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Established 15 January 1916 with its headquarters at 13 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly, London. On establishment, it comprised the assets of the II Brigade. It ceased to exist on 20 July 1916 when its assets were re-designated as the
Training Brigade. The Brigade was re-established on 12 October 1917
52:'s return from France to the War Office in August 1915, he submitted a scheme to the Army Council which was intended to expand the command structure of the Flying Corps. The Corps' wings would be grouped in pairs to form brigades and the commander of each brigade would hold the temporary rank of
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The Home
Defence Brigade was formed at Adastral House, London on 15 August 1917 by re-designating the Home Defence Group as a brigade. Less than two months later, the brigade received a "boilerplate" number and became the 6th (Home Defence) Brigade on 12 October 1917. The brigadier-general
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on its establishment on 1 April 1918. Following the Allies' victory later that year the air brigades were disbanded in 1919. Subsequently, the RAF was restructured with commands comprising groups and groups comprising wings without the need for brigades.
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when the Home
Defence Brigade was retitled as the VI (Home Defence) Brigade. It finally ceased to exist on 9 July 1919 when it was reduced to wing strength and re-designated as the Home Defence Wing. The brigadier-generals commanding were:
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In the field, most brigades were assigned to the army. Initially a brigade consisted of an army wing and corps wing; beginning in
November 1916 a balloon wing was added to control the
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Established as part of the Royal Air Force on 18 June 1918 at Basse
Boulogne. It was disbanded on 1 March 1919. The brigadier-general commanding was:
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In abeyance from 15 January to 10 February 1916. The original II Brigade was re-designated as the VI Brigade on 15 January 1916. Re-established at
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on 5 August 1917 within the Royal Flying Corps's
Training Division, it ceased to exist as a brigade on 1 April 1918 when it was re-designated as
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in France, the armistice came before it was deployed and the XI Brigade was disbanded on or about 15 November 1918. Its commander was:
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on 14 December 1917. On 18 March 1920, the brigade was redesignated the
Egyptian Group. The brigadier-general commanding was:
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The VII Brigade was established in
October 1917. It was disbanded on 26 March 1918. The brigadier-generals commanding were:
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companies. Logistics support was provided by an army aircraft park, aircraft ammunition column and reserve lorry park.
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Established 23 October 1915 in Great
Britain. Disbanded on 14 September 1919. The brigadier-generals commanding were:
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The IX Brigade was established on 6 March 1918 and disbanded on 8 August 1919. The brigadier-general commanding was:
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Formed on 3 September 1917 at
Hastings, it was re-designated the RAF Cadet Brigade on 1 April 1918. Succeeded by the
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Established 15 December 1915 in Great Britain. Disbanded on 1 April.1919. The brigadier-generals commanding were:
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was established on 28 December 1917. It was disbanded on 5 March 1919. The brigadier-general commanding was:
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60:'s approval and although some staff officers opposed it, the scheme was adopted.
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Established as part of the Royal Air Force on 29 September 1918 at
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on 1 November 1919. The RFC/RAF Cadet Brigade's commander was:
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338:(5 October 1917). The brigadier-general commanding was:
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was established on 1 July 1916 with its headquarters at
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31:. The air brigade system was introduced into the
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685:Jefford, C. G. (2014).
590:Trenchard Man of Vision
56:. The scheme met with
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727:"Groups Middle East_P"
672:"Groups Middle East_P"
644:"Groups RFC - Home_P"
588:(1962). "Chapter 6".
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143:on 10 February 1916.
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287:Middle East Brigade
65:observation balloon
50:Sir David Henderson
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658:"T I Webb_Bowen_P"
564:Brigadier-General
33:Royal Flying Corps
18:Royal Flying Corps
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623:"Groups Europe_P"
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518:No. 7 Group
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440:J M Salmond
410:(1917–1918)
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353:VII Brigade
348:(1917–1918)
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271:J M Salmond
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211:E B Ashmore
187:(1916–1918)
172:III Brigade
161:(1917–1918)
159:J H W Becke
155:(1916–1917)
147:J M Salmond
136:(1915–1916)
111:C T MacLean
92:E B Ashmore
25:World War I
920:Categories
797:Fifth Wing
787:First Wing
572:References
554:Hurst Park
548:XI Brigade
512:Formed at
473:R E T Hogg
424:R E T Hogg
415:IX Brigade
381:Heliopolis
346:A E Borton
255:VI Brigade
198:IV Brigade
125:II Brigade
48:Following
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