 Brigade headquarters was established at Epping Place, Epping, the home of the brigade major, Maj H.W.W.Wood.During the Second Boer War, detachments of volunteers from the brigade served with the City Imperial Volunteers and in the 112-strong Special Service Company serving alongside the Regulars of the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment in the first part of the war, followed by a second company of 101 men in 1901–02.