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1st/6th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers
Tours and Postings


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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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
Feb 1918 Marseilles, then Western Front
Feb 1918
Aug 1918
Transferred to 199 Brig, 66th Division
Aug 1918
Sep 1918
Absorbed into 12th Bn from Salonika
Sep 1918
Transferred to 198 Brig, 66th Division

 


Reformed 1939 WW2
From
To
Location
    1/6th Bn became 109 Regiment RAC.