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21st Infantry Brigade    21st Infantry Brigade served with 7th Division until December 1915 when they transferred to 30th Division. They saw action on the Western Front and in Italy during the Great War. 21st Brigade was made up of 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (April to December 1915) 4th Sep 1914 On the March 6th Sep 1914 Reinforcements 4th Oct 1914 On the March 4th Oct 1914 Orders Received 5th Oct 1914 On the Move 5th Oct 1914 On the Move 6th Oct 1914 On the Move 6th Oct 1914 On the Move 7th Oct 1914 On the Move 7th Oct 1914 On the Move 8th Oct 1914 On the March 8th Oct 1914 On the Move 9th Oct 1914 On the March 9th Oct 1914 Orders 9th Oct 1914 Anxiety 10th Oct 1914 Outposts 10th Oct 1914 Roads Covered 10th Oct 1914 Withdrawal 11th Oct 1914 Troops and Refugees 11th Oct 1914 Hostile Forces 11th Oct 1914 Orders 12th Oct 1914 Guard Duty 12th Oct 1914 On the March 12th Oct 1914 On the March 13th Oct 1914 On the Move 13th Oct 1914 Docks 13th Oct 1914 On the March 13th Oct 1914 Enemy Closes 14th Oct 1914 On the March   14th Oct 1914 On the March 14th Oct 1914 On the March 14th Oct 1914 On the March   15th Oct 1914 Digging in   15th Oct 1914 Defensive Positions   15th Oct 1914 Hostile Column   16th Oct 1914 Enemy Patrol   16th Oct 1914 On the March   16th Oct 1914 Into the Line   16th Oct 1914 Line Advanced   17th Oct 1914 Enemy Patrol   17th Oct 1914 Patrols   17th Oct 1914 Enemy Active   18th October 1914 Hard Fighting   18th Oct 1914 Under Fire   18th Oct 1914 Planning   19th Oct 1914 Advance   19th Oct 1914 In Action   19th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   20th Oct 1914 Enemy Attack   20th Oct 1914 In Action   20th Oct 1914 Defensive Line 21st Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling   21st Oct 1914 In Action   21st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 22nd Oct 1914 Enemy Attack   22nd Oct 1914 New Line Occupied   22nd Oct 1914 Bombardment 23rd Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling   23rd Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling   23rd Oct 1914 Under Fire 24th Oct 1914 Enemy Attacks   24th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   24th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through 25th October 1914 Ready to Move 25th Oct 1914 Stragglers 25th Oct 1914 In Reserve   25th Oct 1914 Enemy Break Through 26th October 1914 The Queens take prisoners 26th Oct 1914 Reorganisation 26th Oct 1914 Pressure   26th Oct 1914 Forced Back 27th Oct 1914 Reorganisation 27th Oct 1914 Orders Received 28th Oct 1914 Reliefs 28th Oct 1914 Artillery Active 29th Oct 1914 Reliefs 29th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 30th Oct 1914 Attack 30th Oct 1914 Hard Fighting 31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   31st Oct 1914 Hard Fighting   2nd Nov 1914 Shelling 3rd Nov 1914 Orders   4th Nov 1914 In Support   5th Nov 1914 In Reserve   6th Nov 1914 On the March   7th Nov 1914 Refitting in Billets   8th Nov 1914 Into Support   9th Nov 1914 In Support 12th Nov 1914 Promotions   14th Nov 1914 Courts Martial   16th of November 1914 Reorganisation   17th Nov 1914 Reliefs   20th Nov 1914 Relief   21st of November 1914 Regiments Under-strength   23rd Nov 1914 Relief Completed   26th Nov 1914 Reliefs   28th Nov 1914 Reliefs   30th Nov 1914 Holding the Line   2nd Dec 1914 Reliefs   5th Dec 1914 Baths   6th Dec 1914 Reliefs   11th Dec 1914 Reliefs   12th Dec 1914 Orders   13th Dec 1914 Reliefs   14th Dec 1914 On the March   16th Dec 1914 Change of Billets   17th Dec 1914 Refugees   18th Dec 1914 Attack   19th Dec 1914 Reliefs 21st Dec 1914 Reliefs   22nd Dec 1914 Shelling   24th Dec 1914 Shelling   25th Dec 1914 A Merry Christmas   26th Dec 1914 Officers Meet   27th Dec 1914 Reliefs   30th Dec 1914 Poor Conditions   31st Dec 1914 In the Trenches   2nd Jan 1915 Reliefs   6th Jan 1915 Terrible Conditions   9th Jan 1915 Reliefs   10th Jan 1915 In Billets   12th Jan 1915 Very Wet   13th Jan 1915 Flooding   14th Jan 1915 Flooding   15th Jan 1915 Reliefs   16th Jan 1915 In Billets   17th Jan 1915 Football League   18th Jan 1915 Reliefs   19th Jan 1915 Trench Work   21st Jan 1915 Reliefs   22nd Jan 1915 In Reserve   23rd Jan 1915 In Reserve   24th Jan 1915 Reliefs   26th Jan 1915 Holding the Line   27th Jan 1915 Leave   28th Jan 1915 Football   30th Jan 1915 Reliefs   4th of February 1915 Chicken Sentries 8th Mar 1915 Orders   10th March 1915 In Action   11th March 1915 In Action 12th March 1915 Misty Morning 16th Jun 1915 Orders   30th Jun 1915 Reliefs   21st Sep 1915 Orders   22nd of October 1915 Orders 7th November 1915 Reliefs 1st of January 1916 Move   1st of January 1916 Night-time Shelling 11th of January 1916 Change of Brigades 29th January 1916 At 1340 hours sent 1 Platoon under Lt. Borton ( with 1 Lewis Gun ) to Cappy & 2 Platoons under Lt's. Montgomerie & Martin to Froissy. 1st Jul 1916 In Action   8th Jul 1916 Attack Made   9th Jul 1916 Attack Made   11th Jul 1916 Reliefs Complete   13th Jul 1916 Reliefs 31st Jul 1917 In Action   2nd Aug 1917 Message of Congratulation   20th September 1917 Operational Order 131 24th Oct 1917 Attack Made   6th August 1918 Inspection 21st August 1918 Attack Made   1st of September 1918 Operations Begin   22nd November 1918 Inspection If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 21st Infantry Brigade? There are:165 items tagged 21st Infantry Brigade available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 21st Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. This page is new, as yet no names have been submitted. 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