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The '''Aden Brigade''' was a formation of the [[British Indian Army]] formed after 1903 and the [[Kitchener Reforms]]. It was commanded by Major General Bell.<ref>Sumner, p.9</ref>

In August 1914, Connelly writes that the British force in [[Aden Settlement]] consisted of only two battalions, one British and the other Indian, and a cavalry troop 'barely 100 strong' under the control of the [[Political Resident, Aden]].<ref>Connelly, Mark. [http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914–1918".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115104847/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf |date=2012-11-15 }} ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies'', 2:1 (2005) 65–96.</ref> On the outbreak of war, the British battalion, 1st Battalion, [[Royal Irish Rifles]], was recalled to Britain, leaving the defences weak.

Other units claimed as part of the brigade during the [[First World War]] included the [[109th Infantry]], and the 61st, 70th, and 76th Batteries [[Royal Garrison Artillery]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2009-09-09 |title=Indian Army 1914 |publisher=Orbat.com |url=http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909172657/http://orbat.com/site/history/historical/india/army1914.html |archivedate=2009-09-09 }}</ref>

The [[British Army]] also formed an Aden Brigade to deal with the [[Aden Emergency]] in the 1960s.

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Ian|title=The Indian Army 1914-1947|year=2001|publisher=Osprey Publishing|isbn=1-84176-196-6}}

[[Category:Brigades of India in World War I]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1903]]

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