5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Also, 1st/5th & 2nd/5th Battalions, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Territorial Force Battalions.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,180 recorded WW1 deaths for the 5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regimenr. This figure includes the records for the 1st/5th, 2nd/5th & 3rd/5th Battalions.
1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
CAMPLIN, William Ambrose. Private, 241253. 1st/5th Battalion, York & lancaster Regiment. Ecoust Military Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein, Pas-de-Calais, France. 21-05-1917. Age 22. Husband of Gladys McCall (formerly Camplin) of 87, Church Street, Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK.
DICKINSON, W.J. Private, 205283. 1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 18-04-1918.
Haywood, A. Private, 241042. 1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Ypres Town Cemetery Extension, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 07-06-1918.
PAYNE, H. Private, 6032. 1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuille, Somme, France. 07-09-1916.
WRIGHT, H. Drummer, 2404. 1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Bard Cottge Cemetery, west-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 16-12-1915.
WRIGHT, R. Serjeant, 1145. 1st/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Talana Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 18-09-1915. Age 30. Son of Charles & Mary Wright.
2nd/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Formed at Rotherham on 3rd October 1914 as a second line unit.
DIXON, R. Private, 242707. "C" Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 04-10-1917. Age 36. Son of William & Ellen Dixon of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
KING, T. Private, 241644. 2nd/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. Queens Cemetery, Bucquoy, Pas-de-Calais, France. 13-03-1917.
THOMPSON, John Thomas. Private, 242787. 2nd/5th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment. 08-09-1917. Age 20. Son of John Thomas Thompson & Bertha Thompson of 17, Ivy Cottages, Northallerton, Yorkshire, UK.