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5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment



   5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment were a unit of the Territorial Force with their HQ at the Drill Hall in Doughty Road, Grimsby. They were part of the Lincoln and Leicester Infantry Brigade, North Midland Division. C Coy were based at The Drill Hall, Halton Road, Spilsby, with an outlying drill station at Skegness. D Coy were based at Louth, with an outlying drill station at North Thoresby. E Coy were based at The Drill Hall, Barton upon Humber. F Coy were based at The Territorial Drill Hall, South End, Alford. G Coy were based in Frodingham with an outlying drill station at Brigg and H coy were based at Gainsborough.

They were mobilised for war service on the 5th of August 1914. The Division concentrated in the Luton area by mid August. They proceeded to France, landing at Boulogne in late February being first complete Territorial Division to arrive in a theatre of war when they joined the BEF in the Ypres salient. On the 12th of May the Division was retitled 46th (North Midland) Division. They were in action during The German liquid fire attack at Hooge and The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt in October. On the 23rd of December the were ordered to proceed to Egypt via Marseilles leaving the DAC, Divisional Train and the Mobile Veterinary Section behind. All units had arrived by the 13th of January 1916 but they spent just a few days in Egypt, being ordered to return to France where the units left behind rejoined. On the 1st of July 1916 they took part in The diversionary attack at Gommecourt. In 1917 they were in action during the Operations on the Ancre, Occupation of the Gommecourt defences, The attack on Rettemoy Graben, The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The attack on Lievin and The Battle of Hill 70. On the 31st of January 1918 they transferred to 177th Brigade, 59th (2nd North Midland) Division who were training at Le Cauroy for rest and further training, going back into the line at Bullecourt on the 11th of February 1918. In March 177th Brigade and the divisional artillery were in action in The Battle of St Quentin. The whole Division then suffered heavily in the The Battle of Bapaume. The Division, without the artillery, moved to Poperinge in Flanders, receiving new drafts of men. On the 5th of April they took over the front line at Passchendaele. On the 13th of April they moved to reinforce the Lys area and were in action during The Battle of Bailleul, suffering heavy losses as the enmy broke through, they moved back to Mont Noir and fought in the The First Battle of Kemmel Ridge. In early May the Division was reduced to a training cadre establishment but was reconstituted and took over a sector on the 25th of July with Third Army. On the 31st of July they absorbed 2/5th Lincolns. They were in action during the The Battle of Albert near Ablainzeville and in The final advance in Artois and Flanders with Fifth Army, entering Lille on the 16th of October, reaching Valenciennes on the Belgian border by the 23rd after heavy fighting on the Scheldt. By the Armistice the advance units were north-east of Tournai in Belgium, facing Lessines. They moved to the area south and south east of Lille, moving to Noeux les Mines and Bethune in the first week of December where demobilisation began.

