1/5th Battalion Territorial Force
04.08.1918 Stationed at Grimsby as part of the Lincoln & Leicester Brigade of the North Midland Division.
11.08.1914 Moved to Belper and then Luton.
01.03.1915 Mobilised for war and landed at Havre, the formation became the 138th Brigade of the 46th Division which engaged in various actions on the Western Front including;
The German liquid fire attack at Hooge, The attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
07.01.1916 Embarked Alexandria from Marseilles.
04.02.1916 Embarked for France from Alexandria landing in Marseilles 09.02.1916. The Division once again engaged in actions on the Western Front including;
During 1916
The diversionary attack at Gommecourt.
During 1917
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, The Battle of Hill 70.
During 1918
The Battle of the St Quentin canal, The Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, The Battle of Cambrai, The Battle of the Selle, The Battle of Sambre.
11.11.1918 Ended the war in France, Sains du Nord S.E. of Avesnes.
Regiment: Lincolnshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion
, BARROW ON HUMBER, , NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/10/1915
Aged
19
BORN BEVERLEY APRIL 1896. SON OF FREDERICK WILLIAM ADAMSON & EMILY TAYLOR, OF 9 MALVERN TERRACE, NEW HOLLAND, LINCS. ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE BLACKSMITH. HE ENLISTED t BARTON. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 1707, 1/5th LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. FELL AT HOHENZOLLERN REDOUBT ON THE 13/10/1915, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL. H […]
BORN GAINSBOROUGH, LINCOLNSHIRE, 1896. SON OF FREDERICK W AND ANNIE M. ATKINSON, OF 5 NORTH COURT, DOCK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY. RESIDED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION AT LOOS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 19. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTH […]
1 , EASTBOURNE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/10/1915
Aged
19
BORN BARTON-UPON-HUMBER 1896. SON OF JOHN AND AMEILIA BURGESS, OF 1 EASTBOURNE AVENUE, ARUNDEL STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS) AND 5, ETHEL'S TERRACE, BUCKINGHAM STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BARTON-UPON-HUMBER. SERVED IN 'E' COMPANY, 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON 13/10/1915, AGED 19. COMMEMORATE […]
BORN HULL 1885. SON OF ROBERT JOHN & MARY COLLEY, OF 10 SCULCOATES LANE, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER. LIVED AT 44 CHAPEL STREET AND 8 RAVENDALE STREET, SCUNTHORPE, LINCS. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND TWO SISTERS. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY ON 01/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 11 INCHES TALL, 39 INCH CHEST, GOOD PHYSIQUE, AGED […]
24 WELLINGTON STREET, GRIMSBY, , NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
04/05/1915
Aged
26
BORN BROTTON, YORKS 1888. SON OF JOHN AND BETSY PENNOCK, 48 RAILWAY TERRACE, BROTTON, GUISBOROUGH. HE LIVED IN HULL. WORKED AS A DOCK LABOURER. ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. HIS GRANDMOTHER, MRS FRANCES E. TOWERS, LIVED AT 24 WELLINGTON STREET, GRIMSBY (CWGC ADDRESS). JACK SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2089, 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED IN BELGIUM, […]
26 SOUTERGATE, BARTON UPON HUMBER, SOUTH BANK, NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Died on
13/10/1915
Aged
29
BORN BARTON, LINCS, 1886. SON OF TOM PROCTOR AND MARY JANE COLLINGWOOD. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED WITH THE 1/5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED AT LOOS, ON 13/10/1915, AGED 29. HE LEFT A WIDOW, EDITH ANNIE DIXON AND FIVE CHILDREN. HIS SISTER ALICE COLGRAVE, LIVED AT 57 WESTMORELAND STREET, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL TIM […]
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF THE LATE JOHN RUSHBY (1841-1911) & MARY ANN DEVINE (1854-1914), OF 3, HOLMES STREET, HULL AND 1, HENRY'S TERRACE, RODNEY STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS). A FORMER OFFICE BOY. HE ENLISTED AT LINCOLN. SERVED AS, PRIVATE, 7392, 20291, 242488, LINCOLN YEOMANRY. TRANSFERRED TO THE 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WO […]
Lance Corporal
South Ferriby Sluice Mill, Lincolnshire
Died on
20/05/1915
Aged
20
Born Ferriby, 1894. Son of James Thomas Salmon (1872-1918) and Margaret Ann Andrew (1874-1949), of Sluice Mill, South Ferriby, Barton-on-Humber, Lincs. The family had emigrated from Scotland and left Kirton to take over the Ferriby Mill, which had been built in 1825. James was son of a brickyard labourer. He worked as a Miller, at the F […]
