5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 9 talking about this. 3rd/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Born in Stamford, Lincs.& enlisted in Kettering Buried in Vermelles British Cemetery. A-E. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. L-Z. 43: 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 7, c.9) which brought the Territorial Force into being, the TF was intended to be a home defence force for service during wartime and members could not be compelled to serve outside the country. 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. Original regiment Unit Becomes Labour Company number Men are renumbered from to; Royal Scots: 19th (Labour) Battalion: 1: 1: 600: ditto: ditto: 2: 601: 1200: Scottish Rifles 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 12th Division. It took part in the Battle for Adrano (29 July – 3 August 1943). 5th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 20th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 1st Battalion. 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) Formed at Northampton in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached as Army Troops to 12th (Eastern) Division. 5th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Moved initially to Shorncliffe and on to Hythe in November 1914. 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Photograph album owned by Captain V P Mobbs of 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment in France 1914-18. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Formed in the Territorial Force in February 1914, it remained in the United Kingdom throughout the First World War. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.3rd April 1918) Michael Smith, son of Mr. L B Smith, Linden House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire was born in Ampthill. A-K. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment L-Z. Age 19. The 5th (Territorial) battalion - the 'Yellow Devils'. 7th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. It remained in England throughout the war. There seems to have been an enthusiastic take-up in Northamptonshire with close to a thousand men joining the battalion by the end of that year. The 162nd Brigade was part of the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division. 22nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. This was achieved by either converting certain battalions to other roles, usually artillery or engineers, or by amalgamating pairs of battalions within a regiment. 2nd Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Charles L Field. 14th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. With the regular British Army stretched in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny (May 1857 – June 1858), a popular movement saw the creation of the Volunteer Force. 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 6th (Service) Battalion 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. [5], With the formation of the Territorial Force, Huntingdonshire was one of the few counties that did not have its own battalion. W-Z. 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 4th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). They are not personal diaries (try the Imperial War Museumor Local Record Offices for those). 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. [2], The battalion was assigned to the 162nd Independent Infantry Brigade along with the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. He was a sergeant when war broke out, … Rank: Private Regiment: Northamptonshire Regiment Parents: Mr & Mrs Field Address: 162 Bohemian Road, St Leonards Other Info: At the Front.Additional name information from the Lives of the First World War website. 20th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. [7] It was to be used as mobile infantry, and for work on signals, scouting and similar activities. 3/4th and 3/5th Battalion Territorial Force 01.06.1915 & 17.04.1915 Formed at Lincoln and Grimsby. In May 1918 it was at Skegness where it remained until the end of the war. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 3rd Dragoon Guards, (Prince of Wales's Own). As a result, the battalion was amalgamated with 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment to form 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). [2] It joined the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment in the 162nd (East Midland) Infantry Brigade, which also included the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment. ... Battalion 19361939The 5th Battalion 19361939The new 4th Battalion 1939 . [11], The 3rd Line battalion was formed in 1915 to provide trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line battalions. [22][24], In June 1942, 4th Infantry Division was reorganized as a Mixed Division[g] when 21st Tank Brigade was assigned. Deal Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. In the event, the plan did not go ahead and the brigade left Force 135 on 30 January 1945. Jan 1915 Became a Pioneer Battalion of the 12th Division. 11th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey regiment). 105 names . [6] The battalion was raised on 27 February 1914;[b] as such, it was the last battalion of the Territorial Force to be raised before the outbreak of the First World War. East Africa, Cameroon and West Africa: WO 95/5289-5388 Addition… 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 2nd Brigade / 1st Division. 20th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. From 1 October 1921 it was renamed as the Territorial Army. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. G781 Pickard family, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Barton Herbert (standing left) son, Robert (seated centre). [10], The Territorial Force was disbanded after the First World War, although this was a formality and it was reformed in 1920. 1st Battalion, Oxford & buckingham Light Infantry. 08.04.1916 became the 4th and 5th Reserve Battalion at Grantham 01.09.1916 The 4th absorbed the 5th as part of the North Midland reserve Brigade. L-S. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.T-Z. Later, 3rd Line units were formed to act as reserves, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Lines. 25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Son of Thomas & Louisa Allibone of Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, London, UK. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool Regiment). N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Tuesday November 11th 1919, Royal Hotel, Kettering Format: mixed monochrome and sepia toned photographs Rights info: no known restrictions … 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. What people are saying - Write a review. Northamptonshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). H-P. 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Q-Z. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, King's On Scottish Borderers. 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. First World War (1914-1918) Total names on memorial: 0 Served and returned: 0 Died: 0 Exact count: yes Information shown: regiment [8] It was disbanded in March 1916 and the men were posted to 1/1st and 2/1st Battalions and to the Machine Gun Corps. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 18th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. An attempt to assassinate the French Emperor, Napoleon III, by Italian nationalists – the Orsini affair – had been linked to Britain as the bombs used in the attempt had been made and tested in England, coupled with the British Government's refusal to restrict the right of asylum. 19th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Michael Basil Smith 6th Btn. C-D. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. [8], In accordance with the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 (7 Edw. Pretty sure my Albert Brice of the Northamptonshire Regiment was wit... h the 5th Battalion. 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Community. 7th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 8th Battalion, Black Watch, (Royal Highlanders). 14th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). [17][e], By 1939 it became clear that a new European war was likely to break out and, as a direct result of the German invasion of Czechoslovakia on 15 March,[16] the doubling of the Territorial Army was authorised, with each unit and formation forming a duplicate. 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 27: THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS . 7th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). With the division, it joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France on 5 January 1940 – being the first Territorial Army division to do so – and joined I Corps. Search thousands of identified photos, obituaries and service records of First World War officers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen and civilian workers. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. In 1908, when the Volunteers became part of the newly formed Territorial Army, two longstanding Devon volunteer units merged to form the 5th (Territorial Force) Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. [24], The battalion left the United Kingdom on 16 October 1942 and deployed to French North Africa where it took part in Operation Torch, landing in Algeria on 9 November 1942. 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). 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