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[[Wikipedia:Cuthbert Lucas|Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas]] served as a general in command of the following units:
 
[[Wikipedia:Cuthbert Lucas|Cuthbert Henry Tindall Lucas]] served as a general in command of the following units:
  
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* [[87th Infantry Brigade, UK]] (1915-1917, including Gallipoli and the Somme)
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* [[87th Infantry Brigade, British Army]] (1915-1917, including Gallipoli and the Somme)
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* [[Machine Gun Training Centre, UK]] (1918)
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* [[Machine Gun Training Centre, British Army]] (1918)
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* [[4th Division, UK]] (October 1918)
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* [[4th Division, British Army]] (October 1918)
  
 
His diaries and letters have been transcribed and blogged by Steve Warburton at [http://gallipolifirstandlast.blogspot.co.uk/ Gallipoli: First In Last Out] and [http://somme95.blogspot.co.uk/ From the Frontline: Somme 1916].
 
His diaries and letters have been transcribed and blogged by Steve Warburton at [http://gallipolifirstandlast.blogspot.co.uk/ Gallipoli: First In Last Out] and [http://somme95.blogspot.co.uk/ From the Frontline: Somme 1916].

Latest revision as of 11:24, 11 November 2017

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87th Infantry Brigade, British Army
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
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 29th Division, British Army
Parent level: Division
Start date: 01/03/1916
End date: 31/10/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 87th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 87th Machine Gun Company, British Army
Subordinate level: Company
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1916
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1916
End date: 31/01/1918
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1916
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1st Battalion, Border Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/04/1916
End date: 30/04/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 51st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1919
End date: 31/10/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 52nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/03/1919
End date: 31/10/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 1/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, British Army
Subordinate level: Battalion
Start date: 01/05/1919
End date: 31/10/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/03/1916
Date left: 31/10/1919
Sources:


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


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