27th (Bangalore) Brigade
| 1st Bangalore Brigade Bangalore Brigade 27th (Bangalore) Brigade |
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|---|---|
| Active | December 1904 – November 1914 January 1917 – 1926 |
| Country |
 British India
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| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Branch |
 British Indian Army
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| Type | Infantry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of |
9th (Secunderabad) Division Indian Expeditionary Force B |
| Garrison/HQ | Bangalore Cantonment |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Maj.-Gen. R.I. Scallon Maj.-Gen. T.D. Pilcher Br.-Gen. Lord Ruthven |
| 2nd Bangalore Brigade Bangalore Cavalry Brigade |
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|---|---|
| Active | December 1904 – October 1911 |
| Country |
British India
|
| Allegiance | British Crown |
| Branch |
British Indian Army
|
| Type | Infantry then Cavalry |
| Size | Brigade |
| Part of | 9th (Secunderabad) Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Bangalore Cantonment |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Maj.-Gen. J.E. Nixon |
The Bangalore Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1904 as a result of the Kitchener Reforms. It was mobilized as 27th (Bangalore) Brigade at the outbreak of the First World War. As part of Indian Expeditionary Force B, it was sent to assault Tanga in German East Africa. With the failure of the Battle of Tanga, its units joined the defences of British East Africa and it was broken up.
The brigade was reformed in India in 1917 for internal security duties and to aid the expansion of the Indian Army in the last year of the war. It, too, was disbanded in 1926.
A 2nd Bangalore Brigade also existed from 1904 to 1911.
The Kitchener Reforms, carried out during Lord Kitchener's tenure as Commander-in-Chief, India (1902–09), completed the unification of the three former Presidency armies, the , the Hyderabad Contingent and other local forces into one Indian Army. Kitchener identified the Indian Army's main task as the defence of the North-West Frontier against foreign aggression (particularly Russian expansion into Afghanistan) with internal security relegated to a secondary role. The Army was organized into divisions and brigades that would act as field formations but also included internal security troops.
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