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87th Infantry Brigade, British Army
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Years active:
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unknown – unknown
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Country:
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United Kingdom
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Service:
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British Army
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Branch:
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unknown
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Type:
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Infantry
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Specific type:
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Infantry brigade
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Full size:
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4,500
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Sources for overview:
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Created:
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unknown.
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Name1:
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87th Infantry Brigade
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Name1 Start:
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unknown
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Name1 End:
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unknown
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Reason for change:
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Alternate names:
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Disbanded:
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unknown.
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Tactical
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Parent unit:
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29th Division, UK
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Parent level:
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Division
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Start date:
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01/03/1916
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End date:
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31/10/1919
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Tactical
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Subordinate unit:
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87th Machine Gun Company, UK
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Subordinate level:
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Company
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Start date:
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unknown
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End date:
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unknown
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Command structure
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Relationship type:
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Tactical
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Subordinate unit:
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1st Battalion Border Regiment, UK
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Subordinate level:
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Battalion
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Start date:
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01/04/1916
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End date:
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30/04/1919
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Sources:
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Theatre of war
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Theatre name:
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France, Belgium and Germany
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Date entered:
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01/03/1916
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Date left:
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31/10/1919
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Personal narratives
Cuthbert Lucas
Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas served as a general in command of the following units:
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