25th Aug 1914 46th Midland Division on the Move

1st Mar 1915 Fur Coats Issued

2nd Mar 1915 Lectures & Route March

3rd Mar 1915 Lectures & route March

4th Mar 1915 First Challenges in France for 5th Lincs

5th Mar 1915 On the Move

6th Mar 1915 5th Lincs on the March

7th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

8th Mar 1915 Sore Feet

09th Mar 1915 On the March

10th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

11th Mar 1915 5th Lincs on the March

12th Mar 1915 Ready to Move

13th Mar 1915 Ready to Move

14th Mar 1915 Heavy Gun Firing

15th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

16th Mar 1915 On the Move

17th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

18th Mar 1915 5th Lincs on the March

19th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

20th Mar 1915 Platoon Training

21st Mar 1915 Services Held

22nd Mar 1915 Platoon Training

23rd Mar 1915 Brigade Defence Scheme

24th Mar 1915 5th Lincs on Route March

25th Mar 1915 Route March for 5th Lincs

26th Mar 1915 On the March

26th Feb 1915 Final Parade in England

26th Feb 1915 Final Parade in England

26th Mar 1915 Instruction

27th Mar 1915 Instruction in Trench Duties

28th Mar 1915 Instruction in Trench Duties

28th Feb 1915 5th Lincs Proceed to France

29th Mar 1915 Night Work in Trenches

30th Mar 1915 Companies under instruction

31st Mar 1915 Return to Billets

1st Apr 1915 Baths

2nd Apr 1915 Instruction for 5th Lincs

3rd Apr 1915 5th Lincs Training

5th Apr 1915 5th Lincs on the March

6th Apr 1915 5th Lincs on the March

7th Apr 1915 Training

08th Apr 1915 On the March

09th Apr 1915 Into the Trenches

10th Apr 1915 Registering apparently not quite correct

11th Apr 1915 Trench Work

12th Apr 1915 Zeppelin over the Trenches

15th Apr 1915 At Rest

16th Apr 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

17th Apr 1915 Under Shellfire

18th Apr 1915 Trench Work

19th Apr 1915 Enemy Active

20th Apr 1915 Artillery Bombardment

21st Apr 1915 Dull and cols

22nd Apr 1915 Attack Expected

24th Apr 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

25th Apr 1915 Trench Work

26th Apr 1915 Suspicious Noises

27th Apr 1915 Trench Work

28th Apr 1915 Enemy Mine Located

29th Apr 1915 At Rest

30th Apr 1915 Working Parties

1st May 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

2nd May 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

3rd May 1915 Trench Work

4th May 1915 Trench Work

5th May 1915 Trench Work

6th May 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

7th May 1915 In Billets

8th May 1915 In Billets

9th May 1915 In Billets

10th May 1915 Encounter with the Enemy

11th May 1915 Trench Work

11th May 1915 Trench Work

12th May 1915 Signal Lamps

13th May 1915 Trench Work

14th May 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

15th May 1915 In Billets

16th May 1915 Church Parade

18th May 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

19th May 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

20th May 1915 Enemy Mine Explodes

21st May 1915 Difficult Work

22nd May 1915 Suspicious Noises

23rd May 1915 Into Bivouacs

25th May 1915 Glorious Day

26th May 1915 Into the Trenches

27th May 1915 Trench Work

28th May 1915 Trench Work

29th May 1915 Trench Work

30th May 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

31st May 1915 To Bivouacs

1st Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

2nd Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

3rd Jun 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

4th Jun 1915 Grass Fires

5th Jun 1915 Snipers Busy

6th Jun 1915 Sentry Snoring

7th Jun 1915 On the March

8th Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

9th Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

10th Jun 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

11th Jun 1915 Trench Work

12th Jun 1915 Trench Work

12th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

13th Jun 1915 Trench Work

13th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

14th Jun 1915 Trench Work & Relief

14th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

15th Jun 1915 Training

15th Jun 1915 Shelling  location map

16th Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

16th Jun 1915 Demonstration  location map

17th Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

17th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

18th Jun 1915 Reliefs

18th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

19th Jun 1915 10th DLI attached to 5th Lincs for Instruction.

