170th Infantry Brigade, British Army

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170th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	unknown
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry brigade
Full size:	4,000
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	170th Infantry Brigade
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	57th Division, UK
Parent level:	Division
Start date:	01/08/1915
End date:	31/05/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	170th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, UK
Subordinate level:	Company
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	170th Machine Gun Company, UK
Subordinate level:	Company
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	2/5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/08/1915
End date:	31/05/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	2/4th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/09/1915
End date:	30/04/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	2/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/09/1915
End date:	31/12/1917
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	4/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/10/1915
End date:	31/01/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	1/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, UK
Subordinate level:	Battalion
Start date:	01/01/1918
End date:	31/05/1919
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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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Official sources

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References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.