Catalogue description 3/5TH BATTALION

This Battalion was raised in Wimbledon in Aug 1915, and included a number of officers and men transferred from the 2/5th Battalion. In Jan 1916, it joined the Third Line Group B of the Home Counties Division at Cambridge. In Mar 1916, it sent a draft to the 1/5th Battalion in India. In Apr 1916, the Battalion moved to Crowborough, Sussex, from where it sent several more drafts to the 1/5th Battalion. In Aug 1916, it was amalgamated with the 3/6th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment to form the 5th Reserve Battalion, which became part of the Home Counties Reserve Brigade. It moved to Tonbridge in Oct 1916, returning to Crowborough in 1917 and finally returning to Tonbridge in Sep 1918. The Battalion was ordered to disband in Nov 1918, but the disbandment was suspended and the Battalion did not actually disband until Apr 1919.