Died 1943 (aged 75–76) Rank Major-General Years of service 1888-1923 | Service/branch British Army Allegiance United Kingdom Name Guy Bainbridge | |
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Born 11 November 1867 ( 1867-11-11 ) Commands held 7th Mounted Infantry
110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade
25th Division
1st Infantry Division | ||
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Major-General Sir (Edmund) Guy (Tulloch) Bainbridge, KCB (11 November 1867 - 27 September 1943) was a British Army officer who commanded 25th Division during the First World War.
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Military career
Educated at Marlborough College and the Royal Military College Sandhurst, Bainbridge joined the Royal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) in 1888 and took part in the Dongola expedition in 1896 and the Nile expedition of 1897 and fought at the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. He commanded the 7th Mounted Infantry during the Second Boer War and took part in the Battle of Paardeberg in 1900. In 1903 he took command of the School of Mounted Infantry at Kilworth. He fought in the European War, from April 1915, as Commander of 110th (Leicester) Infantry Brigade and, from June 1916, as General Officer Commanding 25th Division. The Division went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme, at the Battle of Messines, at the Battle of Passchendaele, in the German offensive of March/April 1918 and at the Battle of Aisne under his leadership. After the War he became General Officer Commanding 1st Infantry Division before retiring in 1923.