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*[[Robert Frank Bickford]] 16 Mar - 16 Apr 1918 | *[[Robert Frank Bickford]] 16 Mar - 16 Apr 1918 | ||
*[[Claude Francis Cooper]] 11 Jul - 7 Aug -Overseas Training Brigade | *[[Claude Francis Cooper]] 11 Jul - 7 Aug -Overseas Training Brigade | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 9 February 2019
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 Longbridge Deverill village Photo State Library Vic | |
Remarks
Longbridge Deverill is a village and civil parish about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Warminster in Wiltshire, England.
From mid-1917, those ill or injured that were deemed fit enough to resume active service were then sent from the Command Depots to the Overseas Training Brigade to harden them up for life back in the trenches. The Overseas Training Brigade for the AIF was formed in Perham Down in June 1917 and then moved to Longbridge Deverill near Sutton Veny in October 1917. The camp was also known as Sand Hill camp.
Soldiers who passed this way
1917
- William James Allen ? Dec 1917 - 12 Mar 1918
1918
- Richard Evans MM 1 - 9 Jan 1918 - Overseas Training Brigade
- Robert Frank Bickford 16 Mar - 16 Apr 1918
- Claude Francis Cooper 11 Jul - 7 Aug -Overseas Training Brigade
1919
- Albert John Egan MID - 29 Jan - 27 Feb 1919
- Cecil Walter Challis 25 Apr - 1 Jun 1919 - No 1 Group
Notes