19th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

20th Jun 1915 Enemy Mine Explodes

20th Jun 1915 Instruction  location map

21st Jun 1915 Relief

22nd Jun 1915 On the March  location map

23rd Jun 1915 In Bivouacs

25th Jun 1915 Route March

28th Jun 1915 Parades and Route March

30th Jun 1915 Into the Trenches

30th Jun 1915 5th Lincs into the Trenches

1st Jul 1915 Gas Shells

2nd Jul 1915 A Nervous Night  location map

3rd Jul 1915 Snipers in Action

4th Jul 1915 Under Shellfire

5th Jul 1915 Relief Completed

6th Jul 1915 In Huts  location map

7th Jul 1915 Route March

08th Jul 1915 Route March and Working Parties

09th Jul 1915 Working Parties

10th Jul 1915 Working Parties

11th Jul 1915 Training and Working Parties

12th Jul 1915 Reliefs

13th Jul 1915 In the Trenches

13th of July 1915  Enemy Active on Canal  location map

14th Jul 1915 Trench Work

15th Jul 1915 Trench Work

16th Jul 1915 Trench Work

17th Jul 1915 Trench Work

18th Jul 1915 Into the Trenches

19th Jul 1915 Mine Exploded

20th Jul 1915 In Dugouts

21st Jul 1915 Working Parties

22nd Jul 1915 Fatigue Parties

23rd Jul 1915 Fatigue Parties

24th Jul 1915 Enemy Mine Explodes

25th Jul 1915 Aeroplane duel

26th Jul 1915 Trench Work

27th Jul 1915 Trench Work

28th Jul 1915 In the Trenches

29th Jul 1915 In the Trenches

30th Jul 1915 Under Fire

31st Jul 1915 Artillery Bombardment

1st Aug 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

2nd Aug 1915 In Dugouts

3rd Aug 1915 On the Move

4th Aug 1915 On the Move

5th Aug 1915 At Rest

6th Aug 1915 Working Parties

7th Aug 1915 Working Parties

8th Aug 1915 Working Parties

9th Aug 1915 Trenches Recaptured

10th Aug 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

11th Aug 1915 In the Trenches

12th Aug 1915 Short of Very Lights

13th Aug 1915 Trench Work

14th Aug 1915 Trench Work

15th Aug 1915 Trench Work

16th Aug 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

17th Aug 1915 Working Parties

18th Aug 1915 Working Parties

19th Aug 1915 Working Parties

20th Aug 1915 Working Parties

21st Aug 1915 Working Parties

22nd Aug 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

23rd Aug 1915 Trench Work & Artillery Exchange

24th Aug 1915 RE Explode Enemy Mine

25th Aug 1915 Trench Work

26th Aug 1915 Trench Work

27th Aug 1915 Trench Work

28th Aug 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

29th Aug 1915 At Rest  location map

31st Aug 1915 Working Parties

1st Sep 1915 Tube Helmets issued  location map

2nd Sep 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics

3rd Sep 1915 Wet and Dirty

4th Sep 1915 Mining Sounds Heard

5th Sep 1915 Working Parties

6th Sep 1915 Trench Work

7th Sep 1915 Trench Work

8th Sep 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

9th Sep 1915 Working Parties

10th Sep 1915 Working Parties

11th Sep 1915 Working Parties

12th Sep 1915 Working Parties

13th Sep 1915 Working Parties

14th Sep 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

15th Sep 1915 Dugouts Destroyed  location map

16th Sep 1915 Whizbangs

17th Sep 1915 Trench Work  location map

18th Sep 1915 Trench Work

19th Sep 1915 Trench Work

20th Sep 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

21st Sep 1915 Bathing

22nd Sep 1915 Bathing

24th Sep 1915 Artillery Barrage  location map

26th Sep 1915 5th Lincs Relieve 4th Leics  location map

27th Sep 1915 In Trenches

28th Sep 1915 Into the Trenches

28th Sep 1915 Lull in Fighting

29th Sep 1915 Clearing up after Rain

30th Sep 1915 Enemy Mine Explodes

1st Oct 1915 Reliefs  location map

2nd Oct 1915 The Sacrifice

2nd Oct 1915 On the March  location map

3rd Oct 1915 At Rest

4th Oct 1915 Training Continues

5th Oct 1915 Trench Visit & Training

7th Oct 1915 Trench Visit & Training

7th Oct 1915 Planning  location map

9th Oct 1915 Conferences

11th Oct 1915 Training

12th Oct 1915 5th Lincolns into Trenches

13th Oct 1915 5th Lincolns in Action

14th Oct 1915 Into the Second Line

15th Oct 1915 Relieved

16th Oct 1915 At Rest

17th Oct 1915 Inspection

18th Oct 1915 Training

19th Oct 1915 Training

20th Oct 1915 Bathing & Training

21st Oct 1915 Route March

22nd Oct 1915 Route March

23rd Oct 1915 Medical Inspections

24th Oct 1915 Church Parade

