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5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment was a unit of the Territorial Force with its HQ at Fletcher Street, Bolton. They were part of the North Lancashire Infantry Brigade, West Lancashire Division. When war broke out in 1914 they were mobilised and moved to Chipping Sodbury for training, then in November they moved to Sevenoaks.
In February 1915 the battalion left the West Lancashire Division and proceeded to France, landing at le Havre to join 16th Brigade, 6th Division. On the 11th of June 1915 the 1/5th Battalion transferred to 151st Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division and saw action in the Second Battle of Ypres. On the 21st of December 1915 they transferred to 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division then on the 8th of January 1916 they transferred to the re-formed 166th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division which was concentrating in the Hallencourt area. On the 16th of February 1916 the Division relieved the French 88th Division south of Arras, they moved to The Somme in late July taking over a section of front line near the village of Guillemont. They were in action at the The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Ginchy, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette and The Battle of Morval. The Division moved to Flanders in october 1916 and took over the front line between Wieltje and Railway Wood. In 1917 they were in action at Pilkem Ridge and Menin Road Ridge during the Third Battle of Ypres. They moved south to Cambrai where the 1/5th Loyal North Lancashires suffered very heavily during the German Counter Attacks on the 30th of November 1917. In the Spring of 1918 having been much re-enforced, they were in action in the Battle of the Lys. On the 4th of June 1918 the battalion transferred to 170th Brigade in 57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division and absorbed the 4/5th Battalion. They were in action during the Second Battles of Arras, the Battles of the Hindenburg Line including assisting in the capture of Cambrai in October, The occupation of Lille and the Final Advance in Artois. At the Armistice the Division was at rest in the eastern suburbs of Lille. They moved to Arras on the 21st of November to assist with the clear up and the Division was demobilised between March and July 1919.
6th Feb 1915 Instruction
17th of June 1915 Expected attack
17th of June 1915 In Position
26th Jun 1915 Shelling
27th Jun 1915 Reliefs
27th Jun 1915 Reliefs Completed
3rd Jul 1915 Reliefs Completed
9th Jul 1915 Reliefs Completed
24th Jul 1915 Reliefs Completed
7th Aug 1915 Reliefs
13th Aug 1915 Reliefs
17th of Aug 1915
31st Aug 1915 Blow Expected
7th September 1915 Inspection
12th September 1915 Reliefs
19th Sep 1915 Reliefs Completed
24th September 1915 Orders 
24th September 1915 Programme
25th September 1915 Wind
25th September 1915 Orders
26th September 1915 Reliefs Complete
26th September 1915 Reliefs Complete
27th September 1915 Patrols
27th September 1915 Orders
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28th September 1915 Reliefs complete
13th of October 1915 Orders
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st November 1915 Warnings
2nd November 1915 Ammunition Allotment
3rd of November 1915
4th November 1915 Reliefs
4th November 1915 Orders
4th November 1915 Training Programme
7th November 1915 Orders Issued
7th November 1915 Reliefs
8th November 1915 Orders
10th November 1915 Shelling
12th November 1915 On the Move
13th November 1915 Training Programme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
2nd December 1915 Orders
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
11th December 1915 Orders
13th December 1915 Reliefs
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
6th Feb 1916 Reorganisation
9th February 1916 Call Ups
12th Feb 1916 5th Loyals suffer casualties While waiting in the village of Bellacourt to relieve the French in their trenches a german shell fell among the british troops of the 5th Loyal North Lancashires, killing five men and wounding eleven others.
17th Mar 1917 Reliefs Complete
20th Sep 1917 Heavy Fighting
20th Sep 1917 In Action
21st Sep 1917 In Action
22nd Sep 1917 Reliefs Complete
13th Feb 1918 Reliefs
20th of September 1918 All Objectives Taken
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Those known to have served with5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Ashton Harry. Pte. (d.23rd May 1917)
- Bate William Booth. Pte.
- Howe Claude Arthur. Capt. (d.30th November 1917)
- Hunter William. Pte. (d.21st Feb 1916)
- Jones William. Pte.
