Cheshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	24th August	CAMPBELL	Charles Arthur	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Near Audregnies, southwest of Mons	Cement House Cemetery, Langemarck (XVII.A.18)	(1)
2	24th August	JONES	Ernest Rae	Capt	-	36	KIA	Belgium	Near Audregnies, southwest of Mons	Wiheries Communal Cemetery (III.A.4)	(2)
3	25th August	FROST	Kingdon Tregosse	Lt	-	37	KIA	Belgium	Near Wiheries, southwest of Mons	Wiheries Communal Cemetery (SP III.A.7)	(3)
4	22nd October	GREENHALGH	James Arthur	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Violaines, east of Festubert	Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy (IV.A.40)	(4)
5	22nd October	HARTFORD	Hugh Irving St John	Capt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Violaines, east of Festubert	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 13)	-
6	22nd October	ATKINSON	Henry Noel	2Lt	DSO, MiD	25	KIA	France	La Bassee	Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (XIII.E.12)	(5)
7	22nd October	MAHONY	Frederick Henry	Capt	MiD	40	DOW	France	CCS at Bethune	Bethune Town Cemetery (I.A.3)	(6)
8	27th October	MAITLAND-ADDISON	Alec Arthur Crichton	Lt	-	28	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (I.B.5)	(7)
9	4th November	FORSTER	Lionel Archibald	Capt	-	35	DOW	France	German field hospital in Douai	Douai Communal Cemetery (B.2)	(8)
10	9th November	ANDERSON	Gerard Rupert Laurie	2Lt	MiD	25	KIA	Belgium	Near Hooge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	(9)
11	9th November	RICH	William Suttor	Capt	MiD*	35	DOW	France	German Field Hospital in Douai	Douai Communal Cemetery (D.1)	(10)
Died in 1915
12	3rd January	HARRY	Alfred Edward	Capt		42	KIA	France	Near Fricourt	Citadel New Military Cemetery (III.B.3)	-
13	25th January	HAND	Maurice William	Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near Messines	RE Farm Cemetery, Wytschaete (I.A.7)	-
14	3rd March	LODER-SYMONDS	Robert Francis	Capt	-	31	DOW	France	Hospital at Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.A.I.13)	(11)
15	10th March	VANCE	Charles Richard Griffin	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Ypres	Ramparts Cemetery, Ypres (D.25)	-
16	28th March	FROST	Thomas Laurence	Capt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Ypres	Bedford House Cemetery (Encl 2, IV.A.41)	(12)
17	5th May	SCOTT	Arthur De Courcy	Lt Col	-	49	KIA	Belgium	"Hill 60", Zwarteleen	Zillebeke Churchyard (H.3)
Died in 1916
18	12th April	MANSFIELD	Harold	2Lt	-	22	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (I.A.25)	(13)
19	28th July	DUCKWORTH	Bernard	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Longueval, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
20	28th July	PROUT	William Thomas	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Longueval, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
21	1st September	WILSON-ROBERTS	Thomas	2Lt	-	25	DOW	France	CCS at Bray-sur-Somme	Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery (I.C.28)	(14)
22	3rd September	BLAIN	Charles Victor	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	West of Falfemont Farm, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery (VIII.C.5)	(15)
23	4th September	WHITE	Francis	Capt	-	24	KIA	France	Near Falfemont Farm, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery (Sp Mem No. 24)	(16)
24	6th September	GLEED	George Alfred	Capt	MiD	26	DOW	France	No. 21 CCS at La Neuville, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery (II.C.17)	(17)
25	20th September	O'BRIAN	Walter Vincent	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Waterlot Farm, west of Ginchy	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A.	-
26	21st October	PATTERSON	Charles Cox	Capt	-	40	KIA	France	Area of Le Touret	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	(18)
Died in 1917
27	26th June	SHEARD	Geoffrey Senior	2Lt	-	21	DOAW	France	CCS at Duisans	Duisans British Cemetery (IV.N.2)	(19)
28	5th October	SWEENEY	Gilbert Martin	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Sanctuary Wood	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 61/63)	-
29	22nd October	OLIVER	Edward Cole	2Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	Near "Bedford House", south of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 61/63)	(20)
Died in 1918
30	25th April	LAWS	Selwyn Vernon	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Aire	Aire Communal Cemetery (II.F.30)	(21)
31	27th June	OWENS	Edward	2Lt	DCM	28	KIA	France	Near Le Sart, Merville	Tannay British Cemetery (III.C.1)	-
32	28th June	HARPER	James	2Lt	-	34	KIA	France	Near les Puresbecques, northwest of Merville	Tannay British Cemetery (III.C.9)	-
33	17th July	EASTERBROOK	William Reginald	Capt	MC	24	DOW	France	CCS at Aire-sur-la-Lys	Aire Communal Cemetery (III.J.2)	(22)
