The 181st (2/6th London) Brigade was a formation of the

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during the

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. It was assigned to the

60th (2/2nd London) Division The 60th (2/2nd London) Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised during the First World War. It was the second line-formation of the 47th (1/2nd London) Division, and was the second of two such Territorial Force divisions for ...

and served in the

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Formation

All battalions of the London Regiment as follows: *2/21st (County of London) Battalion (

First Surrey Rifles The 1st Surrey Rifles (often spelled out in full as First Surrey Rifles and abbreviated as FSR) was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 until 1993. It saw considerable service on the Western Front, at Salonika and in Palestine during ...

) * 2/22nd (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) * 2/23rd (County of London) Battalion * 2/24th (County of London) Battalion (The Queen's) *181st Machine Gun Company *181st Trench Mortar Battery In June 1918 three battalions (2/21st, 2/23rd and 2/24th) were replaced by *2nd Battalion, 97th Deccan Infantry *

130th Baluchis The 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles) was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in June 1858 as the 1st Belooch Rifles; re-designated as 1st Regiment Jacob's Rifles in September. Ahmad, Lt Col RN. (2017). ''Histor ...

*2nd Battalion,

152nd Punjabis The 152nd Punjabis was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army. It was formed in Mesopotamia and Palestine in May 1918, saw service in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War, and was disbanded in September 1921. Hist ...

Commanders

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