1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army

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1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – 30/1/1918[1]
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
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Created: 1/4/1908. 
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Name1: 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 1915
Reason for change: Renumbering of territorial battalions.
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Name2: 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment[2]
Name2 Start: 1915
Name2 End: 30/1/1918
Reason for change:
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Alternate names:
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Disbanded: 30/1/1918[1]. Headquarters, 12 officers and 200 men merged with 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK to form new 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK. 12 officers and 250 men absorbed by 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK. 12 officers and 260 men absorbed by 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, UK.[3]
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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: 1/4/1908
End date: 30/1/1918
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 138th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/04/1908
End date: 30/01/1918
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Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/03/1915
Date left: 30/01/1918
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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

  • Gallantry medal citations, Lincolnshire Regiment Collection, Lincolnshire Archives, Lincoln.

Other sources

References

  1. ↑ War diary, 30/1/1918 (page image).
  2. ↑ Template:RefJames
  3. ↑ War diary, 24/1/1918 (page image); Template:RefWarDiary. Template:RefJames wrongly states that 1/4th absorbed 2/4th and was renamed 4th Battalion, but the war diary makes it clear that the battalion was broken up and its identity ceased to exist.
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