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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1st Somersetshire Engineers (redirect from 45th (2nd Wessex) Divisional Engineers)
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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Ireland and World War I (section 10th Division)
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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Kent Cyclist Battalion (redirect from 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment))
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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