East Lancashire Royal Engineers
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The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers raised in Manchester in 1901. It became the engineer component of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division of the Territorial Force, seeing service in Egypt, at Gallipoli and (together with a duplicate unit) on the Western Front during World War I. In World War II it was in the Dunkirk evacuation with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, and then converted to the armoured assault engineer role ('Funnies') in 79th Armoured Division in North West Europe. Its duplicate unit served in Tunisia and Italy. The unit continues today as part of 75 Engineer Regiment in the Army Reserve.
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East Lancashire Royal Engineers
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42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Engineers
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123 Field Regiment, RE
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3rd Lancashire Royal Engineers (Volunteers)
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42nd Assault Regiment, RE
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World War I:
*Egypt
*Gallipoli
*German spring offensive
*Hundred Days Offensive
World War II:
*Battle of France
*Tunisia
*Italy
*North West Europe
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RE cap badge and TF East Lancs RE shoulder title
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42
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79
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1901
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Field Engineers
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Armoured assault engineers
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Field Engineer
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The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Engineers raised in Manchester in 1901. It became the engineer component of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division of the Territorial Force, seeing service in Egypt, at Gallipoli and (together with a duplicate unit) on the Western Front during World War I. In World War II it was in the Dunkirk evacuation with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, and then converted to the armoured assault engineer role ('Funnies') in 79th Armoured Division in North West Europe. Its duplicate unit served in Tunisia and Italy. The unit continues today as part of 75 Engineer Regiment in the Army Reserve.
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1901
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Armoured assault engineers
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Field Engineers
