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Revision as of 09:17, 27 January 2016

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.


57th Division, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Formation
Specific type: Infantry division
Full size: 19,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: West Lancashire Division
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 12/5/1915
Reason for change: Renaming of territorial divisions.
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Name2: 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
Name2 Start: 12/5/1915
Name2 End: unknown
Reason for change:
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Alternate names:
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Disbanded: unknown. 
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 170th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 171st Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 172nd Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/08/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Mounted Troops, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Artillery, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Medical Services, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Veterinary Services, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Train, 57th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/08/1915
Date left: 31/05/1919
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