5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry [UK]

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Page created 10 February 2004. Corrected and updated 08.06.2006

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	5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry
	1859-1950
	United Kingdom


Titles & Lineage History & War Service Battle Honours Colours, Standards and Guidons	Badges and Uniforms Colonels Traditions Bibliography

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


	1860.09.12	2nd Administrative Battalion, Somersetshire Rifle Volunteers formed with HQ at Taunton to administer existing corps:
		3rd Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Taunton, raised 22 Oct. 1859 5th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Bridgwater, raised 14 Jan. 1860 8th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Wellington, raised 28 Feb. 1860 9th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Williton, raised 22 Feb. 1860 11th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Stogursey, raised 21 Feb. 1860; moved 1868 to Nether Stowey; disbanded 1873 12th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Wiveliscombe, raised 29 Feb. 1860 16th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Yeovil, raised 4 Apr. 1860 20th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Crewkerne, raised 25 Apr. 1860 21st Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Langport, raised 12 Apr. 1860 26th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at Bridgwater, raised 5 Feb. 1861 28th Somerset Rifle Volunteer Corps at South Petherton, raised 4 Nov. 1876
	1880.05.11	3rd Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps consolidated with HQ at Taunton
		A Company at Taunton, formed from 3rd RVC B Company at Taunton, formed from 3rd RVC C Company at Wellington, formerly 8th RVC D Company at Williton, formerly 9th RVC E Company at Wiveliscombe, formerly 12th RVC F Company at Yeovil, formerly 16th RVC G Company at Crewkerne, formerly 20th RVC H Company at Langport, formerly 21st RVC I Company at Bridgwater, formerly 5th RVC K Company at Bridgwater, formed from 26th RVC L Company at Bridgwater, formed from 26th RVC M Company at South Petherton, formerly 28th RVC
	1880.06.15	2nd Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
	1881.07.01	volunteer battalion of Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)
	1881.10	2nd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)
	1901	N Company formed
	1901	cadet corps formed at County School, Wellington
	1903	cadet corps formed at King's College, Taunton
	1908.04.01	5th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry) formed in T.F. with HQ at Taunton, by amalgamation of parts of 1st Vol Battalion, 2nd Vol Battalion and 3rd Vol Battalion, less cadet corps transferred to OTC
		A Company at Taunton B Company at Williton (dets at Watchet, Minehead and Washford) C Company at Bridgwater (det at North Petherton) D Company at Langport (dets at Highbridge and somerton) E Company at Yeovil (dets at Martock and Langport) F Company at Crewkerne (det at South Petherton) G Company at Wellington (dets at Milverton and Wiveliscombe) H Company at Chard (det at Ilminster)
	1915.03	1/5th Battalion, The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) renumbered on formation of 2/5th Battalion
	1920.02.07	5th Battalion, The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Taunton
		A Company at ? B Company at ? C Company at ? D Company at ?
	1921.01.01	5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
	1939.08.24	formed duplicate 7th Battalion
	1947.01.01	630th Medium Regiment, RA (Somerset Light Infantry) reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Taunton, concurrently amalgamated with 7th Battalion* and converted to artillery*
	1950.05.15	absorbed by 4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)

History (Links) & War Service

Introduction to Volunteers


	*History:*
		Territorial Battalions, by Keith Petvin-Scudamore (British Light Infantry Regiments, founded by Michael S.Young)

	*Deployment and War Service of Units:*


	*Biography and Gallantry Awards:*
		Diary of Private William James Cording, 1/5 SLI, 1916-19, by James Cording.

	*Associations, Forums and Re-Enactors:*
		[no external sites have been found]

	*Museums, Monuments, Memorials and Chapels:*
		Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Museum site)
		Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		Somerset Military Museum, Taunton (Simonides listing)

Battle Honours

Index of Battle Honours
Index of Wars


	South Africa 1900-01 The Great War: [contributed to honours of parent regiment] The Second World War: [contributed to honours of parent regiment]

Colours, Standards and Guidons

Introduction to Colours


	Record of Colours:

Uniforms and Badges

Badges:

Uniform:

grey; facings: black

Honorary Colonels

Index of Royal Colonels



	<1882>	vacant
	1894.06.09	F.M. Sir George Stuart White, VC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO [also Col. Gordon Hldrs]
	1912.08.21	Col. Henry Bethune Patton, CB, VD, DL
	1915-<20>	vacant
	1925.08.01	Lt-Col. J.W. Gifford, VD
	1936.10.07	Col. William Otter Gibbs, DL, JP, ADC

Traditions


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