114th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 114th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army during the Great War. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 38th (Welsh) Division.

The brigade reformed in World War II as the 113th Infantry Brigade, formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of 160th Infantry Brigade.

World War I formation

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

10th (Service) Battalion (1st Rhondda), Welsh Regiment
13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda), Welsh Regiment
14th (Service) Battalion (Swansea), Welsh Regiment
15th (Service) Battalion (Carmarthenshire County Committee), Welsh Regiment
114th Machine Gun Company
114th Trench Mortar Battery[1]

World War II formation

5th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers
2nd Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment
114th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 10 July 1940, disbanded 9 January 1942)[2]

References

"38th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-05-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Sources

Joslen, Lt-Col H.F. (1990) [1st. Pub. HMSO:1960]. Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939–1945. London: London Stamp Exchange. ISBN 0-948130-03-2.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

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