page_title: 27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)
section_title: First World War
hierarchical_section_title: 27th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) / Unit history / First World War
caption_attribution_description: English: The German Spring Offensive, March-july 1918 12th Battalion Royal Scots manning the lip of a mine crater at Meteren, 23 June 1918.
context_page_description: The 27th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw service in the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War. In Korea, the brigade was known as 27th British Commonwealth Brigade due to the addition of Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Indian units.
context_section_description: It was originally formed in August 1914 as the 27th Brigade and was part of the 9th (Scottish) Division, the first of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the First World War. It was originally composed of the 11th and 12th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Scots, 6th (Service) Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers and the 10th (Service) Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's).
caption: Men of the 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots manning the lip of a mine crater at Meteren, 23 June 1918.
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