Guy Bainbridge

Sir Guy Bainbridge
Guy Bainbridge
Born(1867-11-11)11 November 1867
Charlton, Kent, England
Died27 September 1943(1943-09-27) (aged 75)
Leigh, Newtown, Hampshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchBritish Army
Years of service1888–1923
RankMajor General
Commands1st Division
25th Division
110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade
School of Mounted Infantry
7th Mounted Infantry
Battles / warsMahdist War
Second Boer War
First World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Mentioned in Despatches (10)
Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class (Ottoman Empire)
Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
Croix de Guerre (France)
Spouse(s)
Alice May Goldie
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(m. 1904)​

Major General Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge, KCB (11 November 1867 – 27 September 1943) was a British Army officer who commanded the 25th Division during the First World War.[1]

Early life and education

Bainbridge was eldest son of late Colonel Sir Edmond Bainbridge of the Royal Artillery, and Louisa Tulloch, niece of Major General Sir Alexander Murray Tulloch. 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]

Bainbridge, promoted to brigadier general in August 1914,[4] fought in the First World War, from April 1915 as commander of the 110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade and, from June 1916, as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 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.[5]

After the war Bainbridge, promoted to major general in January 1917,[6] became GOC 1st Division before retiring in 1923.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Major-Gen. Sir Guy Bainbridge – Distinguished Record of Active Service". The Times. 30 September 1943. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b c Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. ^ a b c Dix Noonan Web Medals
  4. ^ "No. 28875". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 August 1914. p. 6581.
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ "No. 29886". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1916. p. 15.
Military offices
Preceded by General Officer Commanding 1st Division
1919–1923 		Succeeded by