A HISTORY OF THE 5th BATTALION THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT

BY Colonel T. E. SANDALL, C.M.G., T.D. (late Commanding the Battalion)

With a Chapter on its Reconstitution

by Major G. H. TEALL, D.S.O. (Adjutant)

OXFORD BASIL BLACKWELL BROAD STREET MD CCCC XXII

Version 2.5. Last updated: 2025-06-22.

Contents

1. Preface
2. List of Illustrations
3. Introductory
4. Mobilization and Training
5. Early Days in France
6. The Ypres Salient
7. The Hohenzollern Redoubt
8. The Winter of 1915-16 in Flanders
9. Egypt and the Vimy Ridge
10. The Preparation for the Battle of the Somme
11. The Battle of Gommecourt
12. Trench Warfare Again
13. The Winter of 1916-1917
14. The Great German Retreat in 1917
15. The Attack on Lens
16. Trenches During The Summer and Autumn of 1917
17. Trenches During The Winter of 1917-18
18. Trenches During The Spring and Summer of 1918
19. The Beginning of the Great Advance
20. The Battle of Bellenglise and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line
21. The Attacks on Fresnoy and Andigny
22. The Final Advance
23. The End
24. The Reconstitution of the Battalion
25. Appendix I: List of Honours and Awards, 1915-1919
26. Appendix II: Order of Battle February 27th, 1915.
27. Index
28. Index of People
29. Index of Places

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The original text is in the public domain in the UK as copyright has expired. It was first published in 1922. Thomas Edward Sandall died on 31 May 1930 and George Harris Teall died on 21 June 1939.

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