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140th (4th London) Brigade

August 26, 2023

The 140th (4th London) Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army's Territorial Army (TA) that had its origins in a South London Brigade (known as the 'Grey Brigade') of the former Volunteer Force. It served on the Western Front in the First World War and was recreated during the Second World War where it served only in the United Kingdom as a training formation.

4th London Brigade
140th (4th London) Brigade
140th (4th London) Infantry Brigade
140th (London) Infantry Brigade
Badge of 140th (4th London) Bridge
Active1908–19
1920–36
1939–44
1944–45
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
SizeBrigade
Part of47th (1/2nd London) Division
Nickname(s)"The Grey Brigade"
EngagementsFirst World War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Viscount Hampden
Arnold Cazenove

Origin: 'The Grey Brigade' Edit

An invasion scare in 1859 led to the creation of the Volunteer Force and huge enthusiasm for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs).[1][2] There were a large number of these units in and around London,[3][4] and the opportunity was taken to group them together for Easter training under the temporary command of officers of the Brigade of Guards stationed in the capital. Initially they were brigaded by the colour of their uniforms – scarlet, Rifle green or grey, the latter being a popular colour for RVCs in the 1860s.[5][6] The Stanhope Memorandum of December 1888 proposed a formal Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units throughout the country, which would assemble by brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training.[7][8] Under this scheme the units from Westminster, the West End of London and the adjacent suburbs (all in the County of Middlesex) were formed into the South London Brigade. These units had mainly been in the 'Grey Brigade', and the name stuck to the new formation. The staff for the brigade were provided by the Regimental Headquarters of the Scots Guards at Buckingham Gate in London, and its designated place of assembly was at the Guards' Depot at Caterham, where it could take its place in the London Defence Positions.[5] Its composition was as follows:[9]

The Volunteer Infantry Brigades were reorganised and increased in number in 1906, and by 1907 the South London Brigade had been numbered the 2nd London Brigade and the number of units reduced to six.[9][11]

Territorial Force Edit

When the Territorial Force was created in 1908 under the Haldane Reforms, the existing volunteer units in the London area were brought together into a new London Regiment and organised into two divisions with a full complement of infantry brigades and supporting arms. The former South London Brigade now became the 4th London Brigade in 2nd London Division, still informally known as The Grey Brigade, still commanded by the CO of the Scots Guards, and with the following composition:[12][13][14][6][15][16]

  • 13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment), headquartered in Kensington (the former 2nd and 4th Middlesex RVCs)
  • 14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish), headquartered at 59 Buckingham Gate (the former 7th Middlesex RVC).
  • 15th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles) headquartered at Somerset House (the former 12th Middlesex RVC).
  • 16th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles), headquartered at 58 Buckingham Gate (the former 13th Middlesex RVC).
  • No 2 (4th London Brigade) Company, 2nd London Divisional Train, ASC, headquartered at the Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea

First World War Edit

The outbreak of war on 4 August saw 4th London Brigade at Perham Down on Salisbury Plain, where it had just arrived for its annual training camp with the rest of 2nd London Division. They were immediately recalled to London to complete their mobilisation and by mid-August 4 London Bde had reached its war station round St Albans, Hertfordshire.[13][14][17] The County of London Territorial Force Association immediately began raising '2nd Line' battalions, which quickly led to the formation of a duplicate 2/4th London Brigade (eventually 179th Brigade); consequently 4th London Brigade became 1/4th and its battalions similarly renumbered (1/13th–1/16th).[18][19][20][21]

Order of Battle Edit

Several of the London battalions were politically well-connected[1] and were selected for overseas service ahead of the bulk of the Territorial Force. Thus the London Scottish, Queen's Westminsters and Kensingtons went to the Western Front as individual battalions attached to the British Expeditionary Force, the London Scottish being the first TF infantry battalion to see action, at Messines on 31 October 1914.[22] These battalions were replaced by others from 2nd London Bde of 1st London Division, which had been temporarily broken up.[23]

The following units served in 140 Bde:[13][14][24]

The 1/15th Londons (Civil Service Rifles) was the only prewar battalion of the brigade to serve with it throughout the war.