25th Oct 1915 Medical Inspections

26th Oct 1915 On the Move

27th Oct 1915 Parade Rehearsal

29th Oct 1915 GOC Meets Officers

30th Oct 1915 Training & Route March

31st Oct 1915 Church Parade

1st Nov 1915 Lectures & Bathing

2nd Nov 1915 Lectures & Bathing

3rd Nov 1915 Training & Route March

4th Nov 1915 Drill & Route March

5th Nov 1915 Inspections & Working Parties

6th Nov 1915 On the Move  location map

7th Nov 1915 Church Parade

8th Nov 1915 Parade and Route March

9th Nov 1915 Training

10th Nov 1915 Training

11th Nov 1915 Route March

12th Nov 1915 Inspection & Bathing

13th Nov 1915 On the March

14th Nov 1915 Officers inspect Trenches

15th Nov 1915 On the March  location map

16th Nov 1915 Manning Posts

17th Nov 1915 Reliefs  location map

18th Nov 1915 Short of Materials  location map

19th Nov 1915 Trench Work

20th Nov 1915 Reliefs  location map

21st Nov 1915 On the March  location map

22nd Nov 1915 Company & Platoon Drill

23rd Nov 1915 Working Parties

24th Nov 1915 Into the Trenches

25th Nov 1915 Trench Work

26th Nov 1915 Reliefs

27th Nov 1915 Parapets to be raised

28th Nov 1915 Hard Ground

29th Nov 1915 Trench Work

30th Nov 1915 5th Lincs Relieved by 4th Leics

1st Dec 1915 Relieved

2nd Dec 1915 Medical Inspections

3rd Dec 1915 5th Lincs on the March  location map

4th Dec 1915 Company & Platoon Drill  location map

5th Dec 1915 Drill & Inspection

6th Dec 1915 Inspection Delayed

7th Dec 1915 Company & Platoon Drill

8th Dec 1915 Inspection and Leave

9th Dec 1915 Wet Day

10th Dec 1915 Fatigues and Meetings

11th Dec 1915 A Change of Plan

12th Dec 1915 Church Parade

13th Dec 1915 Company Training

13st December 1915 Orders  location map

14th Dec 1915 Route March

15th Dec 1915 Company Training

16th Dec 1915 Arrangements to Move

17th Dec 1915 Preparation to Move

18th Dec 1915 Preparation for Move

19th Dec 1915 Brigade on the move

20th Dec 1915 Company Training

21st Dec 1915 Lectures Under Cover

22nd Dec 1915 Very Wet

23rd Dec 1915 Heavy Rain

24th Dec 1915 Drill

25th Dec 1915 Football Competition

26th Dec 1915 At Rest

27th Dec 1915 Under Instruction

28th Dec 1915 Parade and March

29th Dec 1915 Parade and Brigade March

Sep 1916 Transfer

18th of February 1917 Relief

13th Mar 1917 Leicesters relieve Lincolns

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5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

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  • Allison Alfred Edward. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1915)
  • Ball George. Pte. (d.14th Jun 1915)
  • Campsall Wilfred Lawson. Pte. (d.5th June 1915)
  • Drane James. Pte
  • Evison George Cooper. Cpl.
  • Knight Christopher James. Sgt.
  • Laurence Harold. Drmr. (d.30th June 1915)
  • Lewis Frank. Pte. (d.26th Sep 1917)
  • Wallis William. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1915)
  • Wood George William. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1915)

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  Pte. William Wallis 5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (d.13th Oct 1915)

Billy Wallis was born in Scunthorpe on the 1st February 1897 to Walter & Kate Wallis. He died aged 18 on the 13th October 1915. He died during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt.

Allan Borrill






  Pte. George William Wood 5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.13th Oct 1915)

George Wood served with the 1/5th Lincolnshire Regiment.

David Kilvington






  Pte. Frank Lewis 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.26th Sep 1917)

Frank Lewis was a young man who was scared of thunder and lightning but wanted to serve his country. He served with 2nd and 5th Battalions of the Lincolnshire Regiment.

Anita Campsill






  Pte. Wilfred Lawson Campsall 1/5th Btn. Manchester Regiment (d.5th June 1915)

Private Wilfred Campsall served with the 1/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, he was killed in action on 5th June, 1915, aged 19. Wilfred was born at Medge Hall in 1895, to George and Emma Campsall (nee Singleton). Around 1899 the family moved to Scunthorpe. His father was an iron ore inspector at the blast furnaces, whilst Wilfred was a press-boy at a brickworks.

