The 84th 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 28th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War. 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, Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welsh Regiment 1/1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment 1/12th Battalion, London Regiment 84th Machine Gun Company 84th SAA Section Ammunition Column 84th Trench Mortar Battery
General Officers Commanding +Commanding officersRankNameDate appointedNotesBrigadier-GeneralF. Wintour25 December 1914Sick 23 February 1915Lieutenant-ColonelW. B. Wallace23 February 1915ActingBrigadier-GeneralL. J. Bols24 February 1915Brigadier-GeneralT. H. F. Pearse7 September 1915Brigadier-GeneralG. A. Weir13 October 1915Lieutenant-ColonelF. A. Greer1 December 1916ActingBrigadier-GeneralG. A. Weir14 February 1917Brigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet23 March 1918Brigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare8 March 1919Lieutenant-ColonelH. R. A. Hunt3 April 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare28 June 1919Lieutenant-ColonelR. C. Dobbs14 August 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelJ. L. Furney9 October 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralR. H. Hare17 October 1919Lieutenant-ColonelJ. L. Furney25 October 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelA. H. Yatman5 November 1919ActingColonelH. A. V. Cummins21 December 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelA. H. Yatman29 December 1919ActingColonelC. Bonham-Carter2 January 1920ActingBrigadier-GeneralW. B. Emery29 February 1920Converted into an "Army Brigade" in Turkey 25 September 1922
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