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78th Brigade (United Kingdom)

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The 78th Brigade was a formation of the British Army. It was raised as part of the new army also known as Kitchener's Army and assigned to the 26th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War.

The 78th Brigade participated in the Battle of Doiran in August 1916, during which the 7th Battalion of the Oxfordshire_&_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry took Horseshoe Hill.

Formation

  • 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
  • 11th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
  • 7th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • 7th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment
  • 78th Machine Gun Company
  • 78th SAA Section Ammunition Column
  • 78th Trench Mortar Battery

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