Current Operations
42nd (North West) Brigade today provides administrative support for the British Army in the region of North West England and the Isle of Man, under the command of 2 Division. Its headquarters are situated at Fulwood Barracks in Preston. The Brigade controls two Territorial Army Infantry Battalions as well as a number of other TA units.
Today's brigade primarily perpetuates the history of the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, formed as part of the Territorial Force in 1907 and which fought in World War I and World War II.
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