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

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

Commanders

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Commanding officers[2]
Rank Name Date appointed Notes
Brigadier-General A. J. Chapman 24 December 1914
Brigadier-General C. E. Pereira 18 May 1915 Wounded 26 May 1915
Captain C. J. Deverell 26 May 1915 Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel C. W. Compton 29 May 1915 Acting
Brigadier-General C. E. Pereira 10 June 1915 Wounded 27 September 1915
Lieutenant-Colonel A. C. Roberts 27 September 1915 Acting
Brigadier-General B. C. M. Carter 29 September 1915
Brigadier-General K. M. Davie 24 October 1917
Lieutenant-Colonel W. Y. Miller 23 September 1918 Acting
Brigadier-General R. E. Solly-Flood 27 September 1918
Lieutenant-Colonel W. Y. Miller 25 February 1919 Acting
Brigadier-General F. C. Nisbet 26 March 1919 Temporary
Brigadier-General R. E. Solly-Flood 5 May 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Yatman 19 September 1919 Acting
Brigadier-General F. C. Nisbet 22 September 1919 Temporary
Lieutenant-Colonel A. H. Yatman 25 September 1919 Acting
Brigadier-General R. E. Solly-Flood 4 November 1919
Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Gosset 29 November 1919 Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel O. H. Delano-Osborne 17 December 1919 Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel A. B. Gosset 18 January 1920 Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel O. H. Delano-Osborne 29 January 1920 Acting
Brigadier-General A. T. Beckwith 29 February 1920
Brigade deleted in reorganisation November 1920, reformed 25 September 1922
Colonel A. E. Glasgow 25 September 1922 Temporary
Colonel-Commandant A. T. Beckwith 6 October 1922

References

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  1. ^ "28th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. ^ Becke, Major A. F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: HMSO. p. 106. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.