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| Officers
of the 5th Battalion at St. Albans 1915 |
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This
photo was taken early in the summer of 1915, shortly before
the Battalion was shipped to Gallipoli. Sadly, many of these
officers were killed or wounded permanently out of the army
before the end of the year.
Top
Row:
Lt
FWH Nicholas, 2/Lt John Tristram Yarde (KIA 1918), Cpt EV Andreini,
Lt FB Hobbs, Lt FW Ballance, Lt Thomas Alderman Franklin (KIA)
2nd
Row:
2/Lr
PR Chaundler, Lt William Stuart Chirnside (went on to become
the CO of the Battalion from 1928) Lt CR Day, Lt LJ Hunter,
Lt Frank S Shoosmith (KIA), 2/Lt HE Woodhouse, Lt D Rising,
Lt CH Miskin (went on to become the Battalions 10th
CO, from 1928 onwards), 2/Lt CR Day, Lt LJ Hunter, 2/Lt Ralph
Dalton Jarvis Brighten, Lt FC Kemspon RAMC
3rd
Row:
Cpt
ET Maier, Cpt CT Baker (KIA), Cpt Rudolph Meade Smythe (KIA),
Cpt GJ Norris, Major J Clutton (went on to become the Battalions
8th CO, between 1920 and 1923), Lt-Colonel Edgar
William Brighten (the Battalions 7th CO, between
1915 and 1920), Cpt and Adjutant H Younghusband, Cpt JE Hill,
Cpt Walter Kendrick Meakin (KIA), Cpt Brian C Cumberland (KIA),
Cpt R Forrest
4th
Row:
Lt
CR James, 2/Lt EL Rawlins, 2/Lt HS Toogood, 2/Lt ER Campbell,
2/Lt BW Smythe.
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| Sergeants
of the 5th Battalion St Albans 1915 |
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The
CO, Adjutant, Warrant Officers and Sergeants of the 5th
Battalion in St Albans,
1915. This picture was taken not long before the Battalion
went to Gallipoli. Sadly, over half of the men in this photo
were to become casualties in the coming four years, with
many not making it through Gallipoli to see Christmas Day
of that year.
Back
Row:
Sergeants
Tarry, Green, Mead, Day, Odell, Wheatley, Penny, Brown
2nd
Row:
Sergeants
Buckingham, Burgess, Martin, McPheat, Perkins, Gilbert,
W Stapleton (KIA), Barker,
Elston, Beaumont, Lewzey
Centre
Row:
Sergeants
Robinson, Dracup, Whitworth, Davis, A Hinks (KIA), Rayner,
Dudley, F Butler
(KIA), [?], Mead, Allen, Hoolichan, Fellows, [?], Lovell
Sitting:
CQMS
Holt, CQMS Sugars, CSM Aleck Milton,
CSM Brazier, RSM Munson, Colonel Edgar William Brighten
(CO), Captain Younghusband (Adjutant), RQMS Scott, CSM Odell,
CQMS Bateman, CQMS Chilton
Lying:
Sergeant-Cook
Finding, Sergeants WH Foster (KIA), Buckingham and Wheeler.
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| 5th
Battalion Officers at the Summer Camp in 1929 |
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| 5th
Battalion Sergeants at the 1929 Summer Camp |
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| A
Company at Bury St Edmunds in 1915 |
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| 5th
June 1915 at the Luton Town Hall |
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| 5th
June 1915 in Luton Town Centre |
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| Transport
Section approaching Luton June 1915 |
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| At
Barton Cutting on the A6, June 1915 |
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This is from 1953, but well
worth including! It was taken on Sunday, 25th October 1953
in Hertford and shows that well known figure of the Queen
Mother taking the salute from the Old Comrdaes Association
of the 5th battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. The Queen Mother
was the battalion's Colonel in Chief and was presenting the
battalion with their new colours that day.
On the front right hand corner
of the parade, the tallest man in shot, is Charles
Marlow, MM, who rose to Colour Sergeant / WOII by
the end of the war and won his MM at the Third Battle of Gaza
in November 1917.
Looking at the men, most or
all of them are of retirement age and have lived through two
world wars. Yet they are still dressed in their 'Sunday Best'
suits, walking tall and looking rightfully proud. A lovely
photo.
(My thanks to Bob Amos,
Charles Marlow's Grandson for the photo, information and permission
to include it here)
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