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=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===

Revision as of 12:00, 25 May 2016

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, UK
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/09/1915
End date: 31/03/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 9th Division, UK
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/04/1916
End date: 28/02/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 66th Division, UK
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, UK
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), UK
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

Other official documents

Other sources


References

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