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 The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.
2nd Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 1/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) 1/3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment 83rd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps 83rd Trench Mortar Battery 83rd SAA Section Ammunition Column
Commanders +Commanding officersRankNameDate appointedNotesBrigadier-GeneralR. C. Boyle26 December 1914Sick 13 May 1915Lieutenant-ColonelT. O. Marden13 May 1915ActingBrigadier-GeneralH. S. L. Ravenshaw19 May 1915Lieutenant-ColonelW. A. Blake18 May 1916ActingBrigadier-GeneralH. S. L. Ravenshaw21 May 1916Lieutenant-ColonelG. E. Bayley14 September 1916ActingBrigadier-GeneralF. S. Montague-Bates25 September 1916Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare13 November 1916Brigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet10 March 1919Lieutenant-ColonelW. Miller1 April 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelR. C. Dobbs23 May 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet27 May 1919Lieutenant-ColonelR. Tyrer21 September 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralF. S. Montague-Bates26 September 1919Brigadier-GeneralD. I. Shuttleworth26 February 1920
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