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Revision as of 05:35, 20 January 2016

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42nd Division, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Formation
Specific type: Infantry division
Full size: 19,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: East Lancashire Division
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 26/5/1915[1]
Reason for change: Renaming of territorial divisions.
Sources for name1:
Name2: 42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Name2 Start: 26/5/1915
Name2 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 125th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/05/1915
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 126th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1915
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 127th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/05/1915
End date: 31/03/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Mounted Troops, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Artillery, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Medical Services, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Veterinary Services, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Train, 42nd Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 01/08/1914
Date left: 28/02/1917
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Gallipoli
Date entered: 01/04/1915
Date left: 31/12/1915
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/03/1917
Date left: 30/04/1919
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

Unit histories

  • Template:RefOB
  • Frederick P. Gibbon, 42nd East Lancashire Division 1914-1918 (Country Life, 1920).

Other official documents

Other sources

References

  1. ↑ Template:RefOB
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