104th Brigade (United Kingdom)

Military unit The 104th Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War. It was raised as part of the new army, also known as Kitchener's Army, and assigned to the 35th Division. The brigade served on the Western Front. The infantry was originally composed of Bantams, the name given to soldiers who would otherwise be excluded from service due to their short stature.Davson 1926 1-2 This became a regular infantry Brigade with the end of the Bantam experiment at the end of 1916, after it was noted that bantam replacements were not up to the physical standards of the original recruits.Davson 1926 81-82 The brigade was disbanded in April 1919 at Ripon;Davson 1926 296 the brigade was not reformed in the Second World War.Joslen 2003 305 Order of battle The composition of the brigade was as follows:20 January 2012 The Long Long Trail 35th Division http://www.1914-1918.net/35div.htm dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111221233129/http://www.1914-1918.net/35div.htm 21 December 2011 17th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (1st South-East Lancashire) 18th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (2nd South-East Lancashire) 20th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (4th Salford) (disbanded February 1918) 23rd (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (8th City) (disbanded February 1918) 19th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (2nd County) (joined February 1918 from 106th Brigade) 104th Machine Gun Company Machine Gun Corps (joined April 1916, left for division MG battalion February 1918) 104th Trench Mortar Battery (joined February 1916) Commanders Brig-Gen G M Mackenzie to 14 April 1916 Brig-Gen J W Sandilands C.M.G., D.S.O. from 14 April 1916 to March 1919 Notes References Davson H.M. The History of the 35th Division in the Great War 1926 Sifton Praed London 6048597 https://archive.org/details/35thdivision Category:Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I Category:Pals Brigades of the British Army Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1919