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BLUMFELD Hubert Winterbotham Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20418
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This record is about the BLUMFELD Hubert Winterbotham Lieut dating from 2000-2024.
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SKR/DAT/IP/20418
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Title (The name of the record)
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BLUMFELD Hubert Winterbotham Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
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2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: BLUMFELD;
Forename(s): Hubert Winterbotham;
Initials: HW;
Rank: Lieut;
Resided in: London;
Previous Battalion: 9 of;
Previous Regiment: Middx Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 187 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Iraq;
When killed: 23-Feb-1917;
Other Data: father - Lt Col James Louis Blumfeld 1/9 Middx Regt, Ghora Duka, Muree, India & 8 Elm Park Gds, London SW10. Embarked Devonport 18/9/16 HT Berima. Dis Basra 15/10/16. KIA 26/2/17 in the field, Mesopotamia. Estate £202/7/3d.
War Diary: ….at 6.15am the Bde advanced across the open for about 2000 yards when it was held up by the enemy in position at Shumran Barracks. Fairly heavy shelling with H.E. Coy HQ with two guns of No 2 section and 4 of No.4 section moved up from Bde Hq in extended order behind 2/9 Gurkhas and came under artillery and mg fire which caused 3 casualties in No 4 section and 8 casualties in No 2 section. Section Officer Lt Blumfield, Sgt Rowley(?) and Ptes Bence and Smith killed and Capt Hardman OC Coy, wounded. This officer died of wounds a few hours later…………..
Photograph GS Archives;
Other Notes: BLUMFELD, Lieutenant, HUBERT WINTERBOTHAM, 9th Bn. Middlesex Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 23rd February 1917. Panel 30 and 64 Basra Memorial, Iraq.;
Is photo available? Yes, see VMGCRA Patreon
Related National Archives files: WO374/7255;
END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/00a5c14a-d5e4-4f5a-803b-3991c081dbfa/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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BLUMFELD Hubert Winterbotham Lieut