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    The 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division was an infantry formation of the Territorial Force created in 1914 as part of the massive expansion of the British...
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  • Union) 57th Infantry Division (Turkey) 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division (United Kingdom) 57th Air Division (United States) 57th Cavalry Division (Soviet...
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  • West Lancashire Division. In August 1915 these formations were assigned numbers, becoming 172nd (2nd/1st South Lancashire) Brigade and 57th (2nd West Lancashire)...
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  • May 1918; and he took command of the Territorial Force's 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division from 1 July 1917 to the end of the war. In the immediate...
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    of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London:...
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    of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London:...
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  • volunteers departed, he became General Officer Commanding 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division in April 1915 before retiring in early 1917. He was appointed...
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  • West Lancashire Division. In August 1915 these formations were assigned numbers, becoming 170th (2nd/1st North Lancashire) Brigade and 57th (2nd West Lancashire)...
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  • served with the division on the Western Front from February 1917 until the end of the war. See main article 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division A new 1/3rd...
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    Boulogne as part of the 172nd (2/1st South Lancashire) Brigade in the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division in February 1917 also for service on the Western...
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  • to join the 2/9th King's in 172nd (2/1st South Lancashire) Brigade of 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division (see below). From now on the combined battalion...
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  • 171st (2/1st Liverpool) Brigade (category Military units and formations in Lancashire)
    Lancashire Division. In August 1915 these formations were assigned numbers, becoming 171st (2nd/1st Liverpool) Brigade and 57th (2nd West Lancashire)...
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  • Infantry Division Imperial Japanese 56th Division Soviet 56th Rifle Division 57th Division British 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division Italian 57th Infantry...
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    of the division was amalgamated with the 2nd West Lancashire Division, and the West Lancashire Division ceased to exist. In 1916, the division was reformed...
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    Corps 51st (Highland) Division 52nd Division 56th (London) Division 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division 63rd (Royal Naval) Division General Charles Monro...
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    1/1st Lancashire Hvy Bty joined the 2nd West Lancashire Division. The 1/1st Bty joined the 2nd West Lancashire Division (57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division...
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  • Division 52nd (Lowland) Division 53rd (Welsh) Division 54th Division 55th (West Lancashire) Division 56th (London) Infantry Division 57th (2nd West Lancashire)...
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    Cyclist Division. He took command of the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division, in October 1916. His division went to France in 1917, as part of II ANZAC...
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    Battalion landed at Le Havre as part of the 170th Brigade in the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division in February 1917 also for service on the Western Front. The...
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    the following United Kingdom Divisions: the 1st, 6th, 14th, 24th, 27th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 34th, 50th, 57th, 66th Divisions. After the outbreak of hostilities...
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    to 2/4th and 1/5th Loyals in 170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade, 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division, and the remainder absorbed by the 5th Entrenching...
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  • third 18-pounder battery (B/CCLXXXVII (2/III West Lancashire RFA) joined from 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division on 17 March 1917) and reformed its own Brigade...
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  • of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London:...
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  • King's Regiment (Liverpool) (category Military units and formations in Lancashire)
    second-line battalions arrived on the Western Front with the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division in February 1917. To support the ill-fated Nivelle Offensive...
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    August, the Division officially became the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division, the 2/5th Bn taking its place in 172nd (2/1st South Lancashire) Brigade....
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  • were replaced by the 2nd Line units being formed, the 170th (2/1st North Lancashire) Brigade of 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division. To differentiate the...
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    Lieutenant-General Robert George Broadwood (1862—1917), GOC, 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division Brigadier-General Henry Jenkins Brock (1870—1933), CO, Welsh...
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    Mounted Division in Essex. Later in 1916, the regiment was split up as divisional cavalry: A Squadron joined 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division at Aldershot...
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  • 2/13th West Lancashire RFA) from 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division. 58th Divisional TMB Bde therefore included men from London, Lancashire, Shropshire...
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  • the 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division. On 24 November 1915, it concentrated at Canterbury. On 2 December 1915, it left 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division...
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