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45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
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Those known to have served with45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Collins William Robertson.
- Hyslop William Joseph. Pte.
- Pearse VC MM. Samuel George. Sgt. (d.29th August 1919)
- Pearse VC, MM. Samuel George. Sgt. (d.29th Aug 1919)
- Roberts Ben. Sgt. (d.5th Jan 1920)
- Smith Fredrick. Pte.
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Pte. William Joseph Hyslop 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade William Hyslop served during World War 1 in The Rifle Brigade with the 2nd and 13th Battalions and with the 11th Kings Royal Rifle Corps from Nov 1914 till Feb 1919. At some time, he suffered from a gas attack, and in the last weeks of the war was captured. His details are part those records lost in 1942 due to enemy action.
Unable to find work on discharge, he volunteered to join the BEF intervention in Russia, to fight the Bolsheviks. This campaign ended in Sep 1919. He received a copy of Bolos & Barishynas, the doings of the Sadleir-Jackson Brigade. In his copy he has written details including 45th Batt Royal Fusiliers Reg. No.128992. No.1 Machine Gunner.
Several years later in civilian life, his health started to deteriorate as an effect of gassing. However, according to his family, his application for a pension was rejected on the grounds he could not prove the effect resulted from gas attacks in World War 1.
As his grandchild I can recall the agony suffered by the destruction of one lung and the slow decay of the other. He died in 1951.
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Sgt. Ben Roberts 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.5th Jan 1920) Ben Roberts served with 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
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Sgt. Samuel George Pearse VC, MM. 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.29th Aug 1919)  Samuel Pearse was from Koorlong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia. He was killed in action 29th of August aged 22, and is remembered in the Archangel Allied Cemetery in Russia.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 23rd Oct., 1919, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self sacrifice during the operation against the enemy battery position north of Emtsa (North Russia) on the 29th August, 1919. Serjeant Pearse cut his way through the enemy barbed wire under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and cleared a way for the troops to enter the battery position. Seeing that a blockhouse was harassing our advance and causing us casualties, he charged the blockhouse single-handed, killing the occupants with bombs. This gallant noncommissioned officer met his death a minute later, and it was due to him that the position was carried with so few casualties. His magnificent bravery and utter disregard for personal danger won for him the admiration of all troops."
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Pte. Fredrick Smith 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers My father Fredrick Smith served with the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during the 1st World War. In 1919 he went to Archangel in Russia as part of the North Russia Relief Force.
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Sgt. Samuel George Pearse VC MM. 45th Btn. Royal Fusiliers (d.29th August 1919)  Samuel Pearse served with the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers during WW1 and died on the 29th August 1919, Age: 22. His name is commemorated on the Special Mention B107 on the Archangel Memorial in the Archangel Allied Cemetery in Russia.
He was the husband of Mrs. Pearse, of Koorlong, Mildura, Victoria, Australia.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 23rd October 1919, records the following:-
For most conspicuous bravery, devotion to duty and self sacrifice during the operation against the enemy battery position north of Emtsa (North Russia) on the 29th August, 1919. Serjeant Pearse cut his way through the enemy barbed wire under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire and cleared a way for the troops to enter the battery position. Seeing that a blockhouse was harassing our advance and causing us casualties, he charged the blockhouse single-handed, killing the occupants with bombs. This gallant non-commissioned officer met his death a minute later, and it was due to him that the position was carried with so few casualties. His magnificent bravery and utter disregard for personal danger won for him the admiration of all troops.
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