However, Regular Army units involved in the Second Boer War in 1899 were organised into sequentially numbered brigades that were frequently reassigned between divisions.

[1][2] After the disastrous Battle of Magersfontein in December 1899, a 7th Division was assembled and sent out from the UK under Lieutenant-General Charles Tucker with 14th and 15th Brigades under command.

the Modder River towards the Orange Free State (OFS) capital at Bloemfontein, reaching Jacobsdal on 15 February.

Roberts planned to surround the Boers south of the river with a wide outflanking manoeuvre on 7 March, and sent Chermside's 14th Brigade to harass and pin them in position.

However, the Boers started to withdraw as soon as 6th Division began its advance and the Battle of Poplar Grove was inconclusive.

It included 7th Division (6000 strong – 3000 short of establishment) and three mounted brigade, which gathered at Glen Siding, where the railway crossed the Modder (the Boers had destroyed the bridge).

The mounted troops and artillery were still too far away to do much damage to the Boers fleeing towards Brandfort, but 7th Division now held the hills, opening the way for Roberts' later advance.

During April Chermside was transferred to the command of 3rd Division and Colonel John Maxwell was promoted to take over 14th Bde.

[18] Before the army could move, 7th Division carried out some preliminary movements on 30 April to clear the hills north of Krantzkraal.

14th Brigade was delayed by the Ermelo Commando until nearly sunset, but Roberts' wide advance forced the Boers to retreat and Brandfort was occupied that day.

The Boers attempted to make a stand at the Zand River to defend Kroonstad, but Roberts forced a crossing on 10 May, the cavalry turning the flank and 7th Division going over at Junction Drift.

[22] During 1902, 7th Division and 14th Bde began to reform at the Curragh outside Dublin,[23] but it was not until 1 November 1905 that Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft was appointed as brigadier-general commanding 14th Bde, which then comprised:[24] Under the Haldane Reforms, a British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was planned, with Regular Army units assigned in peacetime to the permanent brigades and divisions with which they would go overseas in the event of war.

On 20 March the officers of the 2nd Bn, Suffolk Regiment, among others, unanimously resolved to resign their commissions rather than take action against Loyalists in Northern Ireland.

It was present at the Battle of Crete, holding Heraklion airfield and causing many casualties among the German Parachute troops.