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The Essex Brigade, later 161st Brigade and 161st Infantry Brigade, was a volunteer infantry brigade formation of the British Army in existence from 1888 until 1941, and again from 1947. It served at Gallipoli and in Palestine during World War I and returned to Egypt in the early part of World War II before transferring to the British Indian Army and redesignated 161st Indian Infantry Brigade. In peacetime and during the wars the brigade was an integral part of the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division and contained mostly battalions of the Essex Regiment. ==Precursors== The Cardwell Reforms introduced the concept of 'localisation of the forces', whereby the country was divided into county sub-districts organised round the newly linked Line infantry battalions, to which the Militia and Volunteer Corps of the county were attached. The County of Essex was covered by Brigade No 44 based on the depot of the 44th Foot, later the Essex Regiment, at Warley Barracks.〔''Army Lists''〕 Under a short-lived mobilisation scheme around 1880 the volunteers in Essex were organised into two local Brigades:〔 Local Brigade No 5 *HQ: Brightlingsea * 4 Batteries of 1st Essex Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVC) at Stratford * 2nd Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) at Chelmsford * 3rd Essex RVC at Plaistow Local Brigade No 6 * HQ: Southend-on-Sea * 4 Batteries of 1st Essex AVC at Stratford * 1st Essex RVC at Ilford * 4th Essex RVC at Silvertown In 1883, the RVCs formally became Volunteer Battalions (VBs) of their linked county regiment. 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「Essex Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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