23rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (1st Sportsman's)

23rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (1st Sportsman's)

4,987 men served on the effective strength of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers after it proceeded overseas to France on 15th November 1915. 3,241 became casualties, of whom 594 died and another 350 were missing. It was originally recruited at the Hotel Cecil in London by Mrs E. Cunliffe-Owen, with a special War Office dispensation to form a unit from men up to the age of 45, who were then over the formal enlistment age, but who were fit and hard because they were sportsmen. In the first year while the Battalion was training at Hornchurch, it also had a huge turnover of men who received commissions in other units, not counted in the totals above. For more detail, see the History: THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S) A RECORD OF ITS SERVICES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919 BY FRED. W. WARD (A Second Sportsman's Battalion was soon formed, it was numbered the 24th Royal Fusiliers, and the SPTS service number also extended to the 30th (Reserve) Battalion.) http://sportsmansgazette.blogspot.co.uk/ is a great online resource to explore

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  • British Army 275 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 275 Company Sergeant-Major London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion

  • British Army 257 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • Born 1888

    Died 1918

    British Army 203704 Private Border Regiment

    British Army GS/75592 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion

  • Born 1898

    Died 1918

    British Army GS/68772 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion

  • British Army Spts 4614 Private Royal Fusiliers

  • British Army 1692 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • British Army Spts 4700 Private Royal Fusiliers

  • Profile picture for Henry Alexander Vernon

    British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers commanding 23rd bn. royal fusiliers (first Battalion

    British Army Brigadier-General King's Royal Rifle Corps

    British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

  • British Army 4027 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • British Army S4/039094 Private Army Service Corps

    British Army 114723 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • Born 1891

    Died 1916

    British Army 1380 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

    British Army 1380 Private Royal Fusiliers

  • Born 1886

    Died 1918

    British Army 61361 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

    British Army GS/75690 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (first Battalion

  • British Army 295 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

    British Army 295 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • Profile picture for William Francis Wood

    Born 1886

    Died 1918

    British Army 1886 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

    British Army 1886 or SPTS/1886 Sergeant Royal Fusiliers Won the Military Medal as a stretcher bearer 10th March 1917

  • British Army G/27418 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • Born 1889

    Died 1916

    British Army Spts 4461 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (first Battalion

  • British Army 49319 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

    British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

    British Army 3592 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion

  • British Army 1462 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • British Army Spts1246 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

  • British Army 1309 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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