Service Edit

In October 1914, 2nd London Division was selected for service on the Western Front and progressive training was carried out through the winter. The division embarked for France in March 1915, concentrating round Béthune. In May the division (already known in France simply as 'The London Division' to distinguish it from the Regular Army 2nd Division) took its place in the line and was designated 47th (1/2nd London) Division, with the brigades numbered consecutively: 4th London became 140th (1/4th London) Brigade.[13][26]

Actions Edit

During the war, the brigade was engaged in the following operations:[13][14][15][27]

1915

1916

1917

Early in 1918 the brigade was completely reorganised (see Order of Battle above)

1918

After the Armistice, 47th Division was engaged in railway repair and then settled down around Bethune to await demobilisation. This began in January, and the last troops left France on 10 May 1919. The brigade was demobilised at Felixstowe in May–June 1919.[13][14][28]

Interwar years Edit

The 47th Division and its formations began to reform in the redesignated Territorial Army in 1920.[13][14][29] 140 Bde was reformed with brigade HQ at the Regimental Headquarters of the Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks in Birdcage Walk. Initially the brigade was composed of its original prewar battalions, but in 1921 the Civil Service Rifles merged with the Queen's Westminsters, and the brigade was brought up to strength by the addition of the Artists' Rifles:[30]

In 1935, a growing number of TA infantry battalions had been converted to the searchlight or anti-aircraft artillery role, and at the end of the year 47th Division was disbanded and converted into 1st Anti-Aircraft Division. 140 Brigade HQ was also disbanded and its battalions dispersed to other London infantry brigades.[31] the 13th and 14th London Regiment both transferred to 2nd London Infantry Brigade, the London Division, previously 56th Division but with the disbandment of 47th Division it was redesignated the London Division.

However, the rapid expansion of the TA after the Munich Crisis saw a new 4th London Infantry Brigade reformed with 2nd Line TA battalions, to provide a duplicate of 1st London Infantry Brigade. 4th London Brigade resumed its number as 140 (London) Brigade on 21 November 1940.[32]

Second World War Edit

 
Men of the 2nd Battalion, London Irish Rifles advancing with fixed bayonets after climbing up the cliffs during training at Little Haven near Haverfordwest.

The composition of 140 (London) Brigade during the war was as follows:[32][33][34]

The 140th Infantry Brigade did not see any active service in the Second World War. It mobilised as a motor brigade, but became a conventional infantry brigade in June 1940. It was disbanded on 31 August 1944.[43] On 17 November 1944, 213th Brigade (which had recently joined 47th Division, now reformed as a reserve division) was renumbered 140th Infantry Brigade, but without any London connection. The new brigade had the following composition:[34][44]

The brigade was not included in the Territorial Army when it reformed in 1947.[45]

Commanders Edit

140 Brigade was commanded by the following officers:[32][46][47]

  • Brig.-Gen. F.J. Heyworth (from 9 October 1913)
  • Brig.-Gen. G.J. Cuthbert (from 26 November 1914)
  • Brig.-Gen. W. Thwaites (from 2 June 1915)
  • Brig.-Gen. Viscount Hampden (from 11 July 1916; went sick 6 May 1917)
  • Brig.-Gen. H.B.P.L. Kennedy (from 18 May 1917)
  • Col. L.M. Gregson, Irish Guards, (1932)[48]
  • Brig. W.P.A. Bradshaw (on outbreak of war)
  • Brig. J.W. Pendlebury (from 3 November 1941)
  • Brig. A. de L. Cazenove (from 12 April 1943 to disbandment of original brigade)
  • Brig. E.H.L. White (from 213th Bde)
  • Brig M.A. James (from 24 July 1945)

Notes Edit

  1. ^ a b Beckett.
  2. ^ Westlake.
  3. ^ Martin.
  4. ^ Money Barnes.
  5. ^ a b Bailey & Hollier, pp. 4 & 382.
  6. ^ a b Anon, Civil Service Rifles, p. 42.
  7. ^ Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6.
  8. ^ Dunlop, pp. 60–1.
  9. ^ a b Army List.
  10. ^ Anon, Civil Service Rifles, pp. 19–20.
  11. ^ Westlake, p. 4.
  12. ^ Maude, pp. 1–2, 227–8.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Becke, Part 2a, pp. 69–75.
  14. ^ a b c d e f 47th Division at Long, Long Trail
  15. ^ a b 47th Division (Regimental Warpath) 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^
  17. ^ Maude, pp. 2–3.
  18. ^ Maude, p. 287.
  19. ^ Becke, Part 2b, pp. 25–30.
  20. ^ 60th Division (Long, Long Trail)
  21. ^ . Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  22. ^ Edmonds, pp. 295, 307–10 and Appendix 4, pp. 487–88.
  23. ^ Becke, pp. 141–47.
  24. ^ Maude, p. 227.
  25. ^ Maude, p. 43.
  26. ^ Maude, pp. 11–19.
  27. ^ Maude, pp. 239–40.
  28. ^ Maude, p. 211.
  29. ^ Maude, p. 212.
  30. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  31. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  32. ^ a b c Joslen, p. 235.
  33. ^ London District on 3 September 1939 (Patriot Files)
  34. ^ a b (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  35. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 374.
  36. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 373.
  37. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 377, 539.
  38. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 238.
  39. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 238, 329.
  40. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 296, 330.
  41. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 286, 369.
  42. ^ Joslen, pp. 235, 326, 551.
  43. ^ Joslen, pp. 41, 235.
  44. ^ Joslen, p. 376.
  45. ^ Territorial Army 1947 (Orbat.com) 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  46. ^ Maude, p. 232.
  47. ^ Becke, p. 70.
  48. ^ Monthly Army List January 1932.

