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duties in France. They were replaced by the 1st Battalion,
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861:(from 20 September 1940 until 22 September 1941)
168:British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division Insignia
513:, and then for the rest of 1915 was engaged in
475:In late May 1915 the division was numbered as
430:(from 14 September 1917; wounded 16 September)
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1632:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
990:Irish military personnel to be awarded the VC
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988:of the war. He was also the first of eight
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980:(OC) B Company of the 1st Battalion,
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780:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
729:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
692:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
485:198th (2/1st East Lancashire) Brigade
481:126th (1/1st East Lancashire) Brigade
373:1/8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
270:within the East Lancashire Division.
236:King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
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1030:110th Regiment RAC (Border Regiment)
934:, a Regular Army formation, and the
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544:In 1918 the division became part of
449:Brigadier-General T. H. S. Marchant
262:, the 4th and 5th, and two from the
1398:"The East Lancashire Regiment (UK)"
668:127th (Manchester) Infantry Brigade
651:and both the 42nd Division and the
489:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
386:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division
1467:"King's Own Royal Regiment Museum"
805:(joined 10 November 1939, left to
738:was posted away to become part of
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1155:"42nd (East Lancashire) Division"
684:41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment
443:Brigadier-General G. H. Wedgwood
1675:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918
1048:Recipients of the Victoria Cross
754:unit that had been stationed in
533:. During 1917 it formed part of
419:Brigadier-General A. W. Tufnell
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1558:"The Regiments in World War II"
1026:107th Regiment RAC (King's Own)
766:dating from the 1914-1918 war.
694:in return, previously from the
477:42nd (East Lancashire) Division
197:42nd (East Lancashire) Division
174:126th (East Lancashire) Brigade
23:126th (East Lancashire) Brigade
797:5th Battalion, Border Regiment
219:and then later converted into
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1424:"Home - The Long, Long Trail"
1303:"Home - The Long, Long Trail"
1252:"Home - The Long, Long Trail"
1184:"Home - The Long, Long Trail"
1133:"Home - The Long, Long Trail"
1044:, replacing 1st East Lancs).
1028:(previously 5th King's Own),
936:44th (Home Counties) Division
913:King's Own Scottish Borderers
888:Harold Marcus-Ervine Andrews
367:126th Trench Mortar Battery
1032:(formerly 5th Borders) and
917:British Expeditionary Force
582:Battle of the Canal du Nord
358:126th Machine Gun Company,
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998:German invasion of England
789:(left 29 October 1939, to
686:, later to serve with the
496:Battle of Krithia Vineyard
760:Northern Ireland District
195:. It was assigned to the
1453:British Military History
982:East Lancashire Regiment
969:. During the evacuation
930:, serving alongside the
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802:East Lancashire Regiment
748:East Lancashire Regiment
660:East Lancashire Regiment
580:was breached during the
505:of the 1/9th Battalion,
439:(from 19 September 1917)
308:East Lancashire Regiment
260:East Lancashire Regiment
228:East Lancashire Regiment
1630:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
843:(until 13 January 1940)
744:lines of communications
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666:was transferred to the
471:Third Battle of Krithia
451:(from 5 September 1918)
278:On the outbreak of the
268:East Lancashire Brigade
250:On the creation of the
154:Lionel Bootle-Wilbraham
115:Battle of Passchendaele
21:East Lancashire Brigade
1057:William Thomas Forshaw
1014:42nd Armoured Division
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704:126th Infantry Brigade
688:24th Army Tank Brigade
682:in 1938, becoming the
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616:125th could catch up.
567:Hundred Days Offensive
503:William Thomas Forshaw
369:(joined 26 March 1917)
209:126th Infantry Brigade
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124:Hundred Days Offensive
25:126th Infantry Brigade
1582:Joslen, pp. 165, 311.
1277:"Manchester Regiment"
1084:Marcus Ervine-Andrews
1018:11th Armoured Brigade
974:Marcus Ervine-Andrews
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740:25th Infantry Brigade
605:Beauvois-en-Cambrésis
571:fighting on the Somme
498:(6–13 August), where
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221:11th Armoured Brigade
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1670:The Long, Long Trail
1364:on 23 September 2015
1022:Royal Armoured Corps
344:(left February 1918)
318:(left February 1918)
258:battalions from the
217:evacuated at Dunkirk
119:Battles of the Somme
2790:117th Royal Marines
2785:116th Royal Marines
1332:Edmonds, pp. 338–9.
1161:on 15 February 2013
1075:Alfred Victor Smith
1040:, transferred from
955:withdraw to Dunkirk
858:L. Bootle-Wilbraham
821:Manchester Regiment
758:, under command of
680:Royal Tank Regiment
664:Manchester Regiment
593:Battle of the Selle
507:Manchester Regiment
457:Egypt and Gallipoli
415:(from 13 July 1915)
334:Manchester Regiment
264:Manchester Regiment
232:Manchester Regiment
1543:The London Gazette
1323:Edmonds, pp. 44–8.
978:Officer Commanding
924:William Holmes DSO
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876:France and Dunkirk
720:invasion of Poland
445:(from 25 May 1918)
434:Brigadier-General
425:Brigadier-General
410:Brigadier-General
199:and served in the
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129:Dunkirk evacuation
107:Gallipoli Campaign
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2769:24th (Gold Coast)
2693:27th (N Rhodesia)
1657:978-0-304-35233-3
1641:978-1-84342-474-1
1564:on 15 August 2018
1404:on 4 January 2006
1122:Becke, pp. 35–41.
1002:Battle of Britain
902:Eric Miles DSO MC
809:8 September 1941)
645:Territorial Force
625:Avesnes-sur-Helpe
562:Operation Michael
407:D. G. Prendergast
405:Brigadier-General
360:Machine Gun Corps
339:Ashton-under-Lyne
332:1/9th Battalion,
306:1/4th Battalion,
252:Territorial Force
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519:Battle of Romani
509:was awarded the
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1771:2nd Malayan
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1746:1st Malayan
1741:1st (Malta)
1595:A.F. Becke,
1538:"No. 35305"
1038:Manchesters
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945:During the
722:. When the
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676:Army Troops
554:German Army
535:Fourth Army
203:and on the
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103:Engagements
2865:Categories
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2287:5th London
2282:4th London
2277:3rd London
2272:2nd London
2267:1st London
1816:6th Guards
1806:5th Guards
1590:References
1054:Lieutenant
1008:Conversion
867:H.L. Birks
865:Brigadier
856:Brigadier
849:E.G. Miles
847:Brigadier
830:Commanders
550:Third Army
500:Lieutenant
463:Suez Canal
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288:Alexandria
152:Brigadier
142:commanders
135:Commanders
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1831:7th Motor
1614:, Vol V,
928:III Corps
899:Brigadier
839:Brigadier
698:, of the
633:Charleroi
576:When the
467:Gallipoli
313:Blackburn
256:Volunteer
246:Formation
35:1920–1941
33:1908–1919
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2795:Adriatic
1378:cite web
1287:21 March
1229:cite web
1219:21 March
1165:21 March
621:Maubeuge
613:enfilade
609:Hautmont
546:IV Corps
539:Flanders
238:and the
230:and the
215:and was
191:and the
178:infantry
77:Infantry
2850:Western
2825:Kowloon
2810:Central
1776:2nd SDF
1751:1st SDF
1477:27 June
1081:Captain
1063:Private
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