4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army

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This page is about the battalion that existed from January to November 1918. From 1908 to 1915, "4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment" referred to 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK.

This page was initially automatically created using data from series WO 95 (official war diaries) in the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue. It is not guaranteed to be complete or accurate. You can edit this page to make it more useful. Please help to improve the page by adding or correcting facts, and citing reliable sources.


4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
Years active: 31/1/1918[1] – 8/11/1918
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
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Created: 31/1/1918[1]
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Name1: 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name1 Start: 31/1/1918
Name1 End: 8/11/1918
Reason for change:
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Alternate names:
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Disbanded: 8/11/1918. 
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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: 31/1/1918
End date: 8/11/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: [[177th Infantry[2] Brigade, UK]]
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 31/01/1918
End date: 2/6/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 49th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 2/6/1918
End date: 17/6/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 102nd Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 17/6/1918
End date: 27/6/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 117th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 27/6/1918
End date: 27/7/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 118th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 27/7/1918
End date: 30/11/1918
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 30/01/1918
Date left: 8/11/1918
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Personal narratives

Related media

Official sources

Unit war diaries

Unit histories

  • Charles Rudyard Simpson, The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, 1914-1918 (London, Medici Society, 1931).

Other official documents

Other sources

References

  1. This was a new battalion formed from the amalgamation of 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK and part of 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK. See Template:RefWarDiary. Template:RefJames wrongly states that this battalion was a continuation of 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK.
  2. This and all other tactical parents given in Template:RefJames but incorrectly entered under 1/4th Battalion.
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