First World War
During the First World War, the 12th Infantry Brigade, a regular army formation, was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. It was one of the first units dispatched to France, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and saw service on the Western Front.
Brigade units during the First World War included:
- 1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
- 2nd Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (from January 1916 to 10th Bde. February 1918)
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from March 1915, to 11th Bde. July 1915)
- 1/5th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (from February 1915 until January 1916)
- 1/2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (until January 1916)
From early November 1915 until February 1916 the 12th Brigade was swapped with the 107th Brigade of the 36th (Ulster) Division.
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