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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 1019 Private Royal Fusiliers 22nd Battalion
British Army 1019 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
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Born 1876
British Army 1090 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (1st Battalion
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Born 1877
Died 1917
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British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers
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Born 1874
Died 1925
British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Fusiliers 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (first Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers commanding 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (first Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army Spts3907 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd battalion, royal fusiliers (first Battalion
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British Army 1714 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
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Born 1881
Died 1917
British Army Spts/1773 Corporal London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion
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British Army 1585 Acting Corporal 2nd Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
British Army 1585 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
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British Army 3780 Private Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
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Born 1895
Died 1917
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British Army SPTS/1375 Private London Regiment 23rd (service) battalion, royal fusiliers (city of london regiment) (1st Battalion
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