1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion August 1914 : in Carlisle. Army Troops attached to East Lancashire Division. Moved to Barrow. 26 October 1914 : landed at Le Havre and attached to Lines of Communication. [Official History of the war mentions attachment to Jullundur Brigade in Lahore Division]. 5 May 1915 : attached to 149th Brigade in 50th (Northumbrian) Division. 20 December 1915 : transferred to 151st Brigade in same Division. 12 February 1918 : transferred to as Pioneer Bn to 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division. 7 May 1918 : transferred to 97th Brigade in 32nd Division and absorbed the cadre of the regiment's 11th Battalion (Lonsdale).
