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TheRoyal Lincolnshire Regimentwas alineinfantryregimentof theBritish Armyraised on 20 June 1685 as the Earl of Bath's Regiment for its first Colonel,John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath.In 1751, it was numbered like most other Army regiments and named the10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot.After the Childers Reforms of 1881, it became theLincolnshire Regimentafter the county where it had been recruiting since 1781.

Earl of Bath's Regiment
10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot
Lincolnshire Regiment
Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Lincolnshire Regiment and Royal Lincolnshire Regiment cap badges
Active1685–1960
CountryKingdom of England(1685–1707)
Kingdom of Great Britain(1707–1800)
United Kingdom(1801–1960)
BranchBritish Army
TypeLine infantry
RoleInfantry
SizeVaried
Garrison/HQThe Old Barracks,Lincoln(1873–1880)
Sobraon Barracks,Lincoln(1880–1960)
Nickname(s)"The Yellow Bellies"[1]
"the Springers"[2]
EngagementsNine Years' War
War of the Spanish Succession(Blenhein,Ramillies&Malplaquet)
American War of Independence(Le xing ton,Bunker Hill,New York and New Jersey campaign,Germantown,Monmouth,&Rhode Island)
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
First World War
Second World War
Malayan Emergency

After theSecond World War,it became theRoyal Lincolnshire Regiment,before being amalgamated in 1960 with theNorthamptonshire Regimentto form the2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)which was later amalgamated with the1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk),3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)and theRoyal Leicestershire Regimentto form theRoyal Anglian Regiment.'A' Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Anglians continues the traditions of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.

History

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John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath,founder of the regiment, portrayed in stained glass

Early wars

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The regiment was raised on 20 June 1685 as theEarl of Bath's Regimentfor its first Colonel,John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath.[3]Prior to theGlorious Revolution,it formed the garrison ofPlymouthand defected toWilliam IIIshortly after his landing atTorbayon 5 November 1688. After the outbreak of theNine Years Warin 1689, the regiment remained in Plymouth until the end of 1691, when it embarked forOstendand saw action at theBattle of Steenkerquein August 1692, suffering 50 dead or wounded.[4]During the 1693 campaign, it was detached from the main Allied force prior to theBattle of Landenin July, then served at theSiege of Namurin July 1695 before returning to England in 1696. It escaped disbandment in 1698 by being posted toIreland.[5]

During the 1701 to 1714War of the Spanish Succession,the regiment fought atBlenheimin August 1704,[6]Ramilliesin May 1706,[7]andMalplaquetin September 1709.[8]Following the 1751 reforms, when all British regiments were identified by numbers rather than their Colonel's name, it became the10th Regiment of Foot.[9]It then took part in the 1759–60 action to repelThurot at Carrickfergusduring theSeven Years' War.[10]

The regiment would next see action in theAmerican Revolutionary War,fighting at theBattles of Le xing ton and Concordin April 1775,[11]theBattle of Bunker Hillin June 1775,[12]theNew York Campaignin winter 1776,[13]theBattle of Germantownin October 1777,[14]theBattle of Monmouthin June 1778 and theBattle of Rhode Islandin August 1778.[15]In 1778, the 10th returned home to England after 19 years service overseas.[16]In 1782, the regiment was linked to the county ofLincolnshirefor recruiting.[9]

Soldier of 10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot, with distinctiveyellow facings,1742

Napoleonic Wars

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The regiment embarked forEgyptin 1800 for service in theFrench Revolutionary Warsand took part in theBattle of Alexandriain March 1801.[17]The 2nd battalion then took part in the disastrousWalcheren Campaignin autumn 1809.[18]Meanwhile, the 1st battalion embarked forSpainin 1812 for service in thePeninsular Warand took part in theBattle of Castallain April 1813 and theSiege of Tarragonain June 1813.[19]

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Booth,KH,JP,aPeninsular Warveteranand the last of his ancient family to beseatedatKillingholme,served ascommanding officerfrom 1830 until his death in 1841.[20]

