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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 1889
Died 1915
British Army 20015 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Herbert Stewart Vinall -
Born 1891
British Army S/405744 Private Army Service Corps H.Q. M.T.
British Army B/20081 Private Royal Fusiliers
More about Herbert Edward Tyrrell -
Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army B/19647 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th (Bankers') Battalion
British Army 19647 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1st Battalion
More about George Fawcett Brown -
Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army B/20016 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
More about Clement John Frank -
Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army B/23254 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion
More about Ivanhoe Eustace John Smith -
Died 1916
British Army Stk/2346 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army 2346 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
More about John Leonard Skinner -
Born 1898
Died 1917
British Army 12685 Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
British Army B/23792 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 9th Battalion
More about Walter Mepham -
Born 1890
Died 1972
British Army 2093 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion
British Army STK/2093 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion
British Army Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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More about William Burnell May -
Born 1895
British Army B/23537 Private Royal Fusiliers 6th Battalion R.F.
British Army B23537 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th (Service Battalion)
More about Edward Christopher Midlen -
Died 1917
British Army 73898 107th T.R.
British Army GS/65561 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
More about Archibald E Newton