References Edit

  • Anon, The History of the Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles, London, 1921: Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84342-368-5.
  • Sgt O. F. Bailey and Sgt H. M. Hollier, "The Kensingtons" 13th London Regiment, London: Regimental Old Comrades' Association, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84342-364-2.
  • R. Money Barnes, The Soldiers of London, London: Seeley Service, 1963.
  • A. F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-84734-739-8.
  • A. F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-84734-739-8.
  • Ian F. W. Beckett, Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0-85936-271-X.
  • John K. Dunlop, The Development of the British Army 1899–1914, London: Methuen, 1938.
  • James E. Edmonds, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1925/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995, ISBN 1-870423-55-0.
  • Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. ISBN 978-1-84342-474-1.
  • H. R. Martin, Historical Record of the London Regiment, 2nd Edn (nd)
  • Alan H. Maude (ed.), The History of the 47th (London) Division 1914–1919, London: Amalgamated Press, 1922/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 1-84342-205-0.
  • Ray Westlake, Tracing the Rifle Volunteers, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, ISBN 978-1-84884-211-3.

External sources Edit

  • The Long, Long Trail
  • Patriot Files
  • British Military History

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The 140th 4th London Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army s Territorial Army TA that had its origins in a South London Brigade known as the Grey Brigade of the former Volunteer Force It served on the Western Front in the First World War and was recreated during the Second World War where it served only in the United Kingdom as a training formation 4th London Brigade140th 4th London Brigade140th 4th London Infantry Brigade140th London Infantry BrigadeBadge of 140th 4th London BridgeActive1908 191920 361939 441944 45Country United KingdomBranch British ArmyTypeInfantrySizeBrigadePart of47th 1 2nd London DivisionNickname s The Grey Brigade EngagementsFirst World WarCommandersNotablecommandersViscount HampdenArnold Cazenove Contents 1 Origin The Grey Brigade 2 Territorial Force 3 First World War 3 1 Order of Battle 3 2 Service 3 3 Actions 4 Interwar years 5 Second World War 6 Commanders 7 Notes 8 References 9 External sourcesOrigin The Grey Brigade EditAn invasion scare in 1859 led to the creation of the Volunteer Force and huge enthusiasm for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps RVCs 1 2 There were a large number of these units in and around London 3 4 and the opportunity was taken to group them together for Easter training under the temporary command of officers of the Brigade of Guards stationed in the capital Initially they were brigaded by the colour of their uniforms scarlet Rifle green or grey the latter being a popular colour for RVCs in the 1860s 5 6 The Stanhope Memorandum of December 1888 proposed a formal Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units throughout the country which would assemble by brigades at key points in case of war In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training 7 8 Under this scheme the units from Westminster the West End of London and the adjacent suburbs all in the County of Middlesex were formed into the South London Brigade These units had mainly been in the Grey Brigade and the name stuck to the new formation The staff for the brigade were provided by the Regimental Headquarters of the Scots Guards at Buckingham Gate in London and its designated place of assembly was at the Guards Depot at Caterham where it could take its place in the London Defence Positions 5 Its composition was as follows 9 HQ Scots Guards Orderly Room Commanding Brigade The Officer Commanding Scots Guards Brigade Major The Regimental Adjutant Scots Guards 2nd South Middlesex Middlesex RVC 4th West London Middlesex RVC 5th West Middlesex Middlesex RVC 7th London Scottish Middlesex RVC 9th West Middlesex Middlesex RVC attached to 5th 12th Civil Service Middlesex RVC 13th Queen s Middlesex RVC Westminster 14th Inns of Court Middlesex RVC 20th Artists Middlesex RVC 25th Bank of England Middlesex RVC attached to 12th 10 26th Middlesex RVC attached to 14th Supply detachment later termed an Army Service Corps ASC Company Bearer Company Medical Staff CorpsThe Volunteer Infantry Brigades were reorganised and increased in number in 1906 and by 1907 the South London Brigade had been numbered the 2nd