The Tyneside Irish Brigade was a British First World War infantry brigade of Kitchener's Army, raised in 1914. Officially numbered the 103rd Brigade, it contained four Pals battalions from Newcastle u
A support company of the Tyneside Irish Brigade advancing on 1 July 1916
The 116th Brigade was an infantry formation of the British Army during World War I. Originally raised in December 1914 from locally raised volunteer units of 'Kitchener's Army' known as 'Pals battalio
103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade
…22 August. In February 1918 the 1st, 3rd and 4th Tyneside Irish battalions were disbanded and the remaining battalion, the 2nd, was transferred to the 116th Brigade of the 39th Division. From then on the Tyneside Irish Brigade ceased to exist and the brigade was simply the 103rd Brigade. "Personal Research on the…
Alfred Leete's recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.
German trench at St Pierre-Divion with the Ancre in the background, after the fighting in November 1916.
A team of stretcher-bearers struggling to evacuate a wounded man after the Battle of Pilckem Ridge.