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...
61 KB (6,740 words) - 21:15, 30 April 2024
provided the divisional signals during both world wars, and served with the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, the 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, and the...
55 KB (6,885 words) - 22:09, 13 May 2024
example the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division was converted into the 42nd Armoured Division. Others, such as the 79th Armoured Division, were not...
98 KB (6,042 words) - 18:50, 6 June 2024
British Expeditionary Force order of battle (1940) (section 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division)
Ronald Forbes Adam 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (Major-General William Holmes) 44th (Home Counties) Infantry Division (Major-General Edmund...
70 KB (506 words) - 09:18, 10 February 2024
Independent Infantry Brigade (Home) until December, when it was reassigned to the 125th Infantry Brigade, part of 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, alongside...
59 KB (6,220 words) - 08:35, 14 May 2024
unit of the Imperial German Army 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, a unit of the British Army 42nd Infantry Division (United States), a unit of the United...
1 KB (170 words) - 20:04, 25 December 2021
Manchester in 1901. It became the engineer component of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division of the Territorial Force, seeing service in Egypt, at Gallipoli...
80 KB (11,055 words) - 11:58, 9 July 2023
Fulwood Barracks in 1986, so perpetuating the memory of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, and became the regional military headquarters for North...
8 KB (725 words) - 09:07, 22 July 2023
(East Lancashire) Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army during the First World War and the Second World War. It was assigned to the 42nd...
23 KB (2,629 words) - 09:41, 15 May 2024
second-line duplicate of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division. The division's battalions were all raised in the Lancashire and Cumbria area. It was...
26 KB (3,071 words) - 13:14, 9 February 2024
William Holmes (British Army officer) (category East Lancashire Regiment officers)
served in the Second World War, where he commanded the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division during the Battle of France in May/June 1940. The son of...
11 KB (943 words) - 12:29, 9 April 2024
1941 by converting the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division. The 42nd Division was a 1st Line Territorial Army (TA) infantry formation that saw service...
6 KB (578 words) - 13:11, 9 February 2024
The East Lancashire Regiment was, from 1881 to 1958, a line infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms...
25 KB (1,829 words) - 08:20, 14 May 2024
and Second World Wars. It was assigned to the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division and served in the Middle East and later in the trenches of the Western Front...
24 KB (2,717 words) - 20:23, 18 December 2023
Fusiliers and became part of the 125th Infantry Brigade of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division. Following the Battle of France, it was evacuated from...
25 KB (2,525 words) - 20:55, 29 August 2023
Miles Dempsey (section Far East)
assumed command of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, which was in the process of converting to an armoured division. This required him to implement...
69 KB (8,379 words) - 02:28, 2 June 2024
Officer Commanding 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division during the First World War. Frith was commissioned into the Somerset Light Infantry on 28 January...
2 KB (173 words) - 23:29, 3 October 2022
officer who briefly served as General Officer Commanding the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division during the First World War. Seymour was commissioned into...
2 KB (160 words) - 14:48, 17 March 2023
Division 37th Division 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division 39th Division 40th Division 41st Division 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division 46th (North Midland)...
41 KB (3,192 words) - 17:39, 7 May 2024
197th Infantry Brigade, and became part of the 66th Infantry Division, which was formed as a duplicate of 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, and...
15 KB (1,553 words) - 03:58, 7 July 2023
it joined the 42nd Support Group in 42nd Armoured Division (converted from the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division). When the 42nd Armoured was broken...
47 KB (5,292 words) - 03:02, 29 December 2023
Anti-Aircraft Battalion), a unit of the United Kingdom Army 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division (42 Battalion Machine Gun Corps), a unit of the United...
1 KB (182 words) - 17:50, 31 March 2021
in 1933, became General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, a Territorial Army formation, for a few months. In April...
10 KB (822 words) - 15:09, 25 April 2024
The 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, which saw service in the trenches...
45 KB (5,109 words) - 14:19, 11 February 2024
42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, Manchester Headquarters, 42nd Infantry Division commanded by Major General William George Holmes 42nd (East...
218 KB (22,502 words) - 14:03, 22 April 2024
assumed command in January 1940 of the 126th Infantry Brigade, part of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, a first-line Territorial Army (TA) formation...
18 KB (1,914 words) - 00:18, 15 August 2023
Manchester Regiment (category Military units and formations in Lancashire)
2nd Infantry Division, the 5th was serving with 4th East Lancashire Regiment and 1st Highland Light Infantry in the 127th Infantry Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire)...
69 KB (7,684 words) - 22:07, 13 May 2024
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...
85 KB (11,976 words) - 03:58, 30 April 2024
The 55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army's Territorial Army (TA) that was formed in 1920 and existed through...
55 KB (5,735 words) - 09:38, 14 May 2024
the war now over and his division disbanded, his next appointment was as GOC of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division from 1919 and was then briefly...
7 KB (409 words) - 21:55, 23 August 2023