London Brigade and the number of units reduced to six 9 11 Territorial Force EditWhen the Territorial Force was created in 1908 under the Haldane Reforms the existing volunteer units in the London area were brought together into a new London Regiment and organised into two divisions with a full complement of infantry brigades and supporting arms The former South London Brigade now became the 4th London Brigade in 2nd London Division still informally known as The Grey Brigade still commanded by the CO of the Scots Guards and with the following composition 12 13 14 6 15 16 13th County of London Battalion The London Regiment Princess Louise s Kensington Regiment headquartered in Kensington the former 2nd and 4th Middlesex RVCs 14th County of London Battalion The London Regiment London Scottish headquartered at 59 Buckingham Gate the former 7th Middlesex RVC 15th County of London Battalion The London Regiment Prince of Wales s Own Civil Service Rifles headquartered at Somerset House the former 12th Middlesex RVC 16th County of London Battalion The London Regiment Queen s Westminster Rifles headquartered at 58 Buckingham Gate the former 13th Middlesex RVC No 2 4th London Brigade Company 2nd London Divisional Train ASC headquartered at the Duke of York s Headquarters ChelseaFirst World War EditThe outbreak of war on 4 August saw 4th London Brigade at Perham Down on Salisbury Plain where it had just arrived for its annual training camp with the rest of 2nd London Division They were immediately recalled to London to complete their mobilisation and by mid August 4 London Bde had reached its war station round St Albans Hertfordshire 13 14 17 The County of London Territorial Force Association immediately began raising 2nd Line battalions which quickly led to the formation of a duplicate 2 4th London Brigade eventually 179th Brigade consequently 4th London Brigade became 1 4th and its battalions similarly renumbered 1 13th 1 16th 18 19 20 21 Order of Battle Edit Several of the London battalions were politically well connected 1 and were selected for overseas service ahead of the bulk of the Territorial Force Thus the London Scottish Queen s Westminsters and Kensingtons went to the Western Front as individual battalions attached to the British Expeditionary Force the London Scottish being the first TF infantry battalion to see action at Messines on 31 October 1914 22 These battalions were replaced by others from 2nd London Bde of 1st London Division which had been temporarily broken up 23 The following units served in 140 Bde 13 14 24 1 6th City of London Battalion The London Regiment City of London Rifles joined 5 November 1914 sent drafts to 1 15th and 1 17th Londons on 30 January and cadre left to merge with 2 6th Londons in 58th 2 1st London Division on 2 February 1918 1 7th City of London Battalion The London Regiment joined 5 November 1914 sent a draft to 1 19th Londons in 141st 5th London Brigade on 29 January and cadre left to merge with 2 7th Londons in 58th Division on 2 February 1918 1 8th City of London Battalion The London Regiment Post Office Rifles joined 6 November 1914 sent a draft to 1 17th Londons and cadre left to merge with 2 8th Londons in 58th Division on 2 February 1918 1 15th County of London Battalion The London Regiment Civil Service Rifles 140th Light Trench Mortar Battery formed June 1915 2nd London Company ASC became 456th Horse Transport Company ASC August 1915 1 4th City of London Bn London Regiment Royal Fusiliers joined 15 November 1915 transferred to 168th 2nd London Brigade in 56th 1st London Division on 9 February 1916 25 1 17th County of London Battalion The London Regiment Poplar and Stepney Rifles joined from 141st 5th London Bde 1 February 1918 1 21st County of London Battalion The London Regiment 1st Surrey Rifles joined from 142nd 6th London Brigade 1 February 1918 140th Machine Gun Company formed December 1915 merged into 47th Battalion Machine Gun Corps March 1918 The 1 15th Londons Civil Service Rifles was the only prewar battalion of the brigade to serve with it throughout the war Service Edit In October 1914 2nd London Division was selected for service on the Western Front and progressive training was carried out through the winter The division embarked for France in March 1915 concentrating round Bethune In May the division already known in France simply as The London Division to distinguish it from the Regular Army 2nd Division took its place in the line and was designated 47th 1 2nd London Division with the brigades numbered consecutively 4th London became 140th 1 4th London Brigade 13 26 Actions Edit During the war the brigade was engaged