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GASKELL William Roscoe Lieut
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/26605
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- SKR/DAT/IP/26605
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Title (The name of the record)
- GASKELL William Roscoe Lieut
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: GASKELL;
Forename(s): William Roscoe;
Initials: WR;
Rank: Lieut;
Previous Regiment: S Lanc Regt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 37 Coy;
Awarded: MC, MID;
Gallantry Notes: MID: War Diary 28/7/1916 ""during the afternoon a German bombing party was observed in action on the left, and 2/Lt Gaskell, considering the target not good enough for our guns to open fire, obtained a Lewis gun from the West Kent Regt and succeeded in wiping out the whole party of about twelve men";
Other Data: see war diary 37 Coy 28/7/1916
wounded - war diary 4/10/1916
MID confirmed in war diary 7/1/1917
War Diary 30/11/1917: "Lieut WR Gaskell of this unit brought up ammunition, rations and rum. These were the only rations the Brigade had up this night";Other Notes: MC: LG 3/6/1918 attd MGC
MID LG: 4/1/1917 (for 13/11/1916) (S Lanc Regt - attd MGC);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)
- 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/8ad76407-c3c9-4626-b1ff-962fbb74e6a7/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
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Machine Gun Corps Database
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GASKELL William Roscoe Lieut