5th (Service) Battalion Formed at Reading on 25 August 1914 as part of K1 and attached to 35th Brigade in 12th (Eastern) Division. Moved initially to Shorncliffe and on to Folkestone in January 1915. Moved to Malplaquet Barracks at Aldershot on 1 March 1915. 31 May 1915 : landed in France. 6 February 1918 : transferred to 36th Brigade in same Division