The 85th 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 3rd Division between February 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, Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment 85th Machine Gun Company 85th Trench Mortar Battery 85th SAA Section Ammunition Column
Commanders +Commanding officersRankNameDate appointedNotesBrigadier-GeneralA. J. Chapman24 December 1914Brigadier-GeneralC. E. Pereira18 May 1915Wounded 26 May 1915CaptainC. J. Deverell26 May 1915ActingLieutenant-ColonelC. W. Compton29 May 1915ActingBrigadier-GeneralC. E. Pereira10 June 1915Wounded 27 September 1915Lieutenant-ColonelA. C. Roberts27 September 1915ActingBrigadier-GeneralB. C. M. Carter29 September 1915Brigadier-GeneralK. M. Davie24 October 1917Lieutenant-ColonelW. Y. Miller23 September 1918ActingBrigadier-GeneralR. E. Solly-Flood27 September 1918Lieutenant-ColonelW. Y. Miller25 February 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet26 March 1919TemporaryBrigadier-GeneralR. E. Solly-Flood5 May 1919Lieutenant-ColonelA. H. Yatman19 September 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralF. C. Nisbet22 September 1919TemporaryLieutenant-ColonelA. H. Yatman25 September 1919ActingBrigadier-GeneralR. E. Solly-Flood4 November 1919Lieutenant-ColonelA. B. Gosset29 November 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelO. H. Delano-Osborne17 December 1919ActingLieutenant-ColonelA. B. Gosset18 January 1920ActingLieutenant-ColonelO. H. Delano-Osborne29 January 1920ActingBrigadier-GeneralA. T. Beckwith29 February 1920colspan=4 ColonelA. E. Glasgow25 September 1922TemporaryColonel-CommandantA. T. Beckwith6 October 1922
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