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Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge (11 November 1867 – 27 September 1943) was a

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officer who commanded 25th Division during the

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Early life and education

He was eldest son of late Colonel Sir Edmond Bainbridge, KCB of the Royal Artillery. He was educated at

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and the

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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 1897Sir Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and fought at the

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in 1898.Dix Noonan Web Medals
/ref> He commanded the 7th Mounted Infantry during the

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and took part in the

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in 1900. In 1903 he took command of the School of Mounted Infantry at

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. He fought in the

, from April 1915, as Commander of 110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade and, from June 1916, as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 25th Division. The Division went on to fight at the

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, at the Battle of Messines, at the

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, in the German offensive of March/April 1918 and at the Battle of Aisne under his leadership.''The 25th Division in France and Flanders'' by Lieutenant-Colonel M Kincaid-Smith
Naval & Military Press, 2006, After the War he became General Officer Commanding 1st Division before retiring in 1923.

References

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