Guy Bainbridge
Sir Guy Bainbridge | |
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| Birth name | Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge |
| Born | 11 November 1867 Charlton, Kent, England |
| Died | 27 September 1943 (aged 75) Leigh, Newtown, Hampshire, England |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1888–1923 |
| Rank | Major-general |
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| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath |
| Spouse(s) | Alice May Goldie (m. 1904) |
Major-General Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge KCB (11 November 1867 – 27 September 1943) was a British Army officer who commanded 25th Division during the First World War.[1]
Early life and education[]
He was eldest son of late Colonel Sir Edmond Bainbridge, KCB of the Royal Artillery. He was educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Military career[]
Bainbridge joined the Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) in 1888 and took part in the Dongola expedition in 1896 and the Nile expedition of 1897[2] and fought at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898.[3] He commanded the 7th Mounted Infantry during the Second Boer War and took part in the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900.[3] In 1903 he took command of the School of Mounted Infantry at Kilworth.[3] He fought in the First World War, from April 1915, as Commander of 110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade and, from June 1916, as General Officer Commanding 25th Division.[2] The Division went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme, at the Battle of Messines, at the Battle of Passchendaele, in the German offensive of March/April 1918 and at the Battle of Aisne under his leadership.[4] After the War he became General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division before retiring in 1923.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b "Obituary: Major-Gen. Sir Guy Bainbridge – Distinguished Record of Active Service". The Times. 30 September 1943. p. 7.
- ^ a b c Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ^ a b c Dix Noonan Web Medals
- ^ The 25th Division in France and Flanders by Lieutenant-Colonel M Kincaid-Smith Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Naval & Military Press, 2006, ISBN 978-1-84734-103-7
- 1867 births
- 1943 deaths
- British Army generals
- Military personnel from Kent
- British Army generals of World War I
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
- People educated at Marlborough College
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers
- British Army personnel of the Mahdist War
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- People from Charlton, London
- People from Newtown, Hampshire