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The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of United Counties Bank
The Bankers Battalion - 26th Royal Fusiliers - Employees of United Counties Bank
Remembering the lives of those who worked for the United Counties Bank and also served in the 26th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, known as the "Bankers Battalion". (United Counties Bank, which had most of its business in the Midlands and Yorkshire, was acquired by Barclay & Co Ltd (later known as Barclays Bank Ltd) in 1916.) 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 1893
Died 1917
British Army B/23270 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 22nd Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army B/23354 Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army G/40130 Private Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 12th Battalion
More about Frank Spencer Riches -
Died 1917
British Army G/23165 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion
British Army B/23165 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 10th Battalion.
More about John Francis -
Died 1916
British Army B/20091 Corporal Royal Fusiliers
British Army 20091 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
More about Percy William Dale -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army B/23135 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 13th Battalion
More about Arthur Jordan -
Died 1916
British Army B/20326 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion
More about Charles Stuart Webster