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The IV East Anglian Brigade (4th East Anglian Brigade) of the Royal Field Artillery was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force (TF) from 1908 to 1919. It served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. ==Origin== When the Territorial Force was created from the former Volunteer Force under the Haldane Reforms in 1908, IV East Anglian Brigade was one of the new artillery units raised to support the East Anglian Division. All the Volunteers transferred to the new artillery brigade came from former infantry units:〔(''London Gazette'', 20 Mar 1908. )〕〔(4th East Anglian Bde RFA at Regiments.org. )〕〔(Herts Rgt at Regiments.org. )〕〔(2nd Herts RVC at Regiments.org. )〕〔(Northamptonshire Volunteers at Regiments.org. )〕〔Westlake, pp. 107–9 & 190–1.〕〔Litchfield, p. 101.〕 IV East Anglian Brigade * HQ at 28 St Andrew's Street, Hertford *1st Hertfordshire Battery formed at Artillery Buildings, Harpenden Road, St Albans, from elements of the 1st Hertfordshire Volunteer Bn of the Bedfordshire Regiment *2nd Hertfordshire Battery formed at Clarendon Hall, Watford, from elements of the 2nd Hertfordshire Volunteer Bn of the Bedfordshire Regiment *Northamptonshire Battery formed at Drill Hall, Queen's Street, Peterborough from two companies of the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment ::''See main article: Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery'' *IV East Anglian Brigade Ammunition Column formed at Hertford The Commanding Officer from 21 January 1914 was Lt-Col William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter, a former officer in the Northampton and Rutland Militia (3rd Bn Northamptonshire Regiment) and a Cecil kinsman of the Honorary Colonel, the Marquess of Salisbury (''see below''). He had commanded the Northamptonshire Battery 1910–14.〔''Monthly Army List'', August 1914.〕〔''Burke's''.〕 Before World War I broke out, the brigade was equipped with four 15-pounder field guns to each battery.〔Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 125–31.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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