180th (2/5th London) Brigade

The 180th (2/5th London) Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the First World War. It was assigned to the 60th (2/2nd London) Division and served in the Middle East.

Formation

All battalions of the London Regiment as follows:^[1]

• 2/17th (County of London) Battalion (Poplar and Stepney Rifles)
• 2/18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)
• 2/19th (County of London) Battalion (St Pancras)
• 2/20th (County of London) Battalion (Blackheath and Woolwich)
• 180th Machine Gun Company
• 180th Trench Mortar Battery

In June 1918 three battalions (2/17th, 2/18th and 2/20th) were replaced by

• 2nd Battalion, 30th Punjabis
• 1st Battalion, 50th Kumaon Rifles
• 2nd Battalion, Guides Infantry

Commanders

Commanding officers

Rank	Name	Date appointed	Notes
Colonel	G. H. Turner	27 November 1914
Lieutenant-Colonel	H. A. Christmas	28 December 1915	Acting
Colonel	G. H. Turner	5 January 1916
Brigadier-General	H. W. Studd	30 January 1916
Brigadier-General	F. M. Carleton	9 November 1916
Lieutenant-Colonel	A. E. Norton	29 August 1917	Acting
Brigadier-General	J. Hill	30 August 1917
Brigadier-General	C. F. Watson	11 September 1917