The Victorian era

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In 1842, the 10th Foot was sent to India and was involved in the bloodyBattle of Sobraonin February 1846 during theFirst Anglo-Sikh War.[3]The 10th would also see action at theRelief of Multanin January 1849 and theBattle of Gujratin February 1849 during theSecond Anglo-Sikh War.In 1857, at the outbreak of theIndian Rebellion,the Regiment was stationed atDinapore,taking part in the failed first relief of theSiege of Arrahand going on to play an important role in therelief of Lucknowwhere PrivateDenis Dempseywon theVictoria Cross.[21]

The 1st Battalion, 10th Foot served inJapanfrom 1868 through 1871. The battalion was charged with protecting the small foreign community inYokohama.The leader of the battalion's military band,John William Fenton,is honoured in Japan as "the first bandmaster in Japan"[22]and as "the father of band music in Japan".[23]He is also credited for initiating the slow process in whichKimi ga Yocame to be accepted as thenational anthemof Japan.[24][25]

The regiment was not fundamentally affected by theCardwell Reformsof the 1870s, which gave it a depot at the "old barracks"inLincolnfrom 1873. The regiment moved to the "new barracks"further north on Burton Road in 1880.[26]Nor was the regiment affected by theChilders reformsof 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment.[27]Under the reforms, the regiment becameThe Lincolnshire Regimenton 1 July 1881.[28]

Lincolnshire Regiment cap badge
Badge of the Regiment atSobraon Barracks,Lincoln
Bayonet team of "H" Company, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment in the Imperial fortress colony ofGibraltarin 1913

The Royal North Lincolnshire and Royal South Lincolnshire Militia regiments became the 3rd and 4th Battalions, and the 1st and 2nd Lincolnshire Rifle Volunteer Corps became the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions (a3rd Volunteer Battalionwas added in 1900).[29][30]The 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment was posted at Malta from 1895, and took part in theBattle of Omdurmanin September 1898 during theMahdist War.It was then stationed inBritish India,where it was inBangaloreuntil late 1902 when it transferred toSecunderabad.[31]The 2nd Battalion embarked for South Africa in January 1900 and saw action during theSecond Boer War.[32]

The 3rd (Militia) battalion, formed from the Royal North Lincoln Militia in 1881, was a reserve battalion. It was embodied in May 1900, disembodied in July the following year, and later re-embodied for service in South Africa during the Second Boer War. 17 officers and 519 men returned aboardCestrian,arriving in Southampton on 5 October 1902.[33]

In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised under theHaldane Reforms,with the former becoming theTerritorial Force(TF) and the latter theSpecial Reserve;[34]the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions. These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve) at Lincoln, with the 4th Battalion (TF) atBroadgatein Lincoln and the5th Battalion(TF) at Doughty Road inGrimsby(since demolished).[9][30][35]

First World War

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The regiment started theFirst World Warwith two regular battalions, one militia battalion and two territorial battalions. The 1st Lincolns were stationed in Portsmouth, the 2nd Lincolns onGarrisoninBermuda,and the 3rd in Lincoln. The 4th and 5th Battalions were theTerritorialbattalions, based throughout Lincolnshire.[36]

Regular Army

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The Roll of Honour 1914–1919 contains over 8000 names of men. It is displayed in a wooden case in the Services Chapel ofLincoln Cathedral
Badges of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, its successor, the Royal Anglian Regiment, its affiliate, the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps, and the Bermuda Rifles (as the BVRC was retitled between 1951 and 1965)
Bullock'sBoysThe First Contingent of the BVRC to the Lincolns, training in Bermuda for the Western Front, Winter 1914–15
Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps soldiers with the Lincolnshire Regiment in France, 1918

The 1st Battalion landed atLe Havreas part of the9th Brigadein the3rd Divisionfor service on theWestern Frontin August 1914.[37]Notable engagements included theFirst Battle of Ypresin autumn 1914[38]and theBattle of Bellewaardein May 1915, during which the commanding officer of the battalion, Major H. E. R. Boxer, was killed.[39]

