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5th Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
5th (Service) Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry was raised at Shrewsbury in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army and joined 42nd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division. They trained at Aldershot and moved to Chiddingfold in March 1915, before returning to Aldershot for final training. They proceeded to France on the 20th of May 1915, landing at Boulogne.
They fought in the The Action of Hooge, being the first division to be attacked by flamethrowers. They were in action in The Second Attack on Bellewaarde. In 1916 they were on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battle of the Scarpe at Arras, The Battle of Langemark and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. They were disbanded at Jussy on the 4th of February 1918 when the army was reorganised, with the men transferring to the 1st, 1/4th, 6th and 7th Battalions.
18th Feb 1915 Training
2nd of June 1915 German Aeroplane Down 
3rd Jun 1915 Entrenching
3rd of June 1916 Quiet Day
4th of June 1915 German Work Stopped
16th of June 1915 Attack Made
21st Jun 1915 Orders to Attack
22nd Jun 1915 In Action
22nd of June 1915 Attacks ordered
23rd Jun 1915 On the March
24th Jun 1915 On the March
18th of July 1915 Reliefs
30th of July 1915 Stand to Arms
1st Aug 1915 Reliefs
10th of August 1915 Reliefs
15th Aug 1915 Change of Command
23rd September 1915 Order
23rd September 1915 Orders
23rd Sep 1915 Orders
25th Sep 1915 In Action
25th Sep 1915 Attack Made
25th Sep 1915 Attack Made
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
2nd Mar 1916 Objective Captured
15th October 1916 Reliefs
11th of April 1917 Reliefs
12th of April 1917 Reliefs
12th of April 1917 Very Cold West Day
24th of April 1917 Orders
10th July 1917 Entraining At Candas
27th September 1917 Relief Table for O.O.133
13th September 1917 March Table
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Cpl. Dennis Jones Military Medal 5th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry Dennis Jones was my grandfather. He served with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion and was awarded the Military Medal for bravery at the battle for Deville Wood, on The Somme in July 1916.
He was a machine-gunner and together with two other soldiers he was manning a post that during the battle, because of the enemy advance, came to be behind enemy lines. For three days these soldiers were posted as 'missing presumed dead', but not only did my grandfather get himself and his comrades back to his battalion, he also managed to bring back their complete machine gun.
He was awarded the Military Medal and promoted to sergeant. He was later seconded to another battalion and also saw action in Egypt.
Dennis Jones survived WW1 and also served again in WW2. In peacetime he became a blast-furnace foreman, working for a local steel company. He died in 1964
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