We remember Bernard Wilfred Long

We remember Bernard Wilfred Long

Timeline

Timeline

1896
birth Birmingham United Kingdom Source:6627200 10th May 1896
1907
education Secondary School Waverly Road Secondary School Birmingham United Kingdom Source:6627179 1907 - 1912
1912
education Science - First class B.Sc degree, also in Officers Training Corps Birmingham Uiversity Birmingham United Kingdom Source:6627200 1912 - 1915
1916
commission Temporary Source:6633663 22nd January 1916
1916
theatres France & Belgium: 1a Source:6627200 13th July 1916 - 20th September 1916
1916
hospitalisation Wounded in arm at Givenchy, France. Hospital/Institution Source:9127211 20th September 1916
education Primary school Loxton Street Council School Birmingham United Kingdom Source:6627179
service British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 16th west Battalion Source:9127211
1917
death Killed in Action Battle of Langemarck. Attack by 2nd Battalion West Yorks Regiment. Final reburial in Buttes New British Cemetery. Ypres Belgium Source:6633766 Source:6638598 Source:6627200 16th August 1917
burial Near Zonnebeke. Reinterred in January 1922 in Buttes New British Cemetery Source:6627200

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Bernard Wilfred
Initials BW
Last Name Long
Source 2701160
Gender
GenderSource
Male
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Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army Yorkshire Regiment 16th west Battalion Second Lieutenant

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Birmingham Daily Mail in British Newspaper Archive David35032
First World War letters of 2nd Lt. Bernard Wilfrid Long David35032
London Gazette list of commissions David35032
Medal Rolls Index Cards for Long Bernard Wilfred David35032
Commonwealth War Graves Commission David35032

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