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Military unit
The 190th Brigade was a
brigade of the
British Army during the
First World War. It was formed in France in 1916, and assigned to the
63rd (Royal Naval) Division and served on the
Western Front.
Formation
The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.
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Commanders
- Brigadier-General
Charles Trotman (9 July – 13 September 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel
Rawdon Hesketh (13 September – 15 September 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel
Alexander Hutchison (15 September – 2 October 1916)
- Brigadier-General Charles Trotman (2 October – 5 October 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel Rawdon Hesketh (5 October – 6 October 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Hutchison (6 October – 17 October 1916)
- Brigadier-General Charles Trotman (17 October – 24 October 1916)
- Brigadier-General
Charles Sackville-West (24 October – 29 October 1916)
- Brigadier-General
William Heneker (29 October – 8 December 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel
Ernest Boyle (8 December – 12 December 1916)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel Rawdon Hesketh (12 December – 18 December 1916)
- Brigadier-General H. W. E. Finch (18 December 1916 – 4 June 1917)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel
John Collings-Wells (4 June – 10 June 1917)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel
Lord Seymour (10 June – 18 June 1917)
- Acting – Lieutenant-Colonel John Collings-Wells (18 June – 20 June 1917)
- Brigadier-General Alexander Hutchison (20 June 1917 – 6 June 1918)
- Brigadier-General
William Lesslie (6 June 1918 – disbandment)
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