The Commanding Officer of 2nd Lincolns, Lieutenant-Colonel George Bunbury McAndrew, found himself actingGovernor and Commander-in-Chiefof theImperial fortressof Bermuda in the absence of the Governor and General Officer Commanding, Lieutenant-GeneralSir George Bullock,and oversaw that colony's placement onto a war footing.[40][41][42][43]The battalion left Bermuda on 14 September aboardHMCS Canada,escorted byHMCS Niobe,which had arrived in Bermuda the day before bearing theRoyal Canadian Regiment,forHalifax, Nova Scotia,where they arrived on 18 September. Departing from there again to cross the Atlantic,[44]the battalion returned to England on 3 October 1914, and was sent to the Western Front as part of the25th Brigadein the8th Divisionsoon after, arriving in France on 5 November 1914.[37]McAndrew was killed on 10 March 1915.[45][46][47]Major engagements included theBattle of Aubers Ridgein May 1915 where the battalion incurred heavy losses and theBattle of the Sommein Autumn 1916 where the second-in-command of the battalion, Major F. W. Greatwood, was injured.[38]

A contingent from theBermuda Volunteer Rifle Corpscomposed of Captain Richard Tucker and 88 other ranks was detached in December 1914 to train for the Western Front. It was hoped this could join 2nd Lincolns, but 1 Lincolns' need for reinforcement was greater and it was attached to that battalion organised as two extra platoons of D Company (the 2nd Lincolns had recruited three Bermudians before it left the colony, including two Constables from theBermuda Police,Corporal G. C. Wailes (who had previously served in theRoyal Fusiliers), Lance-Corporal Louis William Morris, and Private Farrier. Wailes was repeatedly wounded and returned to Bermuda an invalid in April 1915. Morris was killed in action on 7 December 1914.[48][49][50]Although commanders at the Regimental Depot had wanted to break the contingent apart, re-enlist its members as Lincolns, and distribute them throughout the Regiment as replacements, a letter from the War Office ensured that the BVRC contingent remained together as a unit, under its own badge. The contingent arrived in France with 1 Lincolns on 23 June 1915, the first colonial volunteer unit to reach the Western Front. The Contingent was withered away by casualties over the following year. 50% of its remaining strength was lost atGueudecourton 25 September 1916. The dozen survivors were merged with a newly arrived Second BVRC Contingent, of one officer and 36 other ranks, who had trained in Bermuda asVickers machine gunners.Stripped of their Vickers machine guns (which had been collected, for the newMachine Gun Corps), the merged contingents were retrained asLewis light machinegunners,and provided 12 gun teams to 1 Lincolns headquarters. By the end of the war, the two contingents had lost over 75% of their combined strength. Forty had died on active service, one received theO.B.E,and six theMilitary Medal.Sixteen enlisted men from the two contingents were commissioned, including the Sergeant Major of the First Contingent, Colour-Sergeant R.C. Earl, who would become Commanding Officer of the BVRC after the War (some of those commissioned moved to other units in the process, includingflying aceArthur Rowe Spurlingand Henry J. Watlington, who both went to theRoyal Flying Corps).[51][52]Those surviving contingent members who had not already been sent home as invalids or transferred to other units were returned to Bermuda in several parties over the summer of 1919.[53]

At the end of the war in 1918, the 1st Lincolns, underFrederick Spring,and the 3rd Lincolns were sent toIrelandto deal with the troubles in theunrecognised Irish Republic.[37]

Territorial Force

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The 1/4th Battalion and 1/5th Battalion landed as landed at Le Havre as part of the138th Brigadein the46th (North Midland) Divisionin March 1915 for service on the Western Front.[37]The 2/4th Battalion and 2/5th Battalion moved to Ireland as part of the177th Brigadein the59th (2nd North Midland) Divisionand took part in the response to theEaster Risingbefore landing in France in February 1917 for service on the Western Front.[37]

New Armies

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The 6th (Service) Battalion landed atSuvla BayinGallipolias part of the33rd Brigadein the11th (Northern) Divisionin August 1915 and, having been evacuated at the end of the year, moved to Egypt in January 1916 and then to France in July 1916 for service on the Western Front.[37]The 7th (Service) Battalion landed atBoulogneas part of the51st Brigadein the17th (Northern) Divisionin July 1915 also for service on the Western Front.[37]The 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne as part of the63rd Brigadein the21st Divisionin September 1915 also for service on the Western Front.[37]The 10th (Service) Battalion (Grimsby, often known as theGrimsby Chums,landed in France as part of the101st Brigadein the34th Divisionin January 1916 also for service on the Western Front and saw action at theFirst day on the Sommein July 1916 and theBattle of Passchendaelein Autumn 1917.[54]

