26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers.
Formed in London on 17th July 1915 by the Lord Mayor & City of London, mainly from former bank Clerks & accountants.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 626 recorded WW1 deaths for the 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers.
HILLIER, Alexander. Private, 781350. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers, Posted From :- 29th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, (Royal Fusiliers). Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 21-10-1918. Age 33. Son of Moss & Adelaide Hillier of New Street, Houndsditch, London, UK. Born in London.
ILSLEY, (MSM). Cecil Henry. Serjeant, B/19437. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers, Attached To :- 3rd M.B.D. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. 11-11-1918. Age 32. Son of Thomas William & Sarah Ilsley of "Spring Bank", Loose, Kent, UK.
KING, Edgar Philip. Private, G/52706. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers. Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 07-06-1917. Age 33. Son of Mr. & Mrs. A.J. King of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, UK. Husband of Annie Florence King of Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdon, UK.
SHARPE, S.W. Second Lieutenant. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal fusiliers. Bac-du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, Pas-de-Calais, France. 25-03-1918.
THOMPSON, G. Private, 65548. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Bankers), Royal Fusiliers. Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 07-06-1917.
WRIGHT, W.S. Corporal, B/19990. 26th (Service) Battalion, (Banker), Royal Fusilier. Duhallow A.D.S. Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. 28-09-1918. Age 29. Husband of Ellen Wright of Waterloo Road, Victoria Park, London, UK.