LINCOLNSHIRE LIFE......Lincolnshire Regiment.

 

The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment......Through the Years.

 

 

 

THE LINCOLNSHIRE YEOMANRY.

The building in which this museum is sited, was the headquarters of the Lincolnshire Yeomanry from 1901 to 1920. The Lincolnshire yeomanry were a group of men such as farmers and landowners recruited as a military territorial force. They provided effective aid in time of need. The yeomanry were a volunteer cavalry and provided their own horses.

 

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THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT.

The Yellowbellies.

Due to their quickness and mobility the tenth foot earned the nickname `The Springers` during the American War of Independence. Latterly, the regiment has more often been nicknamed the Poachers, reflecting the regimental march. However, the best - known nickname is the Yellowbellies, the origins of which are obscure. Legend has it that it derives from yellow waistcoats worn with early uniforms, but although they wore yellow collers, cuffs and facings based on the yellow ground of the regimental colour, yellow waistcoats were never worn. Another version is that, the regiment in attack crawled through yellow mud that stained their waistcoats. Whatever the true origin, there is no doubt that it is from the regimental nickname that all Lincolnshire folk have come to be called yellowbellies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Stick  Orderly.

The battalion compound or barracks is always under guard. The guard detail changes every 24 hours. When the guard is mounted the orderly officer of the day selects the smartest soldier to be the commanding officers runner. He is called the stick orderly because he carries a swagger stick to denote his prestigious role. This stick orderly is a national servicemen with the 1st battalion in the canal zone, Egypt, circa 1850.

 

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THE LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT IN WW1.

 

Here are a few displays of the regiment in the trenches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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to be continued.