The 110th Brigade was a formation of the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

during the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. It was raised as part of the new army also known as

Kitchener's Army The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the Fi ...

and assigned to the 37th Division. The brigade was also known as the Leicester Tigers Brigade was transferred to the 21st Division in July 1916.

Formation

This brigade was exchanged with the 21st Division's, 63rd Brigade on 8 July 1916 *6th Battalion,

Leicestershire Regiment The Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, with a history going back to 1688. The regiment saw service for three centuries, in numerous wars and conflicts such as both W ...

*7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment *8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment *9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment *110th Machine Gun Company (''joined 4 March 1916, moved to 37th Battalion M.G.C. February 1918'') *110th Trench Mortar Battery (''formed on 13 June 1916'')

References

{{reflist Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I