Second World War

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Governor of Bermudaand General Officer Commanding theBermuda Command,Lieutenant-General SirDenis Bernard,inspects the First Contingent of the BVRC to the Lincolnshire Regiment atProspect Camp, Bermudaon 22 June 1940
BVRC soldiers serving with the Lincolnshire Regiment, circa May 1944

TheSecond World Warwas declared on Sunday, 3 September 1939 and the twoTerritorial Armybattalions, the 4th and the 6th (a duplicate of the 4th), were called-up immediately. The 2nd Battalion embarked for France with the9th Infantry Brigadeattached to the3rd Infantry Divisioncommanded byMajor-GeneralBernard Montgomeryin October 1939.[55]They were followed by the 6th Battalion, part of138th Brigadewith the46th Infantry Division,in April 1940; both served with theBritish Expeditionary Force(BEF) and managed to return fromDunkirkafter the battles ofFranceandBelgium.[56]After returning to England, both battalions spent years in the United Kingdom on home defence anticipating a possibleGerman invasion of the United Kingdom.[57]The 2nd Battalion, remaining with the same brigade and division throughout the war, then spent the next four years training in various parts of the United Kingdom before taking part in theD-Day landingsin June 1944. The battalion, commanded byLieutenant ColonelChristopher Welby-Everardwas then engaged throughout theNormandy Campaign,taking part inOperation Charnwood,Operation Goodwood,and throughout the rest of theNorthwest Europe CampaignuntilVictory in Europe Dayin May 1945.[58]

The 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment was stationed inBritish Indiaand saw no active service until 1942. They remained in India and theFar Eastthroughout the war and were assigned to the71st Indian Infantry Brigade,part of26th Indian Infantry Division,in 1942. fighting theImperial Japanese Armyin theBurma Campaignand during theBattle of the Admin Box,the first major victory against the Japanese in the campaign, in early 1944 whereMajorCharles Ferguson Hoeywas posthumously awarded theVictoria Cross,the only one to be awarded to the Lincolnshire Regiment during the Second World War.[59]

Men of the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment atSkage,Norway after marching 56 miles across the mountains to escape being cut off, April 1940; a Norwegian soldier is seen examining one of their rifles

The Territorials of the 4th Battalion, part of146th Brigadeattached to49th (West Riding) Infantry Division,were sent toNorwayand were among the first British soldiers to come into contact against an advancing enemy in the field in the Second World War. Ill-equipped and without air support, they soon had to be evacuated. Within a few weeks, they were sent to garrisonneutral Iceland.[60]They trained asAlpine troopsduring the two years they were there. After returning to the United Kingdom in 1942, when the division gained the70th Brigade,they were earmarked to form part of the21st Army Groupfor the cominginvasion of Franceand started training in preparation.[61]

After two years spent on home defence, the 6th Battalion left the United Kingdom, still as part of the 138th (Lincoln and Leicester) Brigade in the 46th Infantry Division, in January 1943 to participate in the final stages of theTunisia Campaign.In September 1943, the battalion, commanded byLieutenant ColonelDavid Yates,took part in thelandings at Salernoin Italy as part ofMark Clark'sU.S. Fifth Army,suffering heavy losses and later capturedNaples,crossed theVolturno Lineand fought on theWinter Lineand in theBattle of Monte Cassinoin January 1944. The battalion returned toEgyptto refit in March 1944, by which time it had suffered heavy casualties and lost 518 killed, wounded or missing. It returned to theItalian Frontin July 1944 and, after more hard fighting throughout the summer during theBattles for the Gothic Line,it sailed for Greece in December to help the civil authorities to keep order during theGreek Civil War.In April 1945, the 6th Lincolns returned to Italy for thefinal offensivebut did not participate in any fighting and then moved into Austria for occupation duties.[56]

8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, abandon their bicycles and advance along a country lane during anti-invasion exercises at Weybourne in Norfolk, 23 July 1941

The Lincolnshire Regiment also raised two other battalions for hostilities-only, the7thand 8th, created in June and July 1940 respectively. However, both were converted into other arms of service, the 7th becoming102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery[62]on 1 December 1941 and the 8th becoming the 101st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.[63]

