People - Regiment: Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment 25th Battalion (Frontiersmen)

25th (Service) Battalion (Frontiersmen)
Formed in London on 12 February 1915 by the Legion of Frontiersmen.
10 April 195 : embarked at Plymouth for East Africa, arriving Mombasa 4 May 1915.
Left for England at end of May 1917. Disbanded at Putney on 29 June 1918.

Robison, Edward Mercer

BORN SEAMER, YORKS 1882. LIVED HULL. ENLISTED HULL. SON OF JOHN ALEXANDER ROBISON (1842-1919) & MARY BELLA ROBISON (1850-1901), OF 403 ANLABY ROAD, HULL. HE HAD A BROTHER, JAMES, AND SISTER, MIRRIAM MARIA ROBISON.  HE SPENT SOME TIME WORKING IN CANADA, BEFORE RETURNING HOME IN 1911. HE LIVED IN HULL. AND ENSLISTED IN HULL. HE … Read more

Berry, Albert Priestley

BORN HULL, 1890. LIVED SHIPLEY. ENLISTED BRADFORD. SON OF HENRY BERRY (1863-1930) & POLLY PRIESTLEY (1865-1920), OF VALLEY ROAD, SHIPLEY AND 13 ROSEDALE STREET, SHIPLEY. HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A PRINTER. HE ENLISTED IN BRADFORD. SERVED IN THE 25TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. DIED EAST AFRICA,ON 27/10/1917, AGED 27. BURIED AT DAR … Read more