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The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of Bank of Liverpool and Martins Bank
The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of Bank of Liverpool and Martins Bank
Remembering the lives of those who worked for the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Bank, and/or their constituent banks, and also served in the 26th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, known as the "Bankers Battalion". (In December 1918 Bank of Liverpool amalgamated with Martin’s Bank Ltd to become the Bank of Liverpool & Martins Limited. Other banks subsequently amalgamated with the Bank of Liverpool and Martins Ltd were The Palatine Bank Ltd in 1919; Cocks, Biddulph & Co in December 1919; The Halifax Commercial Banking Company Ltd in January 1920; E Reed & Sons/Cattle Trade Bank in 1925; and Equitable Bank in July 1927. The Bank of Liverpool & Martins Ltd was amalgamated with the Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Ltd in January 1928 to become Martins Bank Ltd. Martins Bank Ltd was acquired by Barclays Bank Ltd in 1968.) 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 Barclays Group Archives (see https://www.archive.barclays.com/ for further information), or Martins Bank Archive (see http://www.martinsbank.co.uk ).
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army B/20149 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
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Born 1888
British Army B19710 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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Born 1897
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army B/19875 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army B/19876 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army B/19874 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1918
British Army GS/23023 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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Born 1889
Died 1918
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British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers
British Army GS/20147 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army B/23237 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 7th Battalion
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army B/19877 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army G/19877 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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British Army B/20265 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers
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Died 1916
British Army B/23024 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army B/20148 Private Royal Fusiliers 26th (Service) Battalion Bankers
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