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5 The Cheshire Regiment
5 (Earl of Chester's) Battalion The Cheshire Regiment

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
01-Apr-1908 01-Apr-1908 Amalgamated From 2 The Cheshire Regiment Volunteers
01-Apr-1908 01-Apr-1908 Amalgamated From 3 The Cheshire Regiment Volunteers
04-Aug-1914 04-Aug-1914 Embodied
15-Mar-1915 ? 15-Mar-1915 ? Converted to 1/5 The Cheshire Regiment
07-Feb-1920 ? 07-Feb-1920 ? Reformed as 5 (Earl of Chester's) Battalion The Cheshire Regiment
26-Aug-1921 ? 26-Aug-1921 ? Converted to 4/5 The Cheshire Regiment
18-Apr-1939 18-Apr-1939 Reformed as a Duplicate of 4 Battalion
03-Sep-1939 03-Sep-1939 Embodied at Knutsford
08-Nov-1940 08-Nov-1940 Reduced One company redesignated 148 Independent Brigade Group Machine-Gun Company (disbanded 12/12/1942).
31-Aug-1945 31-Aug-1945 Active in the United Kingdom
21-Apr-1946 21-Apr-1946 Suspended Animation
Number of Records Returned: 11
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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