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83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 83rd Brigade was an infantry brigade 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 28th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during World War I. The Brigade was temporarily attached to the 5th Division between March and April 1915.

Formation

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The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war. [1]

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Commanders

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Commanding officers[3]
Rank Name Date appointed Notes
Brigadier-General R. C. Boyle 26 December 1914 Sick 13 May 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel T. O. Marden 13 May 1915 Acting
Brigadier-General H. S. L. Ravenshaw 19 May 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel W. A. Blake 18 May 1916 Acting
Brigadier-General H. S. L. Ravenshaw 21 May 1916
Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Bayley 14 September 1916 Acting
Brigadier-General F. S. Montague-Bates 25 September 1916
Brigadier-General R. H. Hare 13 November 1916
Brigadier-General F. C. Nisbet 10 March 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel W. Miller 1 April 1919 Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel R. C. Dobbs 23 May 1919 Acting
Brigadier-General F. C. Nisbet 27 May 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Tyrer 21 September 1919 Acting
Brigadier-General F. S. Montague-Bates 26 September 1919
Brigadier-General D. I. Shuttleworth 26 February 1920

References

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  1. ^ "28th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. ^ "28th 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. 106. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.