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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 05:52, 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: | |
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Alternate names: | |
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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 | |
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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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