Guy Bainbridge

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]

Sir Guy Bainbridge
Birth nameEdmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge
Born(1867-11-11)11 November 1867
Charlton, Kent, England
Died27 September 1943(1943-09-27) (aged 75)
Leigh, Newtown, Hampshire, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1888–1923
RankMajor-general
Commands held
Battles/wars
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Spouse(s)
Alice May Goldie
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(m. 1904)​

Early life and education

He was eldest son of late Colonel Sir Edmond Bainbridge, KCB 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]

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 (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.[4]

After the War he became General Officer Commanding 1st Division before retiring in 1923.[2]

References
  1. "Obituary: Major-Gen. Sir Guy Bainbridge – Distinguished Record of Active Service". The Times. 30 September 1943. p. 7.
  2. Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. Dix Noonan Web Medals
  4. 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
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