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1st/6th 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. 19 February 1918 : transferred to 197th Brigade, 66th
Division, absorbing 2/6th Bn, and renamed 6th Bn. 19 April
1918 : reduced to cadre strength. 19 February 1918 : transferred to 199th
Brigade, 66th Division.
13 August 1918 : absorbed 12th Bn, recently arrived from Salonika. 22
September 1918 : transferred to 198th Brigade, 66th
Division.
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Aug 1914
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Sep 1914
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Bury. UK. Fusilier Brigade |
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May 1915
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Dec 1915
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Gallipoli. 125 Brig. 42nd Division |
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Dec 1915
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Feb 1917
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Mudros, Egypt |
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Feb 1917
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Feb 1918 | Marseilles, then Western Front |
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Feb 1918
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Aug 1918
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Transferred to 199 Brig, 66th Division |
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Aug 1918
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Sep 1918
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Absorbed into 12th Bn from Salonika |
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Sep 1918
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Transferred to 198 Brig, 66th Division |
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Reformed 1939 WW2
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Location
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| 1/6th Bn became 109 Regiment RAC. |