82nd Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 82nd Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army raised during World War I. It was originally formed from regular army infantry battalions serving away from home in the British Empire. It was assigned to the 27th Division and served on the Western Front and the Macedonian Front during the First World War.

John Longley commanded the brigade in 1915.

Formation
The infantry battalions did not all serve at once, but all were assigned to the brigade during the war.

 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment
 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers
 1st Battalion, Leinster Regiment
 1/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment
 82nd Machine Gun Company
 82nd Trench Mortar Battery
 82nd SAA Section Ammunition Column
 10th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders
 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

Commanders
18 November 1914: Brigadier-General Lionel Stopford
9 January 1915: Lieutenant-Colonel John Longley (acting)
13 January 1915: Brigadier-General John Longley
20 December 1915: Brigadier-General Steuart Hare
13 January 1916: Lieutenant-Colonel John Mather (acting)
7 February 1916: Brigadier-General Steuart Hare
29 February 1916: Lieutenant-Colonel John Mather (acting)
13 March 1916: Brigadier-General Steuart Hare
1 April 1916: Brigadier-General C. R. I. Brooke
30 November 1916: Lieutenant-Colonel John Bailey (acting)
12 January 1917: Brigadier-General Charles Maynard
23 December 1917: Lieutenant-Colonel John Kirk (acting)
9 January 1918: Brigadier-General Richard Solly-Flood
25 September 1918: Brigadier-General Keith Davie
15 June 1919: Brigadier-General Philip Hanbury
29 July 1919: Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Edwards (acting)
12 August 1919: Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley Mathews (acting)
25 August 1919: Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Dene (acting)
14 September 1919: Brigade disbanded

References

Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I