in the following operations 13 14 15 27 1915 Battle of Aubers Ridge 9 May Battle of Festubert 15 25 May Battle of Loos 25 September 1 October Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13 19 October1916 Vimy Ridge 21 May Battle of the Somme Battle of Flers Courcelette 15 19 September Capture of High Wood 15 September Battle of the Transloy Ridges 1 9 October Capture of Eaucourt l Abbaye 1 3 October Attacks on the Butte de Warlencourt 7 8 October1917 Battle of Messines 7 13 June 3rd Battle of Ypres Battle of Pilckem Ridge in reserve 31 July 2 August In the line 18 August 2 September and 8 17 September Battle of Cambrai Capture of Bourlon Wood 28 November German counter attacks 30 November 3 DecemberEarly in 1918 the brigade was completely reorganised see Order of Battle above 1918 1st Battles of the Somme Battle of St Quentin 21 23 March 1st Battle of Bapaume 24 25 March Battle of the Ancre 5 April 2nd Battles of the Somme Battle of Albert 22 23 August 2nd Battle of Bapaume 31 August 3 September Final Advance in Artois Operations in Artois 2 October 11 November Official Entry into Lille 28 OctoberAfter the Armistice 47th Division was engaged in railway repair and then settled down around Bethune to await demobilisation This began in January and the last troops left France on 10 May 1919 The brigade was demobilised at Felixstowe in May June 1919 13 14 28 Interwar years EditThe 47th Division and its formations began to reform in the redesignated Territorial Army in 1920 13 14 29 140 Bde was reformed with brigade HQ at the Regimental Headquarters of the Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks in Birdcage Walk Initially the brigade was composed of its original prewar battalions but in 1921 the Civil Service Rifles merged with the Queen s Westminsters and the brigade was brought up to strength by the addition of the Artists Rifles 30 13th London Regiment Princess Louise s Kensington Regiment 14th London Regiment London Scottish 16th London Regiment Queen s Westminster and Civil Service Rifles headquartered at 58 Buckingham Gate 28th London Regiment Artists Rifles headquartered at Duke s Road Euston In 1935 a growing number of TA infantry battalions had been converted to the searchlight or anti aircraft artillery role and at the end of the year 47th Division was disbanded and converted into 1st Anti Aircraft Division 140 Brigade HQ was also disbanded and its battalions dispersed to other London infantry brigades 31 the 13th and 14th London Regiment both transferred to 2nd London Infantry Brigade the London Division previously 56th Division but with the disbandment of 47th Division it was redesignated the London Division However the rapid expansion of the TA after the Munich Crisis saw a new 4th London Infantry Brigade reformed with 2nd Line TA battalions to provide a duplicate of 1st London Infantry Brigade 4th London Brigade resumed its number as 140 London Brigade on 21 November 1940 32 Second World War Edit Men of the 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles advancing with fixed bayonets after climbing up the cliffs during training at Little Haven near Haverfordwest The composition of 140 London Brigade during the war was as follows 32 33 34 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers 12th Battalion Royal Fusiliers to 211th Brigade 16 September 1943 35 2nd Battalion London Irish Rifles Royal Ulster Rifles to 210th Independent Infantry Brigade Home 30 November 1941 36 4th London Infantry Brigade Anti Tank Company formed July 1940 became 140 London Infantry Brigade Anti Tank Company disbanded 28 November 1941 6th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry from 214th Independent Infantry Brigade Home 1 December 1941 to India 10 March 1942 37 6th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers joined 10 March 1942 to 141st London Brigade 2 October 1942 38 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers from 141st London Brigade 2 October 1942 to 144th Brigade 10 December 1942 39 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment from 145th Brigade 10 December 1942 to 56th Brigade 29 February 1944 40 2 4th Battalion Essex Regiment from 206th Independent Infantry Brigade 12 April 1943 to 7th Brigade 10 August 1944 41 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment from Falkland Islands 17 March 1943 to 143rd Brigade 10 August 1944 42 The 140th Infantry Brigade did not see any active service in the Second World War It mobilised as a motor brigade but became a conventional infantry brigade in June 1940 It was disbanded on 31 August 1944 43 On 17 November 1944 213th Brigade which had recently