TheBermuda Volunteer Rifle Corpsagain provided two drafts; one in June 1940, and a full company in 1944. Four Bermudians who served with the Lincolns during the war (three from the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps) reached the rank of Major with the regiment: Major GeneralGlyn Gilbert(later of theParachute Regiment),[64]Lieutenant Colonel John Brownlow Tucker (the first Commanding Officer of theBermuda Regiment,amalgamated from the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps and theBermuda Militia Artilleryin 1965),[65]Major Anthony Smith (killed-in-action at Venrai, in 1944, and subject of an award-winning film,In The Hour of Victory),[66][67][68][69]and Major Patrick Purcell, responsible for administering German newspapers in the British area of occupation.[65]Among other members of the 1940 contingent from the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps was Bernard John Abbott, a school teacher and pre-warBermuda Cadet Corpsofficer re-commissioned into the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps’ Emergency Reserve of officers with the rank of Second-Lieutenant (Acting Major) in accordance with a War Office cable of the 4 May 1939, who joined 50th Holding Battalion, in Norfolk, which became 8th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He ended the war as a staff officer in the Far East, andThe London Gazetteof 25 December 1945 recorded “War Subs. Maj. H. J. ABBOTT.(108051) relinquishes his commn., 26th Dec. 1945, and is granted the hon. rank of Lt.-Col.”.[70][71][72]

Post-war years

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Bermuda Local Forces Orders for October 1954, by Captain Darby Robert Follett Houlton-Hart, MC, of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, Adjutant Bermuda Local Forces

After the war, the 4th and 6th battalions were placed in 'suspended animation' in 1946 but were both reformed on 1 January 1947. However, on 1 July 1950, the 6th was merged with the 4th to create the 4th/6th Battalion.[73]On 28 October 1948, the 2nd Battalion was amalgamated with the 1st Battalion.[74]Between 1955–1957 the regiment fought in theMalayan Emergency.[75]

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and its successors maintained its relationship with the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (renamed theBermuda Riflesin 1949) after the Second World War. When the Bermuda Militia Artillery (a reserve sub-unit of theRoyal Artillery) had been re-tasked as a company of infantry on the closure ofSt. David's Batteryin 1953, it had been grouped with the Bermuda Rifles under a battalion-level headquarters company titledHeadquarters Bermuda Local Forces(not to be confused with theCommand Headquartersof theBermuda Garrison,to which it was subsidiary, withGovernor of BermudaLieutenant-General Sir Alexander Hood serving as Commander-in-Chief[76]and Brigadier J.C. Smith, Royal Artillery, as Officer Commanding Troops) with a lieutenant-colonel in command. From this point, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment had also provided an officer as Adjutant to the Bermuda Local Forces and Secretary to the Local Forces Board, beginning with Captain (later Major) Darby Robert Follett Houlton-Hart (according to the 13 January 1954, issue ofThe Bermuda Recordernewspaper, the reorganisation of the two units under a new common headquarters had begunoperating unofficially since the arrival in the colony on 17 November, of the command's new Adjutant, Captain D. R. F. Houlton-Hart, M.C., of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment. The make-up of the new command is as follows:- Col. Astwood, Commanding Officer; Captain D. R. F. Houlton-Hart, Adjutant, one Regimental Sergeant-Major, one Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, a Sergeant instructor for each unit and two medical officers.The same article also recorded that thenew systemhad beentried during theBig Three Conferencelast month when all troops were under the command of Lt.-Col. J. R. Johnson of the Royal Welch Fusiliers[77][78][79][80]) posted to Bermuda from 1953 to 1957.[65]In addition to serving as the Bermuda Command Adjutant and the Bermuda Local Forces Adjutant, Captain Houlton-Hart was also the adjutant of the Bermuda Cadet Corps.[81]

In 1960, the regiment amalgamated with theNorthamptonshire Regimentto form the2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)which was later amalgamated with the1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk),3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)and theRoyal Leicestershire Regimentin September 1964 to form theRoyal Anglian Regiment.[82]

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment's paternal relationship to the Bermuda Rifles and the Bermuda Local Forces was continued by the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) and the Royal Anglian Regiment until the three Bermudian company-sized units amalgamated in 1965 to form the Bermuda Regiment (from 2015 theRoyal Bermuda Regiment), with the relationship maintained since then between the Royal Anglian Regiment and the Royal Bermuda Regiment.[83]

