3rd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

The 3rd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers was a unit of the British Army.

History
The 3rd/5th Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers was a Territorial Force unit formed at Bury on 11 October 1914 as a home depot (third line) unit. It was converted into a second line unit by May 1915 and attached to 197th Brigade, 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division. It moved to Crowborough in May 1915 and on to [[Tunbridge Wells in October 1915. It later moved to Colchester in March 1916. The Battalion was posted to the Western Front, landing in at Le Havre on 1 March 1917. It was disbanded in February 1918 and its men distributed to other units.