For the equivalent formation in Second World War, see 159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom).
Cheshire Brigade 159th (Cheshire) Brigade
Active
1900–1919
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Volunteer Force/Territorial Force
Type
Infantry
Size
Brigade
Part of
Welsh Division 53rd (Welsh) Division
Garrison/HQ
Volunteer Street drill hall, Chester
Engagements
Landing at Suvla Bay First Battle of Gaza Second Battle of Gaza Third Battle of Gaza Capture of Tel el Khuweilfe Capture of Jerusalem Affair at Zamby Defence of Jerusalem Battle of Tell 'Asur Battle of Nablus
Commanders
Notable commanders
Brigadier-General Noel Money
Military unit
The Cheshire Brigade, later 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force created in 1900. It was carried over into the Territorial Force in 1908 and mobilised on the outbreak of the First World War. It fought at Gallipoli and in Palestine as part of 53rd (Welsh) Division. By the end of the war all its Cheshire units had left and it was composed of one Welsh battalion with the remainder drawn from the British Indian Army. It was not reformed after the war.
The CheshireBrigade, later 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, was an infantry formation of Britain's Volunteer Force created in 1900. It was carried over into...
The Cheshire Artillery Volunteers was a brigade of Volunteer artillery units raised in the county of Cheshire in the mid-19th century. Their successors...
The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by...
(Major General Alister Grant Dallas) 158th (North Wales) Brigade 159th (Cheshire) Brigade 160th Brigade – less one battalion; plus one section (2 × 60-pounder...
the 1st and 2nd Line regiments. The 1/1st Cheshire Yeomanry was mobilised with the Welsh Border Mounted Brigade on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of the...
War, 259 infantry brigades were raised by the British Army, two by the Royal Navy, and one from the Royal Marines. Of these brigades, fifty-three were...
their right. The 159th (Cheshire) Brigade on the left was to capture Sheikh Ajlin on the sea shore, while the 160th (Wales) Brigade on the right was to capture...
Yorkshire). It was originally intended to use the old Mercian Brigade badge worn by the Cheshire Regiment, Staffordshire Regiment, Worcestershire Regiment...
was promoted to temporary brigadier-general to command the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, in the 53rd (Welsh) Division, which under his command captured the...
battalions of the Cheshire Regiment, which existed as an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 2007. When the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot...
county regiments of Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire. In 1948, the depots adopted names and this depot became the Mercian Brigade, with all regiments...
front line. 158th Brigade supported 159th (Cheshire) Brigade in an attack towards Scimitar Hill on 10 August and 1/5th RWF as the brigade's leading battalion...
to 74th Brigade in exchange for 10th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment transferred to 75th Brigade in exchange...
England–Wales border, notably Denbighshire (Wales), Cheshire and Shropshire (both England). The brigade was mobilised on 4 August 1914 at the outbreak of...
Division during the First World War. Seymour was commissioned into the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) in 1904. He commanded a battalion in France...
lieutenant into the Cheshire Regiment on 3 February 1926. In May 1936, recently promoted to captain, he was appointed as the Cheshire's regimental adjutant...
1/5th Welsh left the brigade and joined the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade, 53rd (Welsh) Division at Bedford. With that, the brigade passed out of existence...
retired on 5 May 1906 but as a Reserve officer he served as Brigade major of the CheshireBrigade of the Volunteers (Territorial Force from 1908) for five...
HMS Cheshire was a passenger ship that was built in Scotland in 1927 and scrapped in Wales in 1957. She belonged to Bibby Line, which ran passenger and...
Global Information
United Kingdom
Volunteer Force/Territorial Force