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Those known to have served withInns of Court Officer Training Corps during the Great War 1914-1918. - Gjers Lawrence. Capt. 2nd Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Johnson Ramsey Gelling. 2Lt. 161st Brigade, B Battery
- McQueen Samuel Brown. 2nd Lt.
- Tomlinson MiD. Clifford Gibaud. Capt.
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258033 Capt. Clifford Gibaud Tomlinson MiD. Sherwood Foresters I have recently been presented with an image of what appears to be my cousin, Clifford Tomlinson in uniform in 1915. He was born 30th of January 1891 in Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Thomas Benjamin and Susie Tomlinson (nee Gibaud). The leather trade was on both of his parents side of the family.
In an article printed in the London Gazette dated September 1915, Private Clifford Tomlinson, from Inns of Court Officers Training Corps was to become Second Lieutenant from 30th of January 1915 - 30th of January 1917.
He served in France in the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He became Captain and was mentioned in Despatches.
Following WW1, in 1919, he was asked by his uncle Mr Frank Gibaud of Bagshaw & Gibaud, to join the firm in Port Elizabeth, South Africa which he did, becoming Company Director and remaining with them for 41 years. He passed away in June 1975 in Port Elizabeth, SA.
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257681 2Lt. Ramsey Gelling Johnson 161st Brigade, B Battery Royal Field Artillery Ramsey Gelling Johnson was a qualified advocate who responded to the call for volunteers. He enlisted as a private in the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps in November 1915. In April 1917 he joined the 161st (Yorks) Brigade, RFA in France as 2nd Lieutenant and was allocated to B Battery. He served with B/161 until the end of the war. He served at Messines and Passchendaele. An Inns of Court Officer.
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224308 2nd Lt. Samuel Brown McQueen Machine Gun Corps Sam McQueen was my grandfather. He joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corp, then in 1916, on commissioning went to the Machine Gun School at Belton Park to complete his phase 2 training.
In 1917 he was posted to France where he served to the end of the War. After the armistice he followed his unit to the cavalry barracks at Duren, in Germany, from there he was discharged. Sam was a noted athlete, playing rugby, hockey and cricket for the army. After the war he became Waterlo's first rugby international playing for Scotland.
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