/1918–31/03/1919)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/5411 (01/05/1919–30/11/1919)


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