22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British brigade in the First World War

XXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a brigade[a] of the Royal Field Artillery which served in the First World War.

It was composed of the 104th, 105th, and 106th Batteries, and on mobilisation in August 1914, it was stationed in South Africa. It returned to the United Kingdom and was attached to the 7th Infantry Division in October. It saw service with the 7th Division throughout the war.

35th (Howitzer) Battery joined the Brigade in July 1916.

## External links

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* Royal Field Artillery Brigades
* 7th Division order of battle
* The British Army: 1914, Mark Conrad, 1996. (on archive.org)

## Notes

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1. ^ The basic organic unit of the Royal Artillery was, and is, the Battery.[1] When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of World War I, a field artillery brigade of headquarters (4 officers, 37 other ranks), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154)[2] had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by a Lieutenant-Colonel. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938.

## References

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1. ^ "The Royal Artillery". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
2. ^ Baker, Chris. "What was an artillery brigade?". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 13 April 2013.