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* adjutant, second in command and acting commander of [[2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian]] in India, Mesopotamia and on the Western Front (August 1914 to April 1918) | * adjutant, second in command and acting commander of [[2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian]] in India, Mesopotamia and on the Western Front (August 1914 to April 1918) | ||
| − | * [[3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment]] in 1915 | + | * [[3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, UK]] in 1915 |
* instructor at an infantry officers’ school near Baghdad (April to August 1918) | * instructor at an infantry officers’ school near Baghdad (April to August 1918) | ||
* Brigade Major of [[34th Infantry Brigade, UK]] (August 1918 to March 1919) | * Brigade Major of [[34th Infantry Brigade, UK]] (August 1918 to March 1919) | ||
Revision as of 08:22, 25 May 2015
| 3/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, British Army | |
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| Years active: | – |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Service: | British Army |
| Branch: | Territorial Force |
| Type: | Infantry |
| Specific type: | Infantry battalion |
| Full size: | 1,000 |
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| Name1: | 3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment |
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| Relationship type: | Administrative |
| Parent unit: | Gloucestershire Regiment, UK |
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Contents
Personal narratives
Ted Berryman
The Imperial War Museum has a large collection of private papers of Major Template:RefLives.
- Imperial War Museum Documents.17257: original documents including personal letters and diaries, photographs and official orders.
- Ted's letters are being blogged on their 100th anniversary at the Family Letters blog.
- The Berryman family's letters have previously been printed as: Felicite Nesham (ed.), Socks, cigarettes and shipwrecks: a family’s war letters 1914-1918, (Sutton, 1987).
Imperial War Museum catalogue shows that Ted served with these units:
- adjutant, second in command and acting commander of 2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian in India, Mesopotamia and on the Western Front (August 1914 to April 1918)
- 3/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, UK in 1915
- instructor at an infantry officers’ school near Baghdad (April to August 1918)
- Brigade Major of 34th Infantry Brigade, UK (August 1918 to March 1919)
Related media
Official sources
Unit war diaries
Unit histories
Other official documents
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