5th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment [UK]

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Page created 15 May 2004. Corrected and updated 20.04.2006

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	5th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
	1860-1956
	United Kingdom


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Note: This is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.

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Titles and Lineage

English County Index
Alphabetic Index of Titles


	1860.02.24	2nd Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps raised at Southampton
	1863	six existing corps attached to 2nd Corps:
		3rd Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Lymington, raised 30 Dec. 1859 10th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Christchurch, raised 9 Mar. 1860 14th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Lyndhurst, raised 19 June 1860 19th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Bournemouth, raised 18 Aug. 1860 2nd Hampshire Light Horse Volunteer Corps at Southampton, raised 4 Jan. 1861 as a sub-div; expanded by 15 Feb. 1861 as a Corps; redesignated 1863? as 2nd Hants Mounted RVC; disbanded 1864 1st Hampshire Engineer Volunteers at ?, raised ?; transferred 1870 to 2nd Tower Hamlets Engineers
	1865.01	4th Administrative Battalion, Hampshire Rifle Volunteers formed with HQ at Southampton to administer existing corps already attached to 2nd Corps; HQ moved Mar. 1865 to Lyndhurst
	1873.01	HQ moved back to Southampton
	1880.03.16	2nd Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps corps consolidated with HQ at Southampton
		A Company at Southampton, formed from 2nd Corps B Company at Southampton, formed from 2nd Corps C Company at Southampton, formed from 2nd Corps D Company at Southampton, formed from 2nd Corps E Company at Lymington, former 3rd Corps F Company at Christchurch, former 10th Corps G Company at Lyndhurst, former 14th Corps H Company at Bournemouth, formed from 19th Corps I Company at Bournemouth, formed from 19th Corps
	1881.07.01	volunteer battalion of The Hampshire Regiment
	<1883>	tenth-twelfth companies formed
	1885	reduced to eight coys as Bournemouth, Christchurch, Lymington and Ringwood coys transferred to form 4th Hampshire RVC
	1885.08.18	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
	1900	new ninth coy formed
	1908.04.01	5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment transferred to T.F. with HQ at Southampton
		A Company at Southampton B Company at Southampton C Company at Southampton D Company at Southampton E Company at ? F Company at Eastleigh (det at Fair Oak) G Company at Southampton H Company at Southampton (det at Bursledon)
	1915.03	1/5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment renumbered on formation of 2/5th Battalion and reorganised in four-company establishment
	1920.02.07	5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Carlton Place, Southampton
		A Company at ? B Company at ? C Company at ? D Company at ?
	1921	5th/7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment amalgamated with 7th Battalion with HQ at Carlton Place, Southampton
	1939.03.31	5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment renumbered on formation of duplicate 7th Battalion
	1948.10.17	14th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Southampton and converted
		A Company at Southampton B Company at Southampton C Company at Eastleigh D Company at Southampton
	1956.07.15	5th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment converted to infantry
	1956.10.31	amalgamated with 4th Battalion, to form 4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment

History (Links) & War Service

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Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	South Africa 1900-02 The Great War: [contributed to honours of The Hampshire Regiment] The Second World War: [contributed to honours of The Hampshire Regiment]

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours


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Uniforms and Badges

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Uniform:

scarlet; facings: yellow (1860-1882), white (1882-1904?), yellow (1904?-)

Honorary Colonels

Index of Royal Colonels



	1897.01.07	Lt-Gen. Sir Frederick Wellington John FitzWygram, Bt. [Col. 15th Hussars]
	1905.02.08	Col. Hon. H.G.L. Crichton, KCB, TD, ADC
	1925.04.01	Col. Sir Edwin K. Perkins, Knt., CBE, VD
	1937.03.03	Bt-Col. W.R. Thomson, TD
	<1950>

Traditions


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Bibliography

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