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{{Infobox military unit
 
{{Infobox military unit
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| country = United Kingdom
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| service = British Army
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| branch = Territorial Force
 
| type = Infantry
 
| type = Infantry
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| service = British Army
 
 
| specific_type = Infantry battalion
 
| specific_type = Infantry battalion
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| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
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| unit_name1 = 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
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| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
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| unit_name1_end_date = 1915
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Renumbering of territorial battalions.
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| unit_name2 = 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
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| unit_name2_start_date = 1915
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| unit_name2_end_date = 30/6/1919
 
| start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| end_date = 30/6/1919
 
| end_date = 30/6/1919
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| country = United Kingdom
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| alternate_unit_names = 5th Lincolns
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| branch = Territorial Force
 
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| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
 
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| alternate_unit_names =5th Lincolns
 
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| unit_name1 =5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
 
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| unit_name1_start_date =1/4/1908
 
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| unit_name1_end_date =1/1/1915
 
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change =Renumbering of territorial units
 
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| unit_name2 =1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
 
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| unit_name2_start_date =1/1/1915
 
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| unit_name2_end_date =30/6/1919
 
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| unit_name2_reason_for_change =
 
 
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{{Infobox command structure
 
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| command_start_date =1/4/1908
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| command_start_date = 1/4/1908
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| command_end_date =30/6/1919
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| command_end_date = 30/6/1919
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| parent =Lincolnshire Regiment, UK
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| parent = Lincolnshire Regiment, UK
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
| relationship_type = Administrative
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Infobox command structure
 
{{Infobox command structure
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| command_start_date =1/4/1908
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| command_start_date = 01/04/1908
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| command_end_date =30/6/1919
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| command_end_date = 30/06/1919
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| parent =138th Infantry Brigade, UK
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| parent = 138th Infantry Brigade, UK
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| parent_level =British brigade
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| parent_level = {{BritishBrigade}}
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
 
| relationship_type = Tactical
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}}
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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|ToW_name =
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|date_entered_ToW = 01/04/1908
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|date_left_ToW = 27/2/1915
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|ToW_code = 11
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|location =
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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|ToW_name =
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|date_entered_ToW = 28/02/1915
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|date_left_ToW = 8/1/1916
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|ToW_code = 1
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|location =
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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|ToW_name =
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|date_entered_ToW = 14/1/1916
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|date_left_ToW = 3/2/1916
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|ToW_code = 4
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|location =
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{{Infobox theatre of war
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|ToW_name =
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|date_entered_ToW = 9/02/1916
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|date_left_ToW = 30/6/1919
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|ToW_code = 1
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|location =
 
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==Name and Organisation Changes==
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*1 April 1908: formed as 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
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*31 August 1914: formed duplicate battalion 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
 
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*1 January 1915: merged 8 companies into 4
 
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*January 1915? renamed 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
 
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*30 January 1918: absorbed part of [[1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]]
 
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*July 1919: disembodied
 
  
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==Children==
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== Personal narratives ==
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*Transport Section
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*Machine Gun Section (transferred to 138th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps, 22 February 1916)
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=== Arthur John Moore Burrowes ===
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*Lewis Gun Section (22 February 1916 to 31 May 1916)
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*Companies before 1 January 1915:
 
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**A Company
 
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**B Company
 
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**C Company
 
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**D Company
 
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**E Company
 
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**F Company
 
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**G Company
 
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**H Company
 
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*Companies after 1 January 1915 (not the same as previous A-D Companies):
 
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**A Company
 
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**D Company
 
  
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==Locations==
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===William Albert Wenham===
  
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===Theatres===
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*{{RefLives|https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4699116|William Albert|Wenham}} sent letters home relating to his capture while serving with the battalion and subsequent imprisonment in Germany. The form notifying his family that he was missing gives his battalion as 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment, and the battalion's war diary mentions him by name ({{RefWarDiary|6/12/1916}}).
  
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*Home: 1 April 1908-27 February 1915
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*[http://beta.fromthepage.com/collection/show?collection_id=2 Images and transcripts at From the Page]
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*France and Flanders: 28 February 1915-8 January 1916
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623359100532/ Images on Flickr]
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*Egypt: 14 January 1916-3 February 1916
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*Images and transcripts are also availabe at the Great War Archive.
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*France and Flanders: 9 February 1916-25 July 1919
 
  
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== Related media ==
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==Personal Narratives==
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623234521977/ Photos of William Wenham]
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*[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=File:D_Co_5th_Lincs.jpg Photo of pre-war D Company]
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===William Wenham===
 
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*[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4699116 William Wenham]'s letters relating to his capture while serving with the battalion and subsequent imprisonment in Germany:
 
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**[http://beta.fromthepage.com/collection/show?collection_id=2 Images and transcripts at From the Page]
 
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**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623359100532/ Images on Flickr]
 
  
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==Related Media==
 
  
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*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623234521977/ Photos of William Wenham]
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== Official sources ==
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*[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=File:D_Co_5th_Lincs.jpg Photo of pre-war D Company]
 
  
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==Official Sources==
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=== {{WarDiaryHeading}} ===
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==={{WarDiaryHeading}}===
 
  
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*{{WarDiaryTNA|WO 95/2691/2|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7354514|1/3/1915|30/6/1919}}
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*{{WarDiaryTNA|WO 95/2691/2|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7354514|01/03/1915|30/06/1919}}
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/collections/72157626591755705/ Flickr] images of whole TNA diary, free for non-commercial use.
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/collections/72157626591755705/ Flickr] images of whole TNA diary, free for non-commercial use.
  
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===Other Official Documents===
 
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*Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives
 
  
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===Official Unit Histories===
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=== Unit histories ===
  
 
*Thomas Edward Sandall, ''A History of the 5th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment'' (Oxford, Blackwell, 1922).
 
*Thomas Edward Sandall, ''A History of the 5th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment'' (Oxford, Blackwell, 1922).
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*Charles Rudyard Simpson, ''The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1918'' (London, Medici Society, 1931).
 
*Charles Rudyard Simpson, ''The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1918'' (London, Medici Society, 1931).
  
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===Other Publications===
 
  
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=== Other official documents ===
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Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives
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== Other sources ==
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==Footnotes==
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[[Category:British infantry battalions]]
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[[Category:All British Army units]]
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[[Category:British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence|010 005 01]]
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Revision as of 07:04, 20 February 2015

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1/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – 30/6/1919
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 1915
Reason for change: Renumbering of territorial battalions.
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name2 Start: 1915
Name2 End: 30/6/1919
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names: 5th Lincolns
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: 30/6/1919. 
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, UK
Parent level:
Start date: 1/4/1908
End date: 30/6/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 138th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1908
End date: 30/06/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: British Isles
Date entered: 01/04/1908
Date left: 27/2/1915
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 28/02/1915
Date left: 8/1/1916
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: Egypt, Palestine and Syria
Date entered: 14/1/1916
Date left: 3/2/1916
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 9/02/1916
Date left: 30/6/1919
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Personal narratives

William Albert Wenham

  • Template:RefLives sent letters home relating to his capture while serving with the battalion and subsequent imprisonment in Germany. The form notifying his family that he was missing gives his battalion as 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment, and the battalion's war diary mentions him by name (Template:RefWarDiary).

Related media


Official sources

Unit war diaries


Unit histories

  • Thomas Edward Sandall, A History of the 5th Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment (Oxford, Blackwell, 1922).
  • Charles Rudyard Simpson, The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1918 (London, Medici Society, 1931).


Other official documents

Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives

Other sources

References


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