W-Z. 6th Battalion, Queen's Own, (Royal West Kent Regiment). 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. 2nd Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. January 1915 : converted into Pioneer Battalion for same Division. 5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. [41] The battalion was formally reconstituted on 1 January 1947 at Peterborough, absorbing its wartime duplicate 4th Battalion at the same time. [j] It remained with the brigade in the United Kingdom for most of the war, including a considerable stint in Northern Ireland from June 1940 to February 1943. 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. 2nd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment). The History of the Northamptonshire Regiment, 1934-1948. 8th (Reserve) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 6th (Service) Battalion Formed at Northampton in September 1914 as part of K2 and attached as Army Troops to 18th (Eastern) Division. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [2][a] The new unit included just two companies from Huntingdonshire – G Company at Fletton (with a detachment at Yaxley) and H Company at Huntingdon (with detachments at St. Ives and Ramsey). 6th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. N-R. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 1st (Garrison) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, The Quuen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Formed in the Territorial Force in February 1914, it remained in the United Kingdom throughout the First World War. 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. 1859-present at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "2nd Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers 1860-1908 at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers 1860-present at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "The Formation of the Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions", "Army Cyclist Corps at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "54th (East Anglia) Infantry Division (1930-38)", "48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1930-38)", "48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1939)", "United Kingdom: The Territorial Army 1947 by Graham Watson (March 10, 2002)", "Northamptonshire Volunteers 1859-1961 at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "4th/5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment 1961-present at regiments.org by T.F.Mills", "The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalions 1914 - 1919", Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=5th_(Huntingdonshire)_Battalion,_Northamptonshire_Regiment&oldid=992670180, Military units and formations established in 1920, Military units and formations disestablished in 1961, Military units and formations in Huntingdonshire, Military units and formations in Northamptonshire, Pages using Template:Post-nominals with missing parameters, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, G Company – Fletton with detachments at Stanground and Peterborough, 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 2/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, This page was last edited on 6 December 2020, at 14:07. J Company was disbanded in 1889. Therefore, TF units were split in August and September 1914 into 1st Line (liable for overseas service) and 2nd Line (home service for those unable or unwilling to serve overseas) units. 7th Battalion, The Buffs, (East Kent Regiment). 10th Battalion, Royal Warickshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Create your own unique website with customizable templates. 4th Reserve Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 9 talking about this. 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. [1] The first volunteer unit in Huntingdonshire was raised in Huntingdon in 1860 as the 1st Huntingdonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. 23rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). [19][f], The 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion mobilized on 1 September 1939[11] with the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division along with the rest of the Territorial Army when the German Army invaded Poland. 2nd Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. [44], 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 7th Service battalion Northamptonshire Regiment - Resume of the War Diary from the month of December 1918 to May 1919, when it was disbanded. [6] It was headquartered at St Mary’s Street in Huntingdon and had the following companies:[2], The battalion was in Eastern Command, unattached to any higher formation. 9th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. I-M. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). This was achieved by either converting certain battalions to other roles, usually artillery or engineers, or by amalgamating pairs of battalions within a regiment. In the event, the plan did not go ahead and the brigade left Force 135 on 30 January 1945. F-K. 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 17th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. In 1916 it was at Sutton-le-Marsh near Mablethorpe, in March 1917 at Alford and in July at Chapel St Leonards. S-V. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Once established, men of the two Huntingdonshire companies of the 5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment were allowed to transfer and almost all did so. Two days later, Britain and France declared war and the Second World War had begun. 8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Killed in action 23 February 1916. 21st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Search thousands of identified photos, obituaries and service records of First World War officers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen and civilian workers. A-G. 10h Battalion, Lincolnshire Regient. 5th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 250 names . 2nd/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). However, on the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, many members volunteered for Imperial Service. 6th Battalion. Regimental History Committee, 1953 - Great Britain - 448 pages. 