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5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force, serving with the Hampshire Infantry Brigade, Wessex Division. They had their HQ at Carlton Place, Southampton and was made up of Companies A to H. They were part of the Hampshire Brigade, Wessex Division. Just before war broke out in August 1914 the units of the Division gathered on Salisbury Plain for their annual summer camp and ordered arrived for precautionary measures to be taken. On the 3rd of August they broke camp and moved to take up defensive positions at the ports. The division was mobilised for full time war service on the 5th of August and by the 10th had returned to Salisbury Plain to prepare for service overseas. The Wessex Division was ordered to India to replace British and Indian regular army units who were to be deployed to the Western Front. They sailed from Southampton on the 19th of October, via Malta and Suez, arriving at Karachi on the 11th of November. They remained in India throughout the war. In May 1919 they joined 46th Mobile Indian Brigade at Kohat and saw action in Third Afghan War for a brief period. They returned to England arriving at
Southampton on the 8th of November 1919.
27th Nov 1914 Stations Allocated
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Those known to have served with5th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Andrews George Arthur. Cpl. (d.29th May 1915)
- Crichton John Arthur. T/Maj. (d.6th Feb 1917)
- Shaw George Edgar Horace. Sgt.
- Wells Arthur Douglas. Pte. (d.7th Oct 1917)
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Pte. Arthur Douglas Wells 1st/5th Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.7th Oct 1917) I never knew my Granddad and my mother never spoke of him. Arthur Douglas Wells married my Grandma in 1908, whom I did know, Lily Perkins. They had three children all girls. Gertrude Lily 1908, Dora Hilda Annie 1912 (my Mum)and Constance Emily 1915. All that survived was the photo he carried with him of him, his wife and first child which I discovered much later on.
He re-enlisted for WW1 and was sent to India where he died in 1917.
My mother died when I was 14 so when I had the opportunity later in life to look up my family, I uncovered and discovered all about my mother and father's families.
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Cpl. George Arthur Andrews 1/5th Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.29th May 1915) Corporal Andrews was the son of Richard and Elizabeth Andrews; husband of Norah Kathleen Andrews, of 46 Westwood Rd., Southampton.
He was 29 when he died and is buried in Benares Cantonment Cemetery in India, Plot K, Grave 18.
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T/Maj. John Arthur Crichton 5th Btn. Hampshire Regiment (d.6th Feb 1917) Temp. Major John Crichton served with the Hampshire Regiment 5th Battalion. He was killed in action on 6th Feb 1917 aged 33 and is buried in Basra War Cemetery.
He was the son of Colonel Hon. Sir Henry George Louis Crichton K.C.B., A.D.C. and Letitia Grace Cole-Hamilton.
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