The 159th (Cheshire) Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army that saw service during the Great War.
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Formation
The brigade was raised in 1908, when the Territorial Force was created, originally as the Cheshire Brigade and was assigned to the Welsh Division. The Cheshire Brigade consisted of four battalions of the Cheshire Regiment.
First World War
In 1915 the brigade became the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade and the division the 53rd (Welsh) Division and the battalions were redesignated with the '1/' prefix, as in 1/7th Cheshires, to distinguish them from the 2nd Line units, currently forming up as 204th (2/1st Cheshire) Brigade, 68th (2nd Welsh) Division. The brigade served with the 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Middle East throughout the First World War.
Order of battle
Commander Brigadier-General Noel Ernest MoneyBetween the wars
The brigade disbanded after the war in 1919, along with the whole Territorial Force. However, the TF later reformed in the 1920s as the Territorial Army and the brigade number was reactivated as the 159th (Welsh Border) Infantry Brigade but contained no Cheshire connection.