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Description: | Enlisted in the Mounted Infantry Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion in 1895. Served in the Boer War as a trooper in the 77th Manchester Company Imperial Yeomanry. Joined the 5th Ardwick Volunteer Battalion in 1903. Captain 8 June 1906. major in 1914. Severely wounded in the head at Gallipoli on 27 May 1915. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel to command the Ardwick Battalion 9 Sept 1916. Seriously wounded in the leg, which was later amputated. He was one of eight officers of the Manchester Regiment to be appointed Chevalier of the French Legion of Honour. A silversmith by profession. In later years lived at St Annes on Sea. The Legion of Honour and other medals awarded to him are in the Manchester Regiment Museum Collection. | Publisher: | http://www.manchester-regiment.org.uk/ | Rights holder: | Manchester Regiment | Subjects: | First World War World War I Individuals | Source: | Manchester Regiment Archive | Identifier: | http://www.manchester-regiment.org.uk/fr... | Go to resource |
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