12th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. He enlisted at Luton and served with 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment He died of his wounds on 3rd April 1918 and is buried in Namps-au-Val British Cemetery, Somme, France. After the war, in 1920, it was converted to infantry and became the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment in the Territorial Army. E-G. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. [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. All available to download. Charles L Field. 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A-K. 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 43: 9th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 1st/5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 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 G781 Pickard family, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, Barton Herbert (standing left) son, Robert (seated centre). Based on Plymouth, the 5th recruited from the south-west of the county. [2], The Volunteer Force was reorganized and combined with the Yeomanry to form the Territorial Force on 1 April 1908. 6th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 7th (South Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Military Service: 2nd Lieutenant 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 4th Battalion, Oxford & Buckingham Light Infantry. 3rd Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. 19th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). It spent most of the war in Lincolnshire on coastal defence duties. 13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Thomas Ellis may have been briefly posted to the 2nd who were stationed at Bordon once arrived back in ⦠T-V. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. A-K. 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 5 Battalions / 877 names. 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry. [18] Consequently, the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion formed the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. S-V. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 8th battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. A-K. 6th Battalion,Bedfordshire Regiment, L-Z. 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's, (W.R.R.). 16th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 0 Reviews. 5th Battalion, The Kings, (Livrpool 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. 12th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). [22][29][30][h], The battalion was transferred to Egypt on 17 July for rest and refitting, arriving back in Italy on 16 September. Tuesday November 11th 1919, Royal Hotel, Kettering Format: mixed monochrome and sepia toned photographs Rights info: no known restrictions ⦠3106, Private, 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment James Emerson Proctor was born in Northamptonshire in 1894 and was the son of John Wattam & Lily PROCTOR. 6th/7th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. The original 14 divisions were reformed with the pre-war standard of three brigades of four battalions each, for a total of 168 battalions. 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. R-S. 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 10th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). It took part in actions at the Tebourba Gap (1 – 10 December 1942), Oued Zarga (7 – 15 April 1943), the Medjez Plain (23 – 30 April), and the final battle for Tunis (5 – 12 May). 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Dear Hannah - My father, Major Ernest Wright was originally in the 2nd battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment. 7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 6th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. East Africa, Cameroon and West Africa: WO 95/5289-5388 Addition⦠4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. It continued to serve after the Second World War until May 1961 when it was amalgamated with the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment to form the 4th/5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. 3ed (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Jump to. 'S AND MEN OF THE 7TH (SERVICE) BATTALION NORTHAMPTONSHIRE REGT. 9811. 1st Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Machine Gun Battalion, Royal Naval Division. 1st Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). The division transferred to XIII Corps and took part in the First Battle of Monte Cassino (20 January – 20 March 1944), the Second Battle of Monte Cassino (11 – 18 May 1944), the advance up the Liri Valley (18 – 30 May) and the Battle for the Trasimene Line (20 – 30 June). ), 7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R. 7th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. From being the closest of allies in the Crimean War (October 1853 – February 1856), Anglo-French relations had deteriorated to such an extent that by 1859 an invasion of Britain seemed a real possibility. [27] The 11th Brigade remained with the Battleaxe Division for the rest of the war. 3/4th and 3/5th Battalion Territorial Force 01.06.1915 & 17.04.1915 Formed at Lincoln and Grimsby. Northamptonshire Regiment (d.3rd April 1918) Michael Smith, son of Mr. L B Smith, Linden House, Ampthill, Bedfordshire was born in Ampthill. 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. Pretty sure my Albert Brice of the Northamptonshire Regiment was wit... h the 5th Battalion. A-C. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.D-H. 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Died 26 September 1916, probably in the area of Delville Wood. 10th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. After the war, in 1920, it was converted to infantry and became the 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment in the Territorial Army. 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. ... 1st Northamptonshire Regiment. "Suspended animation" means that the unit continues to exist but without any personnel or equipment assigned. 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. 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). Aged 27 Husband of Caroline Davis of 3, George Street, Kettering. 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. 