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| type = Infantry
 
| type = Infantry
 
| specific_type = Infantry brigade
 
| specific_type = Infantry brigade
| size_at_full_strength = 4,000
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| size_at_full_strength = 4,500
 
| alternate_unit_names =  
 
| alternate_unit_names =  
 
| unit_name1 = South African Brigade
 
| unit_name1 = South African Brigade
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| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/09/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/03/1915
 
| command_end_date = 31/03/1915
| parent = Delta and Western Force, UK
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| parent = Delta and Western Force, British Army
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1916
 
| command_start_date = 01/04/1916
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
| parent = 9th Division, UK
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| parent = 9th Division, British Army
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/03/1918
 
| command_start_date = 01/03/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
| parent = 66th Division, UK
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| parent = 66th Division, British Army
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| parent_level = Division
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/06/1916
 
| command_start_date = 01/06/1916
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
| subordinate = 1st Battalion South African Infantry
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| subordinate = 1st South African Infantry
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/02/1916
 
| command_start_date = 01/02/1916
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
| subordinate = 2nd Battalion South African Infantry
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| subordinate = 2nd South African Infantry
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/12/1915
 
| command_start_date = 01/12/1915
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1918
| subordinate = 3rd Battalion South African Infantry
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| subordinate = 3rd South African Infantry
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/07/1916
 
| command_start_date = 01/07/1916
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
 
| command_end_date = 28/02/1919
| subordinate = 4th Battalion South African Infantry
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| subordinate = 4th South African Infantry
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1918
 
| command_start_date = 01/04/1918
 
| command_end_date = 31/08/1918
 
| command_end_date = 31/08/1918
| subordinate = 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, UK
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| subordinate = 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1918
 
| command_start_date = 01/04/1918
 
| command_end_date = 31/08/1918
 
| command_end_date = 31/08/1918
| subordinate = 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), UK
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| subordinate = 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), British Army
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| subordinate_level = Battalion
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
}}
 
}}
 
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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| ToW_name =
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| date_entered_ToW = 01/09/1915
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| date_left_ToW = 31/03/1916
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| ToW_code = 4
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| location =
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}}
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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| ToW_name =
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| date_entered_ToW = 01/04/1916
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| date_left_ToW = 28/02/1919
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| ToW_code = 1
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| location =
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}}
  
  
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== Official sources ==
 
== Official sources ==
  
=== {{WarDiaryHeading}} ===
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=== {{War diary heading}} ===
 
<!-- The official accounts of movements and daily activities written by an officer of the unit at the time. You can add links and catalogue references for official copies of war diaries at TNA, AWM etc, as well as links to unofficial images, transcripts or printed editions. -->
 
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{{WarDiaryNeeded}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7358553|WO 95/4448|01/09/1915|31/03/1916}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017411|WO 95/1777/1|01/04/1916|31/12/1916}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017412|WO 95/1777/2|01/01/1917|30/04/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017413|WO 95/1778/1|01/05/1917|30/06/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017414|WO 95/1778/2|01/07/1917|31/08/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017415|WO 95/1778/3|01/09/1917|30/09/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017416|WO 95/1778/4|01/10/1917|31/10/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017417|WO 95/1778/5|01/11/1917|31/12/1917}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017418|WO 95/1779/1|01/01/1918|28/02/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017419|WO 95/1779/2|01/03/1918|30/04/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14017420|WO 95/1779/3|01/05/1918|31/08/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14056346|WO 95/3146/1|01/09/1918|30/09/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14056347|WO 95/3146/2|01/10/1918|31/10/1918}}
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* {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14056348|WO 95/3146/3|01/11/1918|28/02/1919}}
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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===
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{{DEFAULTSORT:South African Infantry Brigade 001}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:South African Infantry Brigade 001}}
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
[[Category:South African infantry brigades]]
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[[Category:South African infantry units]]
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[[Category:All South African units]]
  
  

Latest revision as of 14:04, 11 November 2017

1st South African Infantry Brigade
Years active:
Country: South Africa
Service: South African Overseas Expeditionary Force
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry brigade
Full size: 4,500
Sources for overview:
Created:
Sources for created:
Name1: South African Brigade
Name1 Start:
Name1 End:
Reason for change: Creation of other South African brigades
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1st South African Infantry Brigade
Name2 Start:
Name2 End:
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded:
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Delta and Western Force, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/09/1915
End date: 31/03/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 9th Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/04/1916
End date: 28/02/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 66th Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/03/1918
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st South African Infantry
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/06/1916
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd South African Infantry
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/02/1916
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 3rd South African Infantry
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/12/1915
End date: 28/02/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 4th South African Infantry
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/07/1916
End date: 28/02/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: South African Composite Battalion
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1917
End date: 31/08/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/04/1918
End date: 31/08/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/04/1918
End date: 31/08/1918
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 01/09/1915
Date left: 31/03/1916
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/04/1916
Date left: 28/02/1919
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4448 (01/09/1915–31/03/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1777/1 (01/04/1916–31/12/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1777/2 (01/01/1917–30/04/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1778/1 (01/05/1917–30/06/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1778/2 (01/07/1917–31/08/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1778/3 (01/09/1917–30/09/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1778/4 (01/10/1917–31/10/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1778/5 (01/11/1917–31/12/1917)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1779/1 (01/01/1918–28/02/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1779/2 (01/03/1918–30/04/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1779/3 (01/05/1918–31/08/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3146/1 (01/09/1918–30/09/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3146/2 (01/10/1918–31/10/1918)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3146/3 (01/11/1918–28/02/1919)


Unit histories

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References