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== Official sources == | == Official sources == | ||
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− | {{War diary | + | * {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14054493|WO 95/2303/1|01/03/1916|31/08/1916}} |
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+ | * {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14054496|WO 95/2303/4|01/06/1918|31/10/1918}} | ||
+ | * {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14054497|WO 95/2303/5|01/11/1918|31/10/1919}} | ||
+ | * {{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7357768|WO 95/4311|01/01/1915|28/02/1916}} | ||
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=== Unit histories === | === Unit histories === |
Revision as of 11:09, 25 May 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: | 4,500 |
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. |
Sources for disbanded: | |
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: |
Contents
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.
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2303/1 (01/03/1916–31/08/1916)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2303/2 (01/09/1916–30/09/1917)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2303/3 (01/10/1917–31/05/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2303/4 (01/06/1918–31/10/1918)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2303/5 (01/11/1918–31/10/1919)
- The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/4311 (01/01/1915–28/02/1916)
Unit histories
Other official documents
Other sources
References