12th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol's Own)
The 12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol's Own) of the Gloucestershire Regiment (the 'Glosters') was a 'Pals battalion' of 'Kitchener's Army' raised immediately after the outbreak of World War I through the initiative of the City of Bristol. It saw action at the Somme, Arras and Ypres, before moving to the Italian Front. It returned to the Western Front to fight in the German spring offensive and the victorious Allied Hundred Days Offensive.
15th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment32nd Division (United Kingdom)5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)95th Brigade (United Kingdom)Bristol BattalionBristol Battalion, Gloucestershire RegimentBritish Army First World War reserve brigadesGloucestershire Regiment in World War IGloucestershire Regiment on the SommeList of pals battalionsMartin Archer-Shee
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12th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol's Own)
The 12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol's Own) of the Gloucestershire Regiment (the 'Glosters') was a 'Pals battalion' of 'Kitchener's Army' raised immediately after the outbreak of World War I through the initiative of the City of Bristol. It saw action at the Somme, Arras and Ypres, before moving to the Italian Front. It returned to the Western Front to fight in the German spring offensive and the victorious Allied Hundred Days Offensive.
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Cap badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment
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Greville Smyth Park, Bristol
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The Glosters' 'Back Badge'
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Lt-Col Martin Archer-Shee, DSO
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