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G.Arrowsmith Herefordshire Regiment Service 1914-1919
5th August 1914 - Mobilised with B Company of the 1st/ 1st
Battalion Herefordshire Regiment - Pembroke Dock then Oswestry for training 31st August 1914 -1st November- Northampton 1st November - Suffolk/ Bury St Edmunds entrenching the East Coast 19th April 1915 - Battalion transferred to North Wales Brigade (158th) 16th July 1915 - Embarked at Devonport to proceed to Alexandria 9th August 1915 - Landed on 'C' Beach Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 11th December 1915 - Embarked for Alexandria December 1915 - February 1917 - Egypt Campaign March 1917 - October 1917 - Gaza Campaign November 1917 - June 1918 - Palestine Campaign 30th June 1918 - France - part of 102 Infantry Brigade of 34 Division July 1918 - Bois de Reugny August 1918 - Bucy le Bras Ferme September 1918 - Kemmel October 1918 - Menin October 1918 - Moen November 1918 - January 1919 - Lessines/Chatalet/Fosse January - May 1919 - Sieburg, Nr Bonn (Allied Forces of Occupation) February - 24th May 1919 - Demobilisation of Battalion
George was only 1 of 25 who had survived from the original members of the Battalion who embarked in 1915 for Gallipoli.
Thanks to the Ross Gazette (Georges Obituaryof the 9th February 1967 issue) and the book MANU FORTI (A History of the Herefordshire Regiment 1860 - 1967) for the information they contain that allowed me to compile this page. Tony Arrowsmith
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