Timeline of movements (5th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment)

1900 The 3rd (Militia) Battalion was renumbered the 5th Battalion.
1913-14 England: Worcester
1914 England: Plymouth
1917 England: Harwick, Manningtree and Mistley
1918 England: Newcastle-on-Tyne (here the 6th Battalion was absorbed by the 5th)
1919 (April) Portobello Barracks, Dublin, Ireland
1919 (July) 5th Battalion disbanded.

5th Battalion marching out of Portobello Barracks
(Major Clarke followed by Capatin Wright leading their men out of Portobello Barracks, Dublin for the last time)


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