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The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of Barclays Bank
The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of Barclays Bank
Remembering the lives of those who worked for Barclays Bank and also served in the 26th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, known as the "Bankers Battalion". Formed in July 1915, the Bankers Battalion took part in the battles at Flers-Courcelette and Transloy (Somme) in 1916, and in the battles of Messines, Pilckem Ridge and Menin Road in 1917. Further information about the people in this community may also be available in the Barclays Group Archives. See https://www.archive.barclays.com/ for further information, including their contact details.
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army B/19967 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
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Born 1885
Died 1917
British Army 2945 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army GS/51993 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22nd Battalion
More about Alfred Jackson -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army B/23005 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Percy White -
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Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army B/19415 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers
British Army 19415 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about John Anthony Nowers -
Born 1880
Died 1917
British Army B/23487 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion
More about John Messina Laverack -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army B/19968 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Owen George Jary -
Born 1891
Died 1917
British Army B/23314 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 7th Battalion
British Army 23314 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion attached 7th Battalion
More about Irving Howard Hoskins -
Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army GS/23282 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 7th Battalion
More about Henry Hoskin Hooper -
Born 1896
British Army 04057 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army B/23427 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Oliver Tregenza -
Born 1887
British Army 766672 Private London Regiment 28th london regiment (artist Battalion
British Army 76672 London Regiment 2/28th (Artists Rifles OTC) Battalion
British Army Royal Fusiliers 26th Service Battalion
More about Sydney Wilfred Woolven -
Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army G-19164 Private East Kent Regiment
British Army 23730 Private Royal Fusilliers 26th Battalion
British Army G/19164 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion
More about Harcourt Cubitt Thorns -
Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army STK/2323 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion
British Army STK/2323 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
More about Harold Armstrong -
Died 1917
British Army GS/19388 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
British Army B/19388 Acting Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 6th Battalion
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More about Edward Sydney Hain -
British Army 19449 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers Attached Royal Army Service Corps
More about Ernest John Garland -
Died 1916
British Army B/20259 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battallion
More about Francis Gifford Perkins -
Born 1890
British Army B/19464 Private Royal Fusiliers
More about Arthur Dudley Kerridge -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army B/23295 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army 23295 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion
More about Edwin Jeremiah Mccarthy -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army B/20353 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion
More about William Joseph Holmes -
Born 1880
Died 1917
British Army Stk/2376 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers) Battalion
British Army 2376 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Hewett Trevelyn Whiting