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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| command_end_date = 31/05/1919
 
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| parent = 3rd Division, UK
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| parent = 3rd Division, British Army
 
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| subordinate = 8th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, UK
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| subordinate = 8th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Company
 
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| subordinate = 8th Machine Gun Company, UK
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| subordinate = 8th Machine Gun Company, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_end_date = 31/10/1915
 
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| command_end_date = 28/02/1915
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| command_end_date = 31/05/1919
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
| command_end_date = 30/09/1915
 
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/08/1914
 
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| subordinate = 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/02/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/02/1915
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1916
 
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| subordinate = 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, UK
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| subordinate = 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
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| command_end_date = 31/03/1916
 
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| subordinate = 13th Battalion Liverpool Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/05/1919
 
| command_end_date = 31/05/1919
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| subordinate = 7th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry, UK
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| subordinate = 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, British Army
 
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| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
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| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
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| subordinate = 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, UK
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| subordinate = 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1916
 
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| command_end_date = 31/05/1919
 
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, UK
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| subordinate = 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
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== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
  
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052961|WO 95/1416/1|01/08/1914|31/12/1914}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052972|WO 95/1419/1|01/01/1918|31/03/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052973|WO 95/1419/2|01/04/1918|31/05/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052977|WO 95/1420/1|01/08/1918|30/09/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14052978|WO 95/1420/2|01/10/1918|31/10/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7359900|WO 95/4702|01/04/1918|31/03/1920}}
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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===

Latest revision as of 11:33, 11 November 2017

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8th 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: 8th 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: 3rd Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 8th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 8th Machine Gun Company, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/10/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 28/02/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 30/09/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/08/1914
End date: 31/10/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/02/1915
End date: 28/02/1916
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/09/1915
End date: 31/03/1916
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/09/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/09/1915
End date: 28/02/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/04/1916
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 31/05/1919
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1416/1 (01/08/1914–31/12/1914)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1416/2 (01/01/1915–31/12/1915)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1416/3 (01/01/1916–30/09/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1416/4 (01/10/1916–31/12/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1417/1 (01/01/1917–30/04/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1417/2 (01/05/1917–31/07/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1417/3 (01/08/1917–31/12/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1418/1 (01/09/1917–30/09/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1418/2 (01/10/1917–31/10/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1418/3 (01/11/1917–30/11/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1418/4 (01/12/1917–31/12/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1419/1 (01/01/1918–31/03/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1419/2 (01/04/1918–31/05/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1419/3 (01/06/1918–30/06/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1419/4 (01/07/1918–31/07/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1419/5 (01/08/1918–31/08/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1420/1 (01/08/1918–30/09/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1420/2 (01/10/1918–31/10/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1420/3 (01/11/1918–30/11/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1420/4 (01/12/1918–31/03/1919)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4702 (01/04/1918–31/03/1920)


Unit histories

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References


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