{"id":6364,"date":"2025-03-31T10:32:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=6364"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:32:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T09:32:27","slug":"bainbridge-c-2nd-lt-6th-east-kent-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2025\/03\/31\/bainbridge-c-2nd-lt-6th-east-kent-regiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Bainbridge C 2nd Lt 6th East Kent Regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6365\" style=\"width: 249px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bainbridge-C-2nd-Lt-6th-East-Kent-Regt-De-Ruvignys-Roll-Of-Honour-Vol-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6365\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6365\" src=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bainbridge-C-2nd-Lt-6th-East-Kent-Regt-De-Ruvignys-Roll-Of-Honour-Vol-5-239x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bainbridge-C-2nd-Lt-6th-East-Kent-Regt-De-Ruvignys-Roll-Of-Honour-Vol-5-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Bainbridge-C-2nd-Lt-6th-East-Kent-Regt-De-Ruvignys-Roll-Of-Honour-Vol-5.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bainbridge C 2nd Lt 6th East Kent Regiment<\/p><\/div>\n<p>BAINBRIDGE, CARLYLE, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), eldest s. of John William Bainbridge, of Westoe, Lewisham, S.E., Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Glass; and brother to Lieut. J. S. Bainbridge (q.v.); b. Lewisham, S.E., 27 Dec. 1894; educ. Catford Collegiate School, and Elstow School, Bedford; on leaving Bedford he went to Germany, where he remained for three years studying Engineering; prior to the outbreak of war he returned to England; enlisted in Aug. 1914; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 1 June, 1915, and was killed in action at Quarries, near Hulluch, 13 Oct. following, while leading his men under heavy fire. Buried in Ver-melles Military Cemetery. His Commanding Officer reported of him: &#8220;No work daunted him. He was always cheerful, and although of very youthful appearance, was idolized by his men, and was the favourite of the regiment.&#8221; Unm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source : De Ruvigny&#8217;s Roll Of Honour Vol 5<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BAINBRIDGE, CARLYLE, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. The Buffs (East Kent Regt.), eldest s. of John William Bainbridge, of Westoe, Lewisham, S.E., Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Glass; and brother to Lieut. J. S. Bainbridge (q.v.); b. Lewisham, S.E., 27 Dec. 1894; educ. Catford Collegiate School, and Elstow School, Bedford; on leaving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-kent-regiment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6366,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6364\/revisions\/6366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}