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{{Infobox military unit
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| type = Infantry
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| service = British Army
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| specific_type = Infantry battalion
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| start_date = 1/4/1908
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| end_date = 30/6/1919
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| country = United Kingdom
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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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}}
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{{Infobox command structure
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| command_start_date =1/4/1908
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| command_end_date =30/6/1919
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| parent =Lincolnshire Regiment, UK
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| relationship_type = Administrative
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}}
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{{Infobox command structure
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| command_start_date =1/4/1908
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| command_end_date =30/6/1919
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| parent =138th Infantry Brigade, UK
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| parent_level =British brigade
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| relationship_type = Tactical
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}}
  
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*Nationality: UK
 
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*Service: British Army
 
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*Type: Unit
 
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**[[Infantry Battalion]]
 
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*Regular/Territorial: Territorial
 
  
 
==Name and Organisation Changes==
 
==Name and Organisation Changes==
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*30 January 1918: absorbed part of [[1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]]
 
*30 January 1918: absorbed part of [[1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry]]
 
*July 1919: disembodied
 
*July 1919: disembodied
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==Parents==
 
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===Administrative===
 
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*[[Lincolnshire Regiment]]: 1908-1919
 
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===Tactical===
 
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*[[138th Infantry Brigade]]:  1908-1919
 
  
 
==Children==
 
==Children==
  
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*Battalion Headquarters
 
 
*Transport Section
 
*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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*Machine Gun Section (transferred to 138th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps, 22 February 1916)
 
*Lewis Gun Section (22 February 1916 to 31 May 1916)
 
*Lewis Gun Section (22 February 1916 to 31 May 1916)
 
*Companies before 1 January 1915:
 
*Companies before 1 January 1915:
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*France and Flanders: 9 February 1916-25 July 1919
 
*France and Flanders: 9 February 1916-25 July 1919
  
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===Battles===
 
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(These are the specific dates this unit took part in these battles, not necessarily dates of whole battle.)
 
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*Loos: 13 October 1915
 
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*The Somme: 1 July 1916
 
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*Hindenburg Line: 29 September 1918
 
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==Commanding Officers==
 
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(This information might be outside the scope of this project but nowhere else is currently collecting and organising it by unit.)
 
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*Colonel G.B. Walker (1 April 1908 to May 1912)
 
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*Lieutenant-Colonel [https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3891592 Thomas Edward Sandall] (May 1912 to 13 Oct 1915)
 
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*Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Thuillier Westmorland (Nov 1915 to 1 April 1916)
 
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*Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Edward Sandall (April 1916 to May 1917)
 
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*Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Archibald Waring (May 1917 to 30 June 1918)
 
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*Lieutenant-Colonel Harold Graham Wilson (30 June 1918 to July 1919)
 
  
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==Personal Narratives==
  
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==Sources==
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===William Wenham===
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===Personal Narratives===
 
  
 
*[https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4699116 William Wenham]'s letters relating to his capture while serving with the battalion and subsequent imprisonment in Germany:
 
*[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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**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623359100532/ Images on Flickr]
 
**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623359100532/ Images on Flickr]
  
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===Related Media===
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==Related Media==
  
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623234521977/ Photos of William Wenham]
 
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/sets/72157623234521977/ Photos of William Wenham]
 
*[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]
 
*[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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==Official Sources==
  
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====War Diaries====
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*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7354514 WO 95/2691/2] (images can be downloaded from TNA for a fee)
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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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**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/wenham5thlincs/collections/72157626591755705/ Images at Flickr] free for non-commercial use
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*[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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===Other Official Documents===
  
 
*Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives
 
*Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives
  
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====Published Histories====
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===Official 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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===Other Publications===
 
===Other Publications===
  
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==Footnotes==
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<references/>
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Revision as of 07:09, 16 December 2014

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: 1/1/1915
Reason for change: Renumbering of territorial units
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name2 Start: 1/1/1915
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: British brigade
Start date: 1/4/1908
End date: 30/6/1919
Sources:


Name and Organisation Changes

  • 1 April 1908: formed as 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 31 August 1914: formed duplicate battalion 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 1 January 1915: merged 8 companies into 4
  • January 1915? renamed 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 30 January 1918: absorbed part of 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry
  • July 1919: disembodied

Children

  • Transport Section
  • Machine Gun Section (transferred to 138th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps, 22 February 1916)
  • Lewis Gun Section (22 February 1916 to 31 May 1916)
  • Companies before 1 January 1915:
    • A Company
    • B Company
    • C Company
    • D Company
    • E Company
    • F Company
    • G Company
    • H Company
  • Companies after 1 January 1915 (not the same as previous A-D Companies):
    • A Company
    • B Company
    • C Company
    • D Company

Locations

Theatres

  • Home: 1 April 1908-27 February 1915
  • France and Flanders: 28 February 1915-8 January 1916
  • Egypt: 14 January 1916-3 February 1916
  • France and Flanders: 9 February 1916-25 July 1919


Personal Narratives

William Wenham

Related Media

Official Sources

Unit war diaries

Other Official Documents

  • Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives

Official 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 Publications

Footnotes

Retrieved from ‘http://collaborativecollections.org/WorldWarOne/index.php?title=1/5th_Battalion,_Lincolnshire_Regiment,_British_Army&oldid=942’