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1st/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
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August 1914 : in Bury. Part of Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade, East Lancs Division. 25 September 1914 : landed in Egypt. 5 May 1915 : landed on Gallipoli. 26 May 1915 : formation became 125th Brigade, 42nd Division. 28 December 1915 : landed on Mudros, and proceeded to Egypt. 27 February 1917 : landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front.


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Location
Aug 1914
Sep 1914
Bury. UK. Fusilier Brigade
Sep 1914
May 1915
Egypt
May 1915
Dec 1915
Gallipoli. 125 Brig. 42nd Division
Dec 1915
Feb 1917
Mudros, Egypt
Feb 1917
  Marseilles, then Western Front


Reformed 1939 for WW2

 

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Location
Apr 1940
Sudbury,Colchester,Clacton,Long Melford,Barnard Castle,Rufford Abbey Newark and Wensleydale.