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Battalions of the regular army

 

1st Battalion:

August 1914 : in Dover. Part of 12th Brigade, 4th Division.

 

2nd Battalion:

August 1914 : in Lebong, India. Returned to England 22 December 1914. Joined 83rd Brigade, 28th Division.

 

3rd (Reserve) Battalion:
August 1914 : in Lancaster. A training unit, it remained in UK throughout the war.

 

 

Battalions of the Territorial Force

 

1/4th Battalion:

August 1914 : in Ulverston. Part of North Lancs Brigade, West Lancs Division.
April 1915 : Brigade attached to 51st Division and become 154th Brigade.
6 January 1916 : transferred to 164th Brigade, 55th Division.

 

2/4th Battalion:

Formed at Blackpool in February 1915 as a Second Line battalion.
18 January 1916 : amalgamated with 3/4th Bn.
8 April 1916 : became 4th (Reserve) Bn and on 1 September 1916 absorbed the 5th (Reserve) Bn.
Remained in England throughout the war.

 

1/5th Battalion:

August 1914 : in Lancaster. Part of North Lancs Brigade, West Lancs Division.
15 February 1915 : landed in France.
3 March 1915 : attached to 83rd Brigade, 28th Division.
21 October 1915 : transferred to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division.
7 January 1916 : transferred to 166th Brigade, 55th Division.

 

2/5th Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in September 1914 as a Second Line battalion.
February 1915 : attached to North Lancs Brigade, 55th Division.
April 1915 : attached to 170th (2nd North Lancs) Brigade, 57th Division.

 

3/4th and 3/5th Battalions:

3/4th was formed in June 1915 but absorbed into 2/4th Battalion in January 1916.
3/5th was formed June 1915 and on 8 April 1916 became 5th (Reserve) Bn. but immediately aborbed by 4th (Reserve) Battalion .

 

12th Battalion:

Formed on 1 January 1917 from what had previously been the 41st Provisional Battalion of the TF. It had been formed in 1915 from "Home Service only" personnel. Disbanded in England on 29 March 1918.

 

 

Battalions of the New Armies

 

6th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 38th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division

 

7th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in September 1914 as part of K2 and attached to 56th Brigade, 19th (Western) Division

Disbanded in France on 22 February 1918.

 

8th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in September 1914 as part of K3 and attached to 76th Brigade, 25th Division.
15 October 1915 : Brigade moved to 3rd Division

 

9th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in October 1914 as part of K3 and attached to 65th Brigade, 22nd Division

 

10th (Reserve) Battalion:

Formed in Saltash in October 1914 as a Service battalion as part of K4.
October 1914 : attached to 99th Brigade, original 33rd Division.
April 1915 : became a Reserve battalion .
1 September 1916 : became 43rd Battalion of 10th Reserve Brigade of the Training Reserve and lost regimental affiliation.

 

11th (Service) Battalion:

Formed at Lancaster in August 1915 as a bantam Bn.
August 1915 : attached to 120th Brigade, 40th Division.
2 March 1916 : absorbed the 12th (Service) Bn, South Lancashire Regiment.
7 February 1918 : disbanded in France.

 

12th (Reserve) Battalion:

Formed in Lancaster in January 1916 as a Reserve Battalion.

1 September 1916 : became 76th Battalion of 17th Reserve Brigade of the Training Reserve and lost regimental affiliation.

 

 

Other battalions raised by the regiment

 

No other battalions formed .

 

 

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