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Lough, B., Sgt., 1914-18
The following account is given in Northern Cyclist Battalion C Company Memoir:

LOUGH, Sergeant Bartholomew, 11 Main Street, Spittal, Berwick-on-Tweed.
Enlisted N.C.B. October 6th, 1914. Promoted full Corporal March, 1915, and Acting Sergeant October, 1916. Took part in one or two cross-country runs at Mallethorpe and Chapel St. Leonards. May 3rd, 1917 transferred to Army Cyclist Corps, later served with R.E., I.W. and D., and again transferred to Field Engineers on November, 1917 (R.E.) transferred to Tank Corps February, 1918.

Sent overseas March, 1918. Few weeks training in La-Treporte. Posted to I Battalion (9th) on the Arras front, saw some good work done there; pushed Huns back a few miles. Latterly I got gassed the 2nd September, 1918; and sent to Blighty. Sheffield Hospital. Demobilised January 29th, 1919, at Duddington, Edinburgh.

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