Unit / Ship / Establishment:


6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

  Detail :

 1/6th Battalion August 1914 : in Salford. Part of Lancashire Fusiliers Brigade, East Lancashire Division. 25 September 1914 : landed in Egypt. 5 May 1915 : landed on Gallipoli. 26 May 1915 : formation became 125th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. 28 December 1915 : landed on Mudros and proceeded to Egypt. 27 February 1917 : landed Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front. 19 February 1918 : transferred to 197th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, absorbing 2/6th Bn and renamed 6th Bn. 19 April 1918 : reduced to cadre strength. 19 February 1918 : transferred to 199th Brigade in same Division. 13 August 1918 : absorbed 12th Bn, recently arrived from Salonika. 22 September 1918 : transferred to 198th Brigade in same Division.

  Notes:

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 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 Capt. A.V. CLEGG  07-08-1915 East Lancashire Centurion No.2322
 Pte. C. METCALFE  06-09-1917 Lumley No.1893

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