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terry

would it be possible for you tae scan it in high resulation(300 or 400dpi)?

william

Thanks a haip!!!!

william

Leigh

many thanks for this small info you have provided!!, well do you have a map showing this area which 6 british divisions attacked?,

Best Regards,

William

Hello

We thoucht it might be a french ww1 medal!!, very many thanks for the information!!!

william

Hello

pls forgive me if this is not the right place to post this,but would any of you be so good as to suply me with abit of information on this medal in the photo which i have been asked about by my friend?

onie information would be much apreciated!

William

leigh

his cwgc record shows that he was kia at loos?, is loos in france?

leigh

im so indepted tae ye for these links my friend

yes,i have got all the information regarding him from the cwgc website,leigh

the only thing i have regarding cecil hugh antrobus is his mic,also i hae a small photo o him!,all i hae been told by my dad is that he was serving with the 6th cameronian highlanders when he was killed in action at loos

leight,it was his brother(cecil hug antrobus)who was in the 6th cameronian highlanders,

william tuna

leigh

wonderfull links,

very many thanks again

I wonder if he entered Egypt en route to 1st Bn KOSB after leave or detachment?

You have these details from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site?

Name: ANTROBUS, CHARLES ALEXANDER

Initials: C A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Captain

Regiment/Service: King's Own Scottish Borderers

Unit Text: 1st Bn.

Age: 35

Date of Death: 25/04/1915

Additional information: Son of John Coutts Antrobus and Mary Egidia Antrobus, of Eaton Hall, Chester.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: XI. A. 8.

Cemetery: TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY

Cemetery Details

Cemetery: TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY

Country: Turkey

Locality: unspecified

Location Information: Take the road opposite the Kabatepe Museum to Helles/Alcitepe. After 14.2 km's, take a right turn at the 'T' junction to Twelve Tree Copse and other Helles cemeteries. After 14.3 km's take the left fork and the cemetery will be found on the right after 15.4 km's. Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery is in the Helles area, about 1 km south-west of the village of Krithia.

Historical Information: The eight month campaign in Gallipoli was fought by Commonwealth and French forces in an attempt to force Turkey out of the war, to relieve the deadlock of the Western Front in France and Belgium, and to open a supply route to Russia through the Dardanelles and the Black Sea. The Allies landed on the peninsula on 25-26 April 1915; the 29th Division at Cape Helles in the south and the Australian and New Zealand Corps north of Gaba Tepe on the west coast, an area soon known as Anzac. On 28 April, following the landings at Helles, the first attack was mounted towards Achi Baba, the ridge which dominates the southern part of the peninsula. Fatigue, however, brought the assault to a halt some kilometres short of the objective, near the village of Krithia. Turkish counter attacks followed but were repulsed and during the period 6-8 May, the 29th and French Divisions, reinforced by the 2nd Australian and New Zealand Infantry Brigades, carried out a renewed attack on Krithia, making some gains but suffering heavy casualties. Between 1 May and the beginning of June, the 29th Indian Infantry Brigade and 42nd (East Lancashire) Division landed on the peninsula. With these reinforcements, the Allied force at Helles pushed forward once more on 4 June, but again to little effect. A further attack between 28 June and 5 July at Gully Ravine inflicted heavy casualties on the Turks, but despite local gains - at one point the line was pushed forward more than a kilometre - there was no breakthrough. By 13 July the advance at Helles was effectively over and the position remained unchanged until the evacuation in January 1916. TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY was made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from isolated sites and small burial grounds on the battlefields of April - August and December 1915. The most significant of these burial grounds were Geoghan's Bluff Cemetery, containing 925 graves associated with fighting at Gully Ravine in June - July 1915: Fir Tree Wood Cemetery, where the 29th Division and New Zealand Infantry Brigade fought in May 1915 and Clunes Vennel Cemetery, containing 522 graves. There are now 3,360 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 2,226 of the burials are unidentified but special memorials commemorate many casualties known or believed to be buried among them, including 142 officers and men of the 1st Essex who died on 6 August 1915, and 47 of the 1st/7th Scottish Rifles killed on 28 June. The cemetery also contains the TWELVE TREE COPSE (NEW ZEALAND) MEMORIAL, one of four memorials erected to commemorate New Zealand soldiers who fell on the Gallipoli peninsula and whose graves are not known. The memorial relates to engagements outside the limits of Anzac in which New Zealand soldiers took part. It bears almost 180 names.

No. of Identified Casualties: 1134

Leigh

thank you very much for all the info you have provided!

i hae all these dtails concerning him from the cwgc page,well i have been to gallipoli many times,gallipoli is someting like ma second home,well "he entered Egypt en route to 1st Bn KOSB after leave or detachment?", i really dinna know!,the only information i hae got from my dad is that his first comission was in the 2nd KOSB in 1908 and served fer a year as A.D.C,(which i dinna know what it means) to the general officer commanding in chief,scottish command

as for his next o kin applied for his medals on 23/1/20,she was ma fithers aunty

Best Wishes

William Tuna

my relative charles alexander antrobus was killed in action at gallipoli,leigh so he cannae have served with the1st kosb in 1922

here is his whole mic

Hello ed_Heyhes

Thanks a haip for your quick reply,

i am attaching a photo of the list of his medals on his mic card,

according to his medal card,the teather of war in which he first served is egypt,

could you provide me with info on the date when he was given these medals?,

Thanks already

William Tuna

Hello

According to my relative`s medal index card, he was honoured with 3 medals Victory,British and Star,Could any of you fill me in with some information on these medals?

Kind Regards