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The Staffordshire Brigade (later 137th Brigade) was a volunteer infantry brigade formation of the British Army from 1888 to 1936. It saw active service on the Western Front in World War I, including the attacks on the Hohenzollern Redoubt and the Gommecourt Salient, and the assault crossing of the St Quentin Canal, 'a most remarkable feat of arms'.〔Brown, p. 245.〕 ==Origins== The Staffordshire Brigade had its origin in the Stanhope Memorandum of 1888. This proposed a Mobilisation Scheme for units of the Volunteer Force, which would assemble by brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime the brigades provided a structure for collective training.〔Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6.〕〔Dunlop, pp. 60–1.〕 Under this scheme the Volunteer Battalions of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) would assemble at Wolverhampton. The brigade commander and his Aide-de-Camp were retired Regular officers on the Reserve list, while the other staff were Volunteer officers drawn from the constituent battalions. The Staffordshire Brigade was organised as follows:〔''Army List''〕〔Westlake, pp. 216–222.〕 * Brigade Headquarters at Wolverhampton, later at The Friary, Lichfield * 1st Volunteer Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment at Handsworth * 2nd Volunteer Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment at Walsall * 3rd Volunteer Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment at Wolverhampton * 1st Volunteer Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment at Stoke-on-Trent * 2nd Volunteer Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment at Burton-upon-Trent * Supply Detachment, later designated an Army Service Corps Company * Bearer Company, later part of the Royal Army Medical Corps The brigade formed part of Northern Command,〔 and was commanded by the following officers: * Colonel (Hon Maj-Gen) Frederick Edward Sotheby, a retired former officer in the Rifle Brigade, was appointed Brigade Commander on 11 July 1888. He had seen active service in the Crimea, Indian Mutiny, China War and Ashanti War.〔〔''Hart's Army List''.〕 * Col Hon Francis Charles Bridgeman, MP, retired former officer in the Scots Guards, appointed 17 Aug 1892.〔〔〔''Burke''.〕 * Charles Pierrepont, Viscount Newark (later 4th Earl of Manvers), a former officer in the Grenadier Guards and later Major in the 4th VB of the Sherwood Foresters, was appointed on 15 January 1899, and reappointed on the reorganisation of the brigades in 1906.〔〔 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「Staffordshire Brigade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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