86th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 86th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was originally formed from regular army battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 29th Division and served on the Western Front and the Gallipoli Campaign and in Egypt during the First World War.

Order of Battle

The following units served with the brigade at various time during the war:Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, {{ISBN|1-847347-38-X}}.{{cite web|access-date=20 January 2012|publisher=The Long Long Trail|title=29th Division|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/29div.htm}}

2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers
1st Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
2/3rd Battalion, London Regiment – attached 24 September 1915 to January 1916
16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)
1st Battalion, Royal Guernsey Light Infantry
86th Machine Gun Company
86th Trench Mortar Battery

Commanders

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Lieutenant-Colonel \|H. V. S. Ormond \|11 January 1915 \|Acting
Brigadier-General \|S. W. Hare \|1 February 1915 \|Wounded 25 March 1915
Colonel \|O. C. Wolley-Dod \|25 April 1915 \|Temporary
Lieutenant-Colonel \|D. E. Cayley \|27 April 1915 \|Acting
Lieutenant-Colonel \|H. G. Casson \|30 April 1915 \|Acting
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Brigadier-General \|O. C. Wolley-Dod \|6 June 1915 \|Invalided 13 August 1915
Brigadier-General \|D. E. Cayley \|13 August 1915 \|Temporary
Brigadier-General \|C. J. Perceval \|14 August 1915 \|
Brigadier-General \|W. de L. Williams \|20 December 1915 \|
Brigadier-General \|R. G. Jelf \|29 April 1917 \|Invalided 16 August 1917
Lieutenant-Colonel \|H. Nelson \|16 August 1917 \|Acting
Brigadier-General \|G. R. H. Cheape \|24 August 1917 \|

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Lieutenant-Colonel

|H. V. S. Ormond

|11 January 1915

|Acting

Brigadier-General

|S. W. Hare

|1 February 1915

|Wounded 25 March 1915