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| + | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuthbert_Lucas Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas] served as a general in command of the following units: | ||
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| + | * [[87th Infantry Brigade, UK]] (1915-1917, including Gallipoli and the Somme) | ||
| + | * [[Machine Gun Training Centre, UK]] (1918) | ||
| + | * [[4th Division, UK]] (October 1918) | ||
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| + | His diaries and letters have been transcribed and blogged by Steve Warburton at [http://gallipolifirstandlast.blogspot.co.uk/ Gallipoli: First In Last Out] and [http://somme95.blogspot.co.uk/ From the Frontline: Somme 1916]. | ||
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[[Category:All British Army units]] | [[Category:All British Army units]] | ||
[[Category:British infantry brigades]] | [[Category:British infantry brigades]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 04:52, 15 January 2016
| 87th Infantry Brigade, British Army | |
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| Years active: | unknown – unknown |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
| Branch: | unknown |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry brigade |
| Full size: | 4,000 |
| Sources for overview: | |
| Created: | unknown. |
| Sources for created: | |
| Name1: | 87th Infantry Brigade |
| Name1 Start: | unknown |
| Name1 End: | unknown |
| Reason for change: | |
| Sources for name1: | |
| Alternate names: | |
| Sources for alternate names: | |
| Disbanded: | unknown. |
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| For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war. | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Parent unit: | 29th Division, UK |
| Parent level: | Division |
| Start date: | 01/03/1916 |
| End date: | 31/10/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 87th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Company |
| Start date: | unknown |
| End date: | unknown |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 87th Machine Gun Company, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Company |
| Start date: | unknown |
| End date: | unknown |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/03/1916 |
| End date: | 30/04/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
|---|---|
| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/03/1916 |
| End date: | 31/01/1918 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/03/1916 |
| End date: | 30/04/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 1st Battalion Border Regiment, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/04/1916 |
| End date: | 30/04/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 51st Battalion Devonshire Regiment, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/03/1919 |
| End date: | 31/10/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 52nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/03/1919 |
| End date: | 31/10/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Command structure | |
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| Relationship type: | Tactical |
| Subordinate unit: | 1/5th Battalion Devonshire Regiment, UK |
| Subordinate level: | Battalion |
| Start date: | 01/05/1919 |
| End date: | 31/10/1919 |
| Sources: | |
| Theatre of war | |
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| Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
| Date entered: | 01/03/1916 |
| Date left: | 31/10/1919 |
| Sources: | |
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Personal narratives
Cuthbert Lucas
Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas served as a general in command of the following units:
- 87th Infantry Brigade, UK (1915-1917, including Gallipoli and the Somme)
- Machine Gun Training Centre, UK (1918)
- 4th Division, UK (October 1918)
His diaries and letters have been transcribed and blogged by Steve Warburton at Gallipoli: First In Last Out and From the Frontline: Somme 1916.
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