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23rd, 24th, and 25th Brigade patches. These patches were worn by brigade HQ staff only, others wore battalion specific patches. 20th (Light) Division [4] 59th, 60th, and 61st Brigade patches. These patches were worn by all in the brigade on both sleeves with the infantry battalions wearing a number of bars under the sign to indicate seniority.
Canadian divisions used simple colour oblongs as division signs. Each infantry battalion was shown by a colour and shape combination worn above the division sign, green, red or blue for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd brigades in each division and a circle, triangle, half circle or square for each battalion in the brigade.
The 1914 British infantry brigade comprised a small headquarters and four infantry battalions, with two heavy machine guns per battalion. [14] [15] Over the course of the war, the composition of the infantry brigades gradually changed, and there was an increased emphasis upon providing them with their own organic fire support.
The 34th Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War.The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.
The 32nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War.The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, made up of infantry 'Pals battalions' and artillery brigades raised by public subscription or private patronage.
The 23rd Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised in 1914 in the Great War as part of Kitchener's Army.The division was sent to France in August 1915 under the command of Major-General Sir James Melville Babington C.B. C.M.G.
Officers of the 7th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), York and Lancaster Regiment, in a ruined building in Arras, 30 April 1917. The 17th (Northern) Division was created under Northern Command in September 1914, just a month after the British entry into the Great War, from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies.
This is a list of British colours lost in battle. Since reforms in 1747 each infantry regiment carried two colours, or flags, to identify it on the battlefield: a king's colour of the union flag and a regimental colour of the same colour as the regiment's facings. The colours were regarded as talismans of the regiment and it was considered a ...