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
RE cap badge and TF East Lancs RE shoulder title
Royal Engineers laying a Pontoon bridge during the German retreat, March 1917.
A Royal Engineers Signal Company at work on the Western Front.
British motorcycle despatch rider in France.
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
East Lancashire Royal Engineers
…Company was a Field Park Company; in 1924 it was absorbed into divisional RE HQ. The signal company transferred to the new Royal Corps of Signals as 42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Signals. In 1924 Supplementary Reserve (formerly Special Reserve) companies of the RE were formed, and 104 (East Lancashire) Army Troops Company was attached…
RE cable wagons advancing on the Western Front.
Royal Engineers bringing up telephone cable during the Battle of Poelcappelle.