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When applying for a commission on 22 November 1914, George Bernard recorded that he had served as Private in "D" Company,
1st Battalion, Public Schools Brigade, Royal Fusiliers, from 3 September 1914,
and that he was on the staff of the Board of
Trade with permission to serve with HM Forces for the duration of the war. Unmarried, his height is given as 5'6.5", weight
130 pounds, chest 34.75" (2.25" expansion), complexion fair, eyes grey, hair dark brown. His first posting was as Second Lieutenant with 12th Essex Regiment, attached 1/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment.
He served briefly in the Dardanelles, where he arrived on 7 October 1915, towards the end of the Gallipoli campaign. He was
evacuated with his unit on 28 December 1915, arriving Alexandria 18 January 1916. In June 1916 he was granted one month's
leave to England and in July was retained in England for transfer to the Royal Engineers, where he served in254th Tunnelling
Company.
The award of the Military Cross to George Bernard appeared in the London Gazette Volume II, 1916. He was killed in
action 8 April 1917 ("Brogoa"). (G R Bernard, Army Service Record, PRO, WO 339/3190).
He is commemorated on the Memorial to Staff of the Ministry of
Labour, now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1.
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