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Honorary Colonels

42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Signals (TA)

Dates

Name

Background
1928 - 1940s Colonel FJ West CBE JP Industrialist & former Lord Mayor of Manchester
1947 - 1952 Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD Former Commanding Officer
1952 - 10 Oct 1957 Colonel SA Woods TD Former Commanding Officer
10 Oct 1957 - 1962 Colonel ARB Dobson OBE TD Industrialist & former Squadron Commander
1962 - 1967 Colonel CHH Lingard TD Former Commanding Officer

Commanding Officers

East Lancashire Divisional Telegraph Company Royal Engineers

East Lancashire Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers

42nd Divisional Signal Company Royal Engineers

Dates

Name

Appointed at
1 Apr 1908 - Oct 1911 Captain EC Holden RE (T) Old Trafford
Oct 1911 - Jul 1915 Captain AN Lawford RE (T)
(promoted Major in Cairo, Oct 1914)		 Old Trafford
Jul 1915 - 10 Oct 1915 2Lt A Roberts (later awarded MC and Bar in France)
(temporary command)		 Gallipoli
10 Oct 1915 - May 1916 Captain RW Dammers Sherwood Foresters Gallipoli
May 1916 - Nov 1916 Captain CH Williamson MC Manchester Regiment (T) Suez
Nov 1916 - Sep 1918 Captain S Gordon Johnson DSO MC South Staffordshire Regiment (promoted Major in France, 1917) Sinai Desert
Sep 1918 - 7 Feb 1919 Major PA Foy MC RE France
7 Feb 1919 - Mar 1919 Major J Parkinson RE
(joined from 13 Corps Signal Company)		  

42nd (East Lancashire) Divisional Signals (TA)

Dates

Name

Appointed at
1921 - 1924 Major A Roberts MC Royal Signals (TA) Old Trafford
1924 - 1926 Major W Monks Royal Signals (TA)
(promoted Lieutenant Colonel 1925)		 Burlington Street
1926 - 1932 Lieutenant Colonel RS Newton MC Royal Signals (TA)
(appointed Brevet Colonel 1930)		 Burlington Street
1932 - 1933 Lieutenant Colonel R Lazenby Norton Street
1933 - 1938 Lieutenant Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD
(appointed Brevet Colonel circa 1937)		 Norton Street
1938 - 1939 Lieutenant Colonel CB Delaney Norton Street
1939 - 30 Oct 1939 Lieutenant Colonel ER Sutton MSM TD  
30 Oct 1939 - 19 Mar 1941 Lieutenant Colonel WS Ashley OBE TD (second tour)  
19 Mar 1941 - 1 Jul 1941 Brevet Colonel ME Holdsworth TD  
1 Jul 1941 - 15 Oct 1941 Lieutenant Colonel CG Moore Halstead
15 Oct 1941 - ? 1943 ? Lieutenant Colonel RC Conway-Gordon  

42nd (Lancashire) Infantry Divisional Signal Regiment (TA)

42nd (Lancashire) Signal Regiment, TA

42nd (Lancashire and Cheshire) Signal Regiment, TA

Dates

Name

Army Number / Remarks
1947 - 1952 Lieutenant Colonel SA Woods TD  
1952 - May 1955 Lieutenant Colonel CHH Lingard  
May - 5 Aug 1955 Major GS Camp (temporary command)
5 Aug 1955 - 27 Sep 1958 Lieutenant Colonel DN Deakin  
28 Sep 1958 - Sep 1963 Lieutenant Colonel IW Herbert TD  
Sep 1963 - 26 Sep 1965 Lieutenant Colonel R Boyd  
26 Sep 1965 - 31 Mar 1967 Lieutenant Colonel PD Weymont TD Later Colonel, Deputy Commander 11 Signal Group

42nd Signal Squadron (Volunteers)

Dates

Name

Army Number / Remarks

1967 - 1972

 Major PD Brown ERD  

1972 - 1975

 Major PF Jolliffe TD  

1975 - 1977

 Major AV Nolan TD  

1977 - 1981

 Major AC Leech  

1981 - 1987

 Major CJB Clark TD  

1987 - 1990

 Major WJ Matthews TD  

1990 - 1995

 Major MJ Davis  

1995 - 31 Jan 1998

 Major BS Kennedy TD  

1 Feb 1998 - 29 Feb 00

 Major IG Kelly TD KINGS 520835

1 Mar 2000 - Feb 2002

 Major MO Cummings TD  

Feb 2002 - Nov 2002

 Major CA James  

Nov 2002 -              

 Major DA Titheridge TD  
  Major A Quinn  
 

Still Recruiting...

42 Signal Squadron is still recruiting spare-time soldiers to train on Tuesday evenings,  weekends, plus a 2-week exercise each year, often abroad. 
Applicants should be medically and physically fit, and aged 17 - 32 (can be older with previous military experience).
For more details, ring 0161 257 3377 during office hours Monday - Friday.