BIMROSE, CHARLES, M.C., 2nd Lieut., 2\/6th (Territorial) Battn. The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regt.), s. of Daniel Bimrose, of Acock’s Green, co. Worcester, Postmaster, by his wife. Clara, dau. of Samuel Thornton; b. Leeds, co. York, 11 March, 1893; educ. Harehills County Council School, and Cockburn Secondary School there; was a Civil Service Clerk enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in May, 1915; served with his battalion in Salonika from Jan. 1916, and subsequently in Egypt; contracted enteric at Alexandria, and was sent to hospital; returned home to train for a commission in May. 1917, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. The Sherwood Foresters 6 Dec. following served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 April, 1918, and was killed in action near Ramicourt, north-west of St. Quentin, 3 Oct. of the same year. Buried where he fell. He was (posthumously) awarded the Military Cross [London Gazette, 16 Oct. 1919], for gallantry and devotion to duty in the field. Hem. at the Wesleyan Church, Handsworth, 15 May, 1917, Olive Edna, dau. of Alfred Price; s.p.<\/p>\n
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