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1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards
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The 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards was based at Warley, in London District at the outbreak of war. From September they were attached to 20th Brigade, 7th Division and landed at Zeebrugge on the 7th of October 1914. They saw action at Ypres with the loss of all but 4 of thier officers and 200 men. The battalion was reinforced and on the 4th of August 1915 they transferred to 3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division. They fought in most of the major battles on the Western Front.
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Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards during the Great War.
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- L/Cpl. Edward George Merrilees (d.14th Sep 1916) Read their Story.
- Pte. Charles Henry Trull (d.17th Oct 1915) Read their Story.
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L/Cpl. Edward George Merrilees 1st Btn. Grenadier Guards (d.14th Sep 1916)
L/Cpl Edward George Merrilees of the 1st Btn Grenadier Guards was born 18 July 1893 Died 14 September 1916 aged 23 he was killed in action on The Somme, France and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Charles Henry Trull 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards (d.17th Oct 1915)
Charles Tull was the first of my Great Grandfathers brothers killed in WW1, I will apply to the Grenadier Guards for his service record one day. The only information I have is his obituary which reads:The first of the four sons of William and Margaret Trull to fall in action. He met his death on the western front on October 17th,, he was only 23 years of age, and had been in the army about 3 years.
Charles may have been killed in very early action at the Battle of Loos, he has no known grave but is commemorated on panels 5-7 of the Loos Memorial.
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