The brigade was raised during the First World War. It was formed as a Territorial Force duplicate of the &lt;a href="139th%20%28Nottinghamshire%20and%20Derbyshire%29%20Brigade"&gt;139th (1/1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Brigade&lt;/a&gt; originally from those men in the Territorial Force who had agreed, at the outbreak of war, to not serve overseas. Assigned to the 59th (2nd North Midland) Division, the brigade saw service on the Western Front. The brigade saw service at Passchendaele, Cambrai and during Operation Michael, part of the German spring offensive.