1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army
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| 1/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, British Army | |
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| Years active: | 1/4/1908 – 30/1/1918 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
| Branch: | Territorial Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
| Full size: | 1,000 |
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| Created: | 1/4/1908. Formed from Volunteer Battalions of Lincolnshire Regiment at creation of Territorial Force. |
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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[1] |
| Name2 Start: | 1915 |
| Name2 End: | 30/1/1918 |
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| Disbanded: | 30/1/1918. Headquarters, 12 officers and 200 men merged with 2/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment to form new 4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 12 officers and 250 men absorbed by 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 12 officers and 260 men absorbed by 2/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment.[2] |
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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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Theatre name: | France, Belgium and Germany |
| Date entered: | 01/03/1915 |
| Date left: | 30/01/1918 |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Related media
- Photos from the collection of Jonathan Capek.
- Royal Anglian and Lincolnshire Regimental Association website: group photos of the battalion, including Template:RefLives.
Official sources
Unit war diaries
- Template:WarDiaryTNA
- Images on Flickr (free for non-commercial use but some images have parts of the page missing)
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
- ↑ Template:RefJames
- ↑ War diary, 24/1/1918 (page image); Template:RefWarDiary; War diary, 30/1/1918 (page image). 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.
