The Brigade was usually commanded by an officer with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Brigade HQ also had two other officers : a Captain or Lieutenant filled the role of Adjutant (in charge of administration); similarly a Captain or Lieutenant was the Orderly Officer (responsible for stores and transport); an officer of the Royal Army Medical Corps was attached, as was an officer of the Veterinary Corps.

Brigade HQ also included a Sergeant-Major plus two Corporals, two Bombardiers, nine Drivers, 7 Gunners, a Clerk, and aTrumpeter. These filled roles as signallers, telephonsists and assisted with range-taking duties.

A Corporal and 3 privates of the Royal Army Medical Corps were attached for water duties; 8 Gunners acted as Officers Batmen (personal servants), and 2 as Orderlies for the Medical Officer.

The Brigade HQ was in command of 3 Batteries and an Ammunition Column.

Usually lettered A to D, each of the Batteries numbered 198 heads at full establishment. Each was commanded by a Major or Captain, with a Captain as Second-in-Command, and 3 Lieutenants or Second-Lieutenants in charge of 2-gun sections. Battery establishment also included a Battery Sergeant-Major , a Battery Quartermaster Sergeant , a Farrier-Sergeant, 4 Shoeing Smiths (of which 1 would be a Corporal), 2 Saddlers, 2 Wheelers, 2 Trumpeters, 7 Sergeants, 7 Corporals, 11 Bombardiers, 75 Gunners, 70 Drivers and 10 Gunners acting as Batmen.

If asked, after his name, rank and number, a man might refer to himself as being in Number 3 Section, B Battery, the Xth Artillery Brigade. A Private soldier would also know the infantry brigade(s) his brigade supported, and certainly the Division the brigade was attached to.

Included in the figures shown above, were 34 Acting Bombardiers (one stripe; the equivalent of a Lance-Corporal). They were the MO's orderly, plus 9 in each Battery and 8 in the BAC.

Each Brigade had a detachment at its Base Depot, which did not take the field when the Battalion was on active service. The Base Detachment consisted - in theory - of a subaltern, 2 Sergeants, 5 Drivers and 41 Gunners to form a first reinforcement (to make good Brigade casualties or other losses); 4 Storemen, and a Sergeant-Clerk (who was on the headcount of the Records Section of the Adjutant-General's Office).

At the outbreak of war, field gun batteries of the Regular Army had 6 guns, and those of the Territorial Force 4 guns. The standard weapons, which did not alter during the war other than by technical improvements, were the 18-lbr field gun, and the 4.5-inch howitzer.

Battalion Transport consisted of 13 riding , and 43 draught and pack horses. The provided the power for drawing the six ammunition carts, two water carts, three General Service Wagons (for tools and machine guns), and the MO's Maltese Cart. The Signallers had 9 bicycles. (Note: the Divisional Train also provided four more two-horsed GS Wagons for each Battalion.

Not all ranks carried a rifle. Only 5 men in Brigade HQ, 36 in each Battery, and all the Gunners and Drivers in the BAC were thus equipped. Bayonets were not issued. All NCOs and men wore a bandolier.

Other Brigade equipment, over and above that carried by the man, included 126 shovels, 18 spades, 72 pickaxes, 27 felling axes, 72 billhooks, 54 hand saws, 46 reaping hooks and a crowbar. There was also a plethora of minor stores and spares.

The Brigade also carried a certain amount of ammunition, although this was backed up by the echelons of Transport at Divisional and Lines of Communication levels.