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C Bimrose
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| Age at death: |
25 |
| Born: |
1892 or 1893 |
| Full name: |
Charles Bimrose |
Service, Regiment,
Corps, etc: |
Notts & Derby Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) |
| Unit, ship, etc: |
1st/6th Battalion |
| Enlisted: |
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| Rank: |
Second Lieutenant |
| Decorations: |
MC |
| War (and theatre): |
WW1(F&F) |
| Date of death: |
3 October 1918 |
| Manner of death: |
KIA |
| Family details: |
Son of Daniel and Clara Bimrose of Leeds. Husband of Olive Edna Bimrose, 43 Sycamore Road, Handsworth, Birmingham |
| Residence: |
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| Home department: |
Board of Trade - Labour Department (West Midlands Division) |
| Civilian rank: |
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Cemetery or
memorial: |
Bellicourt British Cemetery (Special Memorial A.1) |
Additional information and photographs
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Photograph of grave of Second Lieutenant C Bimrose MC in
Bellicourt British Cemetery
"Believed to be buried in this
Cemetery"
Click on the image to view a larger
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The war diary of the 6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters for 13 November 1918 records a number of awards of medals "for gallantry
and devotion to duty during the attack on Bellenglise" including six military crosses, of which one was to Charles Bimrose
(PRO, WO 95/2694).
Charles Bimrose is commemorated on the Memorial to Staff of the Ministry of
Labour, now hanging in Caxton House, Tothill Street, London SW1.
Photograph of Charles Bimrose courtesy of Mrs S M Diverall.
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