35th Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 35th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army. It was one of the New Army or Kitchener's Army brigades, and assigned to the 12th (Eastern) Division and served on the Western Front during the First World War.

The brigade was disbanded after the war in 1919. However, it was reformed in the Territorial Army, now as the 35th Infantry Brigade, in 1939 when the Territorial Army was doubled in size. The brigade was raised as a duplicate of the 131st Infantry Brigade. The brigade again served with the 12th (Eastern) Division and was sent with the division to France in 1940 to join the rest of the British Expeditionary Force. The division and brigade both suffered very heavy casualties during the Battle of France and had to be evacuated to England. The 12th Division was disbanded in July 1940, due to the heavy casualties it suffered. The brigade was later transferred to the 56th (London) Infantry Division, renumbered the 169th Infantry Brigade, and served with the 56th Division for the remainder of the war.

Formation in World War I

• 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
• 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
• 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment
• 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
• 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
• 35th Machine Gun Company
• 35th Trench Mortar Battery

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Formation in World War II

• 2/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
• 2/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
• 2/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

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