82nd Brigade (United Kingdom)

The 82nd Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raised during World War I. It was originally formed from regular army infantry battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 27th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War.

Formation

The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.

• 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
• 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
• 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
• 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
• 82nd Machine Gun Company
• 82nd Trench Mortar Battery
• 82nd SAA Section Ammunition Column
• 10th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
• 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
• 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment