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The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month. Captain Claridge was full of
admiration for this devotion to duty attending to the sick and wounded.
In August 1917 Captain Claridge's Mare (Bess) was taken to hospital after
being wounded 4 times and later died.
In 1918 Captain George Claridge was in hospital at Llandaff, Cardiff and
was later invalided out."
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It is worth remembering that at the time the allied forces left Gallipoli
on 20th December 1915 the casualty figures were:-
Dead --25,000. Wounded--76,000. Missing ---13,000.
Sick admitted to hospital---96,000
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Other details of George Claridge's military career.
"George Claridge's service record reveals that he enlisted in the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers on 15th September 1884 aged 16 years. He was in Great
Britain and served in Ireland at one stage, before being ordered to India
in December 1886. He served in that country continually until December
1896, returning home on the troopship 'Brittania'.
While in India he qualified in a foreign language speaking lower standard
'Pushta' on the 6th April 1891.
In 1893, after attending the School of Musketry at Changla Gali he
qualified as a Sergeant Instructor to a Regiment or Battalion.
The 'Royal Small Arms Factory' in Birmingham was where he passed a course
of small arms in 1899, and in Wrexham (Barracks) he qualified for the post
of Quartermaster. He is also credited as having a (quote) 'Good knowledge
of clerical duties in all military departments. Good organiser' (unquote).
Having worked his way up through the ranks he is shown as being Cr. Sgt.
(A.S.M.) (Colour Sergeant- Acting Sergeant Major) upon being discharged at
his own request from the regular army on 15th July 1908. He had served for
23 years 305 days.
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The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month. Captain Claridge was full of
admiration for this devotion to duty attending to the sick and wounded.
In August 1917 Captain Claridge's Mare (Bess) was taken to hospital after
being wounded 4 times and later died.
In 1918 Captain George Claridge was in hospital at Llandaff, Cardiff and
was later invalided out."
.............................................................................................
It is worth remembering that at the time the allied forces left Gallipoli
on 20th December 1915 the casualty figures were:-
Dead --25,000. Wounded--76,000. Missing ---13,000.
Sick admitted to hospital---96,000
................................................................................................
Other details of George Claridge's military career.
"George Claridge's service record reveals that he enlisted in the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers on 15th September 1884 aged 16 years. He was in Great
Britain and served in Ireland at one stage, before being ordered to India
in December 1886. He served in that country continually until December
1896, returning home on the troopship 'Brittania'.
While in India he qualified in a foreign language speaking lower standard
'Pushta' on the 6th April 1891.
In 1893, after attending the School of Musketry at Changla Gali he
qualified as a Sergeant Instructor to a Regiment or Battalion.
-
The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month. Captain Claridge was full of
admiration for this devotion to duty attending to the sick and wounded.
In August 1917 Captain Claridge's Mare (Bess) was taken to hospital after
being wounded 4 times and later died.
In 1918 Captain George Claridge was in hospital at Llandaff, Cardiff and
was later invalided out."
.............................................................................................
It is worth remembering that at the time the allied forces left Gallipoli
on 20th December 1915 the casualty figures were:-
Dead --25,000. Wounded--76,000. Missing ---13,000.
Sick admitted to hospital---96,000
................................................................................................
Other details of George Claridge's military career.
"George Claridge's service record reveals that he enlisted in the Royal
Welsh Fusiliers on 15th September 1884 aged 16 years. He was in Great
Britain and served in Ireland at one stage, before being ordered to India
in December 1886. He served in that country continually until December
1896, returning home on the troopship 'Brittania'.
-
The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month. Captain Claridge was full of
admiration for this devotion to duty attending to the sick and wounded.
In August 1917 Captain Claridge's Mare (Bess) was taken to hospital after
being wounded 4 times and later died.
In 1918 Captain George Claridge was in hospital at Llandaff, Cardiff and
was later invalided out."
.............................................................................................
It is worth remembering that at the time the allied forces left Gallipoli
on 20th December 1915 the casualty figures were:-
Dead --25,000. Wounded--76,000. Missing ---13,000.
Sick admitted to hospital---96,000
................................................................................................
Other details of George Claridge's military career.
-
The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month. Captain Claridge was full of
admiration for this devotion to duty attending to the sick and wounded.
In August 1917 Captain Claridge's Mare (Bess) was taken to hospital after
being wounded 4 times and later died.
-
The following additional notes have been entered on a separate page by the
eldest child- Doris Mary Shallcroft (Claridge).
"During the 1915 Gallipoli campaign the R.C. Padre was Father Paul Hook
(later Monsigneur) of the Jesuit School (College?) called St. Mary's in
High Street , Holywell. The present Post Office now occupies the site.
Captain Claridge and Father Hook were great friends. After the 1914/18 war
Father Hook died in a Cardiff hospital as a result of sickness and
has his shirt off for a whole month
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Gallipoli
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