Brigadier-General Anthony Hugh Baldwin (30 September 1863 – 10 August 1915) was a

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officer. He was

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, with his entire staff, during the

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in 1915, while in command of the 38th Infantry Brigade. He served for 30 years with the

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Military career

Baldwin was born in

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in September 1863 and "was educated at Clitheroe Grammar School and Giggleswick". His military career began in March 1882 when he was commissioned as a lieutenant into the 3rd (

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) Battalion,

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. He transferred to the

in May 1884. He served in

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from 1888 to 1895 and first saw active service as an

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of the 4th Battalion, Manchester Regiment in November 1898 and was promoted to major on augmentation in December 1900. In June 1910 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, with seniority dated back to February 1908. He was promoted to temporary brigadier general in August 1914 and took command of the

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's 38th Infantry Brigade the following month, "which he trained and took to Gallipoli". It was on 10 August where Baldwin lost his life, as the 38th Brigade's war diary states: All of his staff also became casualties. Baldwin "has no known grave; his name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli".

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* Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). ''Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918''. London: Leo Cooper, p. 45. 1863 births 1915 deaths People educated at Clitheroe Royal Grammar School People educated at Giggleswick School Manchester Regiment officers British military personnel of the Second Anglo-Afghan War British Army personnel of the Second Boer War British military personnel killed in World War I British Army brigadiers People of the Gallipoli campaign Lancashire Militia officers East Lancashire Regiment officers Military personnel from Warwickshire Missing in action of World War I {{British-Army-bio-stub