- Mason MM. Leonard. Sgt.
- Patten William Henry. Pte. (d.7th Jun 1917)
- Pilkington Robert. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1916)
- Roscoe Albert. L/Cpl.
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Sgt. Leonard Mason MM. 1/5th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment  Leonard Mason was my grandfather and I remember when I was a little girl how I used to sit and polish his medals. I remember on Remembrance Sunday we would walk down to The Cenotaph in Bolton, him wearing his medals and holding my hand, for the Service of Remembrance.
He was born on 27th March 1893 at Flitcroft Street, Bolton, son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Mason. He had five siblings, Florence b. 1889, John b. 1891, Samuel b.1895, Julia b. 1897 and Robert b. 1905.
He enlisted on 9th November 1914 and sailed on The Tintoretto to France on 12th February 1915 and landed the following day. Whilst in France he was promoted to Sergeant.
On 14th January 1918 his name was gazetted as having been awarded the Military Medal for Bravery in the Field. This award was for his actions at The Battle of Menin Road Ridge (20 – 23 September), part of The Third Battle of Ypres 1917.
At some point after being awarded the Military Medal, he was wounded and I have vivid memories of all the marks on his legs made by bullets. He was honourably discharged from the Army on 8th March 1919 and given the Silver War Badge number 450937.
Leonard married Annie Shuttleworth on 29th June 1918 at St Simon & Judes Church, Bolton. They had three children 2 boys and 1 girl. Sadly the two boys died in infancy but the one girl was my mother.
My granddad Leonard Mason died on 3rd February 1969 at home in Bolton but I have wonderful memories of him and still miss him to this day.
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Pte. William Jones 1/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Bill Jones was taken prisoner in Nov 1917 with a bullet wound to his right arm. He was sent to Celle POW Camp. Whilst there he was bayoneted for fighting outside the cookhouse. Sorry I have no further information.
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L/Cpl. Albert Roscoe 10th Btn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Albert Roscoe served with the 10th and 1/5th Battalions, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was wounded on the 1st of August 1916 in, France.
He was again wounded and captured on the 30th of August 1917 in the Honnecourt Sub-sector in France.
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Capt. Claude Arthur Howe 1/5th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.30th November 1917) Captain and Adjutant Claude Arthur Howe served with 5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was born 17th October 1896 in Kent, son of Frank and Annie Howe. He attended St. Albans Grammar School, Bedford Modern School and then onto Leeds University.
He enlisted on 1st of January 1916 with the London Regiment (Artists Rifles), gazetted to Second Lieutenant in July 1916 with The 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion (Territorial) Royal Welsh Fusiliers and in October the same year was attached to 1/5th (Territorial) Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was reported missing and wounded at Gloucester Road, Epehy on 30 November 1917 and then assumed killed in action on that date. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, France.
His commanding officer wrote "He was a very promising young officer and a great favourite of mine... and was a most popular officer."
A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1912-13, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923.
His elder brother, Sapper C. A. Howe served with 483rd Field Coy. Royal Engineers and was killed in action on 13 March 1917. Tragically his parents losing both sons to the War.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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Pte. William Booth Bate 5th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment One of the wounded men was a Private William Booth Bate of Bolton rank no 2058 who, for the rest of his life, had to use two sticks. He died in 1970 of complications of his wounds. He was my grand father who I am very proud of.
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Pte. William Hunter 1st Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (d.21st Feb 1916) William Hunter was the son of James and Margaret Hunter, of 55, Coronation Street, North Shields, Northumberland. He was executed for desertion on 21st February 1916 aged 20 and is buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Greney, France.
On 4th January 1915, William sailed for France to reinforce the 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.
William deserted in September 1915, he apparently ‘lost heart at soldiering’. He remained on the run in France for the next two months before being arrested. He then managed to escape from custody, before finally being caught again in the following January. The subsequent court martial concluded that he was of little use as a fighting solider and should be shot. His medals were forfeited.
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