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27th (Bangalore) Brigade

1st Bangalore Brigade
Bangalore Brigade
27th (Bangalore) Brigade
Active December 1904 – November 1914
January 1917 – 1926
Country  British India
Allegiance British Crown
Branch  British Indian Army
Type Infantry
Size Brigade
Part of 9th (Secunderabad) Division
Indian Expeditionary Force B
Garrison/HQ Bangalore Cantonment
Engagements

First World War

East African Campaign
Battle of Tanga
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maj.-Gen. R.I. Scallon
Maj.-Gen. T.D. Pilcher
Br.-Gen. Lord Ruthven
2nd Bangalore Brigade
Bangalore Cavalry Brigade
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

First World War

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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