joined 47th Division now reformed as a reserve division was renumbered 140th Infantry Brigade but without any London connection The new brigade had the following composition 34 44 4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 6th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion Gloucestershire RegimentThe brigade was not included in the Territorial Army when it reformed in 1947 45 Commanders Edit140 Brigade was commanded by the following officers 32 46 47 Brig Gen F J Heyworth from 9 October 1913 Brig Gen G J Cuthbert from 26 November 1914 Brig Gen W Thwaites from 2 June 1915 Brig Gen Viscount Hampden from 11 July 1916 went sick 6 May 1917 Brig Gen H B P L Kennedy from 18 May 1917 Col L M Gregson Irish Guards 1932 48 Brig W P A Bradshaw on outbreak of war Brig J W Pendlebury from 3 November 1941 Brig A de L Cazenove from 12 April 1943 to disbandment of original brigade Brig E H L White from 213th Bde Brig M A James from 24 July 1945 Notes Edit a b Beckett Westlake Martin Money Barnes a b Bailey amp Hollier pp 4 amp 382 a b Anon Civil Service Rifles p 42 Beckett pp 135 185 6 Dunlop pp 60 1 a b Army List Anon Civil Service Rifles pp 19 20 Westlake p 4 Maude pp 1 2 227 8 a b c d e f g Becke Part 2a pp 69 75 a b c d e f 47th Division at Long Long Trail a b 47th Division Regimental Warpath Archived 2014 01 08 at the Wayback Machine British Army 1914 Maude pp 2 3 Maude p 287 Becke Part 2b pp 25 30 60th Division Long Long Trail 60th Division Regimental Warpath Archived from the original on 7 October 2011 Retrieved 31 July 2013 Edmonds pp 295 307 10 and Appendix 4 pp 487 88 Becke pp 141 47 Maude p 227 Maude p 43 Maude pp 11 19 Maude pp 239 40 Maude p 211 Maude p 212 47 2 London Division 1930 36 British Military History PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 31 July 2013 1 AA Division at British Military History PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 16 November 2014 a b c Joslen p 235 London District on 3 September 1939 Patriot Files a b 47 Infantry Division British Military History PDF Archived from the original PDF on 23 September 2015 Retrieved 31 July 2013 Joslen pp 235 374 Joslen pp 235 373 Joslen pp 235 377 539 Joslen pp 235 238 Joslen pp 235 238 329 Joslen pp 235 296 330 Joslen pp 235 286 369 Joslen pp 235 326 551 Joslen pp 41 235 Joslen p 376 Territorial Army 1947 Orbat com Archived 2013 12 05 at the Wayback Machine Maude p 232 Becke p 70 Monthly Army List January 1932 References EditAnon The History of the Prince of Wales s Own Civil Service Rifles London 1921 Uckfield Naval amp Military Press 2002 ISBN 1 84342 368 5 Sgt O F Bailey and Sgt H M Hollier The Kensingtons 13th London Regiment London Regimental Old Comrades Association 1935 Uckfield Naval amp Military Press 2002 ISBN 1 84342 364 2 R Money Barnes The Soldiers of London London Seeley Service 1963 A F Becke History of the Great War Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2a The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st Line Territorial Force Divisions 42 56 London HM Stationery Office 1935 Uckfield Naval amp Military Press 2007 ISBN 1 84734 739 8 A F Becke History of the Great War Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2b The 2nd Line Territorial Force Divisions 57th 69th with the Home Service Divisions 71st 73rd and 74th and 75th Divisions London HM Stationery Office 1937 Uckfield Naval amp Military Press 2007 ISBN 1 84734 739 8 Ian F W Beckett Riflemen Form A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859 1908 Aldershot Ogilby Trusts 1982 ISBN 0 85936 271 X John K Dunlop The Development of the British Army 1899 1914 London Methuen 1938 James E Edmonds History of the Great War Military Operations France and Belgium 1914 Vol II London Macmillan 1925 Imperial War Museum amp Battery Press 1995 ISBN 1 870423 55 0 Joslen H F 2003 1960 Orders of Battle Second World War 1939 1945 Uckfield East Sussex Naval and Military Press ISBN 978 1 84342 474 1 H R Martin Historical Record of the London Regiment 2nd Edn nd Alan H Maude ed The History of the 47th London Division 1914 1919 London Amalgamated Press 1922 Uckfield Naval amp Military Press 2002 ISBN 1 84342 205 0 Ray Westlake Tracing the Rifle Volunteers Barnsley Pen and Sword 2010 ISBN 978 1 84884 211 3 External sources EditThe Long Long Trail The Regimental Warpath 1914 1918 British Army 1914 Land Forces of Britain the Empire and Commonwealth Patriot Files British Military History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 140th 4th London Brigade amp oldid 1150746853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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