3rd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. 4th Battalion, North Staffordhire Regiment. 6th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. August 1901 - Posted to "Details" of the Northamptonshire Regiment at Verne Citadel, Portland after training; May 1904 - 2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment return from South Africa. 19th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 5th Battalion, cameronians (Scottish Rifles. 5th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. 5th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). 8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 12th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. ), 8th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (W.R.R.). 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Different parts of the collection cover units serving in different theatres: 1. Back in V Corps, it took part in the final offensive in Italy (codenamed Operation Grapeshot) with the crossing of The Senio (9 – 12 April 1945) followed immediately by the Battle of the Argenta Gap (13 – 21 April). 7th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Feb 12915 Moved to Aldershot. 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. 5th Battalion. 5th Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 10th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Community. Later, 3rd Line units were formed to act as reserves, providing trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Lines. 7th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. It took part in the Battle for Adrano (29 July – 3 August 1943). 16th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 2nd Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. A-K. 12th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. 7th (Pioneer) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry. 3rd Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). [38][39], On 28 August 1944, it transferred to 115th Infantry Brigade and remained with the brigade for the rest of the war. L-Z. N-R. 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. 4th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles. Later that year the '3rd/5th Battalion' was also raised as a training and draft finding battalion. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). 6th Battalion, The Queen's, (Royal West Surrey Regiment(. Private 18273, 5th (P) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. As part of the BEF's official policy to integrate Regular Army units into Territorial Army formations, on 29 January it transferred to 11th Infantry Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division, swapping places with the 1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, (N&D Reg). It was evacuated to England on 1 June 1940. W. J. Jervois. These records are the unit war diaries of the British Army in the First World War and are held by The National Archives in record series WO 95. [23] On 5 June 1942, 11th Infantry Brigade left the division and came under command of First Army, before joining the 78th "Battleaxe" Infantry Division on 22 June. A-K. 2nd Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 12th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. 8th Battalion, British West Indies Regiment. L-Z. 6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. The 162nd Brigade was part of the 54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division. The album includes group photographs and a dinner menu from a celebration to Kettering Men of the 6th Northamptonshire Regiment. [11], The original 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment had originated as the 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps in 1860, had served in the Gallipoli and Sinai and Palestine Campaigns in the First World War and had been converted to a searchlight unit of the Royal Engineers in 1937 as the 50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers. [22] It remained in Austria on occupation duties[30] until it was placed in suspended animation[i] on 15 September 1946. 1st Battalion,Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). 18th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. [19], Formed on 1 June 1939 at Wellingborough,[11] the new 4th Battalion was assigned on 6 November 1939 to the 183rd Infantry Brigade, serving alongside the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and the 10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. The brigade took part in the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal (26 – 28 May)[22] but the rapid German breakthrough into France forced the BEF into a withdrawal to Dunkirk. 19th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. W-Z. Son of Henry & Ruth Jones of 238, Mill Street, Kettering. 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 14th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). TA units were reactivated on 1 January 1947, though no personnel were assigned until commanding officers and permanent staff had been appointed in March and April 1947. The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion was a bicycle infantry battalion of the British Army. 2nd (Entrenching Battalion) Lincolnshire Regiment. 20th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. [2], On 4 December 1900, the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment was raised with headquarters at Huntingdon and eight companies at Huntingdon, St. Ives, Fletton, and St. Neots. 8th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. The 4th Battalion was not given the "Huntingdonshire" subtitle. 17th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). 10th Battalion, The Kings, (Liverpool Regiment). Aged 25. [22], When the Germans invaded France and the Low Countries on 10 May 1940, the BEF moved forward to occupy pre-planned positions in Belgium (the Dyle Plan). 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 27: THE CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE AND FLANDERS . [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. Cover units serving in different theatres: 1 D Reg ), providing trained replacements the. Battalion 1939 f428 Jonathan Spencer, 5th ( Service ) Battalion, Duke of Cornwall 's Light.! 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