87th Infantry Brigade, British Army

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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
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	87th Infantry Brigade
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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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
Parent unit:	29th Division, British Army
Parent level:	Division
Start date:	01/03/1916
End date:	31/10/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	87th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery, British Army
Subordinate level:	Company
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	87th Machine Gun Company, British Army
Subordinate level:	Company
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/03/1916
Date left:	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:

• 87th Infantry Brigade, British Army (1915-1917, including Gallipoli and the Somme)
• Machine Gun Training Centre, British Army (1918)
• 4th Division, British Army (October 1918)

His diaries and letters have been transcribed and blogged by Steve Warburton at Gallipoli: First In Last Out and From the Frontline: Somme 1916.

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)

References

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