Currently, 674 Squadron Army Air Corps uses the sphinx as an emblem within its crest in honour of its local connections with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.[84]

Regimental museum

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The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment andLincolnshire Yeomanrycollections are displayed in Lincoln'sMuseum of Lincolnshire Life.[85]Artefacts concerning the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps contingents that served with the Lincolnshires during the two world wars are displayed in the Bermuda Maritime Museum (part of the British Overseas Territory'sterritorial museum) in theRoyal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda.[86][87]

Battle honours

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The regiment's battle honours are as follows:[88]

Victoria Crosses

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Victoria Crosses awarded to men of the Regiment were:

Colonel-in-Chief

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1888–1902: F.M.Prince William Augustus Edward of Saxe-Weimar,KP, GCB, GCVO

Colonels of the Regiment

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Colonels of the regiment were:[9]

10th Regiment of Foot

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Portrait of Major General Edward Sandford

10th (North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot

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The Lincolnshire Regiment

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  • 1888–1890: Gen. SirHenry Errington Longden,KCB, CSI
  • 1890: Gen. Reginald Yonge Shipley, CB
  • 1890–1903: Gen. Sir Julius Richard Glyn, KCB
  • 1903–1908: Lt-Gen. George Hyde Page
  • 1908–1914: Lt-Gen. Henry Fanshawe Davies
  • 1914–1938: Maj-Gen. Charles Rudyerd Simpson, CB
  • 1938–1948: Maj-Gen.John Hedley Thornton Priestman,CB, CBE, DSO, MC

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment

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  • 1948–1958: Maj-Gen. John Arnold Atkinson Griffin, DSO
  • 1958: Brig. Ralph Henry Lefroy Oulton, CBE

See also

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References

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  45. ^"DEAD MAN'S FRUIT".The Royal Gazette.Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda. 25 March 1915. p. 2.Details of the fight at Neuve Chapelle are filtering through. It was a British victory in the fullest sense It cost dearly; and in the roll of honour is inscribed the name of Colonel McAndrew of the Lincolnshire Regiment who was Acting Governor of Bermuda at the outbreak of the war. When his regiment was summoned home the Corporation of Hamilton presented an address, to which Colonel McAndrew replied, and expressed the hope that they might be sent to the front to assist in carrying freedom and justice into Berlin. He has done his duty like a British officer and this little Colony will long cherish his memory.
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    When the "Caraquet" came alongside yesterday, by far the greatest crowd that has ever assembled to meet returning soldiers (with the exception of the occasion of the home coming of the B.C.R.G.A.) was ready to do the honours.
    Front St. was alive with people, the sheds were packed, and to add to the excitement, the road roller chose that particular time to pass by the numerous horses.
    Sir Thomas greeted the heroes on behalf of the Colony, a compliment that is appreciated by all, but in addition to tins official welcome, quite an unusual number of prominent military men and civilians were present to honour the occasion.
    Sir Thomas Wadson spoke as follows:
    Each one was addressed by name in order of military rank, and then followed, as under.
    "We greet you right warmly on your return from the battle front where you have taken part in the greatest and most terrible war known to history, where you have aided each in his -place in bringing about the complete victory won by Great Britain and her Allies, over an enemy who sought to dominate the world, and crush it under the heel of Prussian Militarism. Happily the designs of the enemy have been frustrated, happily the world is now again at peace and you are able to return, some with decorations on which we congratulate those who have received them, and we congratulate all of you on having thus done your duty faithfully in the cause of freedom and justice, and we cordially welcome you to your homes and kindred."
    The returning soldiers were:—lieuts. C. Nelmes, R.A.F. Late attached to Somerset Light Inf. and F. Paterson. Sergt. Major Morgan and wife, Sergt. Mullin, Sergt Baker, Sergt. Churm, M.M. and wife, Sergt. Madeiros M.M. and wife. Ptes. J. A. Smith, G. Sullivan, R.C. Wilson, M.M., all of the B.V.R.C. Sergt. Sweeney, 38 Canada, Pte. Fox.
    A full account will appear in our Thursday's issue.
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