115th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 115th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raised during the Great War. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 38th (Welsh) Division. With the division, the brigade saw service on the Western Front.

Disbanded after the war the brigade was reformed in the Territorial Army as the 115th Infantry Brigade shortly before World War II.

World War I formation

The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.

• 16th (Service) Battalion (Cardiff City), Welsh Regiment
• 10th (Service) Battalion (1st Gwent), South Wales Borderers
• 11th (Service) Battalion (2nd Gwent), South Wales Borderers
• 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd North Wales), Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• 115th Machine Gun Company
• 115th Mortar Battery

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World War II formation

• 8th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
• 9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
• 10th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers

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