42 Signal Regiment was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. It had its origins in a Volunteer unit of the Royal Engineers formed in Manchester during the Second Boer W
British motorcycle despatch rider on the Western Front.
RE cable wagons advancing on the Western Front.
RE Signal Company at work on the Western Front.
Royal Engineers bringing up telephone cable during the Battle of Poelcappelle.
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 Division of the Territorial Force, seei
42nd (East Lancashire) Signal Regiment
…and the 66th Infantry Division. Its successor continues in the Army Reserve as a Signal Troop in Manchester. The unit has its origins in G Company, 3rd Lancashire Royal Engineers, a Volunteer Force unit of the Royal Engineers (RE) formed in the City of Manchester during the Second Boer War. When the Volunteers were subsumed into…
RE cap badge and TF East Lancs RE shoulder title
Royal Engineers laying a Pontoon bridge during the German retreat, March 1917.