79th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 79th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 26th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War.


Formation

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

  • 10th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
  • 8th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
  • 79th Machine Gun Company
  • 79th SAA Section Ammunition Column
  • 79th Trench Mortar Battery

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References
  1. "26th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
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