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| type = Infantry
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| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
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| unit_name1 = 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
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| parent = Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
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| command_start_date = 01/01/1916
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| command_end_date = 31/01/1918
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| parent = 177th Infantry Brigade, British Army
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==Name and Organisation Changes==
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*13 September 1914: duplicated from [[1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]] as 4th (Reserve) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (initially for home service and training replacements to be sent out to 1/4th)
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*January 1915? renamed 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
 
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*1 June 1915: formed duplicate battalion 3/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry (debatable: more research needed)
 
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*30 January 1918: merged with part of [[1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]] to form new [[4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]]
 
  
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*Britain: September 1914-April 1916
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*Ireland: April 1916-January 1917 (Fighting against the Easter Rising was officially classed as home service at the time but needs to be distinguished somehow.)
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*Britain: January-February 1917
 
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*France and Flanders: February 1917-January 1918
 
  
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*{{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7355207|WO 95/3023/1|01/01/1916|28/02/1916}}
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*{{War diary TNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7355208|WO 95/3023/2|01/02/1917|31/01/1918}}
  
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*[[177th Infantry Brigade]] (July 1915-30 January 1918)
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(similar to [[1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]])
 
  
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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7355207 WO 95/3023/1] January-February 1916 (images can be downloaded from TNA for a fee)
 
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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7355208 WO 95/3023/2] February 1917-January 1918 (images can be downloaded from TNA for a fee)
 
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*Charles Rudyard Simpson, ''The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1918'' (London, Medici Society, 1931).
 
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Latest revision as of 10:30, 11 November 2017

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2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
Years active: unknown – 31/1/1918
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force (British Army)
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created: unknown. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name1 Start: unknown
Name1 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name1:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: 31/1/1918. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
Parent level:
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 177th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/01/1916
End date: 31/01/1918
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/02/1917
Date left: 31/01/1918
Sources:


Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3023/1 (01/01/1916–28/02/1916)
  • The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/3023/2 (01/02/1917–31/01/1918)

Unit histories

Other official documents

Other sources

References


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