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    42 (East Lancashire) Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. It had its origins in a Volunteer unit...
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    The 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division was raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial...
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    Squadron 42 (East Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor to the 42nd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment 59 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron – successor...
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  • Lancashire Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Signal Regiment, a British Army Territorial unit raised in 1908 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, a British...
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    in Manchester in 1901. It became the engineer component of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division of the Territorial Force, seeing service in Egypt, at...
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    to Fulwood Barracks in 1986, so perpetuating the memory of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, and became the regional military headquarters...
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    Force in 1908, and served through the First World War with the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division at Gallipoli, in Egypt and on the Western Front. Its second...
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    (RFA) in the East Lancashire Division of the Territorial Force. During World War I it served with the division (later the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division)...
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  • division was formed in late 1941 by converting the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division. The 42nd Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army (TA) infantry...
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  • engineers and provided a signals training centre during the First World War. Its successor units provided signal support for West Lancashire Territorial Army...
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    14 June 1915, by which time the rest of the East Lancashire Division (now designated 42nd (East Lancashire) Division) had been landed at Cape Helles on...
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    Street, Bolton 209, 210, 211 (East Lancashire) Btys 212 (East Lancashire) Bty (Howitzer) The brigade was once again part of 42nd (EL) Divisional Artillery...
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  • 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, which were redesignated 10th Armoured Brigade and 42nd Armoured Division respectively. All three regiments in...
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    outbreak of war. Both regiments mobilised on 1 September 1939, just before the outbreak of war, as part of 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, but...
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  • The 38 Signal Regiment (Volunteers) was a regiment of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals, part of the Army Reserve. The regiment's task was to "provide...
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    – 30th Regiment of Foot later East Lancashire Regiment The Twin Roses – York and Lancaster Regiment The Two Fours – 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot...
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  • Horse Regiment 12th Light Horse Regiment (incomplete) No.3 Section, Headquarters Port Said – (Major General H.A. Lawrence) 42nd (East Lancashire) Division...
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  • Royal Tank Regiment, Oldham 45th (Leeds Rifles) Royal Tank Regiment, Leeds 47th (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment, Oldham 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division...
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    above) 42nd (East Lancashire) Division (TF) 125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade 1/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers 1/6th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers...
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  • Highlanders London Scottish Regiment 2nd Brigade 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Kings Royal Rifle...
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    West Lancs) Bty absorbed into 59 (West Lancashire) Signal Squadron, 33 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment. In 1973 the remaining cadre was absorbed...
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    February 1917 1st West Lancashire Signal Company RE – from 55 Division; left December 1915 57th (2/1st West Lancashire) Signal Company RE – formed September...
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    7 December 1916 to command the Column which was composed of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, the 52nd (Lowland) Division, the Anzac Mounted Division...
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  • Bty of CCXI (1/II East Lancashire) Bde and B Bty became C (H) (later D (H)) Bty of CCX (1/I East Lancashire) Bde. In January 1917 42nd (EL) Division was...
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  • Provisional Signal Section, Royal Engineers 41st Provisional Battalion from home service details of the King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 42nd Provisional...
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    September, the 66th Division was relieved by its parent unit, the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. After a few days of overlap, where many men were able...
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  • London) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), London 33rd (Lancashire & Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V), Huyton 35th (South Midlands) Signal Regiment...
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    Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) – converted to 55th (Devon) LAA/AT Regiment August 1943 56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal...
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  • Headquarters, 11th Infantry Brigade & Signal Section 2nd Battalion, The Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and...
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    South Lancashire Regiment in HK to form The Lancashire Regiment.) 1st Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment (1958, amalgamated with The East Lancashire Regiment...
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