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Revision as of 01:08, 30 January 2016

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157th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: unknown
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry brigade
Full size: 4,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: Highland Light Infantry Brigade
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 11/5/1915[1]
Reason for change: Renaming of Territorial brigades.
Sources for name1:
Name2: 157th Infantry Brigade
Name2 Start: 11/5/1915
Name2 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
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: 52nd Division, UK
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/07/1914
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 157th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, UK
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 157th Machine Gun Company, UK
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/5th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, UK
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/07/1914
End date: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, UK
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/07/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, UK
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1915
End date: 31/03/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/7th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, UK
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1915
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Gallipoli
Date entered: 01/07/1914
Date left: 31/01/1916
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/04/1918
Date left: 31/05/1919
Sources:


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