Wilfred enlisted as a territorial soldier in the Lincolnshire Regiment at Scunthorpe, possibly before the outbreak of war and most likely with the 5th Battalion who were the nominal territorial battalion for the north of the county. He was transferred to the 1/5th Battalion Manchester Regiment. The 1/5th Manchester moved to Gallipoli on 6th May when they landed with 42nd Division at Helles Beach. On 26th May they became part of 127th Brigade in 42nd Division.

On 4th June, the 42nd Division, alongside the 29th Division, attacked the Turkish trenches in the hills above Cape Helles in an attempt to break out from Helles Beach. Consolidating their position over the next two days, the 1/5th Manchesters defended it against several Turkish counterattacks. Wilfred was one of the casualties of these counter-attacks. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. Wilfred is also remembered on the Scunthorpe Roll of Honour.

Chris Campsall






  Pte. George Ball 1/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment (d.14th Jun 1915)

My great-grandfather George Ball, whose death is marked at Packhorse Farm Shrine Cemetery in Belgium. George died when my grandfather was 2 years of age.

D Barnard






  Cpl. George Cooper Evison 5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment

George Evison enlisted in the Scots Guards on 24th February 1899, just short of his 17th birthday. In the 1901 census he is stationed at Wellington Barracks, Westminster, London. I do not know much about his service in the Guards, but I do know that he served in South Africa during the Boer war as he qualified for the Queens South Africa medal which was confirmed in his later military records. George left the Guards on 23rd February 1906 and returned home. He remained on the reserve list for the Scots Guards for 5 years until February 1911. In March 1911, he signed up, for 5 years, to the Territorial Army, the 5th Battalion of the Lincolnshire regiment, which was based at Grimsby. He attended a fortnights training camp in 1911, 1912 and 1913.

On the 5th August 1914, at the onset of the First World War, the 4th (based at Lincoln) and the 5th Territorial Battalions of the Lincolnshire regiment were mobilised and started preparing for war. The 5th Battalion arrived in France on the 1st March 1915. George was promoted to Corporal on 22nd March 1915 (this was despite being arrested twice for Drunk and Disorderly in November and December 1914, for which he was reprimanded). According to The History of the Lincolnshire Regiment 1914-1918, by Major-General C.R.Simpson, the 4th and 5th Battalions spent some training on trench duties before going to the front line on 9th April.

George was injured in action and hospitalised sometime on or just prior to 2nd July 1915. His injury was described as a scalded foot and he was transported home on the 8th July. According to Major-General Simpson’s book. the battalion at that time was in a position close to Sanctuary Wood and the Germans were attacking with ‘liquid fire’. Whether or not this was the cause of his injury would be pure conjecture.

George returned to France on 20th December 1915, having recovered from his injuries. He remained with the regiment until 1st April 1916, when he returned home for discharge, as his 5-year enlistment was complete. You might think that was enough for a 34-year-old man but no, George decided to re-enlist, joining the Royal Artillery on 7th June 1916. Once again his military record is intact. He joined the 59th Division Training Battery at Ripon where he remained for the remainder of the war.

At the completion of the war, he requested to remain in the army, which was granted. His reward for such loyalty was involvement in the Afghanistan war of 1919. The Afghans, sensing British war weariness, had attacked British garrisons and a short war followed. So, in addition to his Great War medals he was awarded the General Service medal and clasp Afghanistan N.W.F.1919.

He was eventually discharged from the Royal Artillery with the rank of Bombardier on 31st March 1920. However, he did rejoin the Territorial Army for 5 years on 24th June 1920.

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Mel Ogden






  Sgt. Christopher James Knight 5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment

Jim Knight was my Grandfather and he fought at Hohenzollern Redoubt, I was told as a young lad he should have been decorated for his bravery but due to the loss of all but one of the officers he was never awarded anything. I have in my possession a wonderful collection of his war service including photographs of reunion dinners, embroidery done when he was in the military hospital twice, once gassed then shrapnel wounds. All his life he kept in touch with his old comrades and November the 11th was always so special to him. I can remember him saying "they were only bains you know" and he said when he arrived to Barton station it was the most tragic day in his life, as all the mothers waiting wanting to know how their sons had died.

L A Robinson






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