34	21st August	MAGUIRE	Maurice	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Achiet-le-Petit	Adanac Military Cemetery (IV.F.23)	-
35	22nd August	JOLLEY	Robert James	2Lt	-	30	DOW	France	CCS at Gezaincourt	Bagneux British Cemetery (IV.B.21)	(23)
36	30th August	SIMPSON	George Ricardo	2Lt	-	21	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Terlincthun British Cemetery (II.F.29)	(24)
37	2nd September	MUNRO	Alexander Douglas	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Beugny	Vaulx Hill Cemetery (II.C.28)	(25)
38	28th September	COTSWORTH	John Henry	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Northeast of Gouzeacourt	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extn (IV.A.14)	(26)
39	28th September	DANIELS	James	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	North of Gouzeacourt	Gouzeacourt New British Cemetery (VIII.B.12)	(27)
40	23rd October	STUBBS	William Norman	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Beaurains	Romaries Communal Cemetery Extn (II.B.20)	-
41	1st November	MUSKER	John Henry	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 61/63)	-
42	1st November	ALDERSEY	Mark	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 61/63)	-
43	5th November	DAVID	Edward Harold	2Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Forest of Mormal	Cross Road Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois (III.C.7)	-
Died in 1919
44	3rd July	RODDY	Edwin Louis	Major	-	45	DOI	UK	Netley Military Hospital	St Helier (Mont-a-L'Abbe Cemetery (T174)	(28)
Notes: 1. CAMPBELL was originally buried in Audregnies Churchyard and reburied in Cement House Cemetery in September 1953. 2. JONES was originally buried near Audregnies, southwest of Mons, and reburied in Wiheries Communal Cemetery in February 1920. 3. FROST was originally buried in the Asylum British Cemetery, to the west of Ypres, and reburied in Bedford House Cemetery in May 1924. 4. GREENHALGH was originally commemorated on the le Touret Memorial. His remains were found in 2020 and he was reburied in Guards Cemetery on 22nd May 2024. 5. ATKINSON was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northwest of La Bassee and reburied in Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery in April 1923. 6. MAHONY was wounded at La Bassee on 21st October 1914. 7. MAITLAND-ADDISON was wounded at Voilaines on 20th October 1914. 8. FORSTER was wounded near Violaines. northwest of La Bassee on 19th October 1914 and taken by the Germans. 9. ANDERSON. The Battalion War Diary states that he was killed on 7th November 1914. 10. RICH was wounded at Voilaines and taken prisoner by the Germans on 22nd October 1914. He was removed to a hospital at Namur, and later to the Military Hospital, 4th Army Corps, Douai, France, where he died in the Lycée Hospital on 9th November 1914. 11. LODER-SYMONDS took his own life (according to the Army Register of Effects). 12. FROST is believed to be buried in this cemetery. 13. MANSFIELD was wounded near Roclincourt on 2nd April 1916. 14. WILSON-ROBERTS was wounded near Guillemont, Somme on 1st September 1916. 15. BLAIN was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Favieres Wood and reburied in Flatiron Copse Cemetery in July 1919. 16. WHITE is believed to be buried in Flat Iron Copse Cemetery, and is commemorated here by a Special Memorial. 17. GLEED was wounded near Falfemont Farm, southeast of Guillemont, Somme on 5th September 1916. 18. PATTERSON was reported killed and missing from 21st October 1916. Circumstances are unclear. 19. SHEARD was wounded near Ecurie, north of Arras, on 23rd June 1917 due to premature burst of a rifle grenade during training. 20. OLIVER may well have been serving with another Battalion at the time of his death. 21. LAWS was wounded near Nieppe Forest on 24th April 1918. 22. EASTERBROOK was wounded near Arrewage, southeast of Motte au Bois on 15th July 1918. 23. JOLLEY was wounded near Achiet-le-Petit on 21st August 1918. 24. SIMPSON was wounded near Achiet-le-Petit on 21st August 1918. 25. MUNRO was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northwest of Beugny and reburied in Vaulx Hill Cemetery in December 1919. 26. COTSWORTH was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northeast of Gouzeacourt and reburied in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extension in January 1922. 27. DANIELS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Gouzeacourt and reburied in Gouzeacourt New British Cemetery after the Armistice. 28. RODDY died of ? at Netley Military Hospital.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	7th November 1914	POLLOCK-HODSOLL	George Bertram	Capt	-	39	KIA	Belgium	Menin Road, southeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 21)	(1)
2	15th November 1914	STABLES	Harold Rolleston	Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	Near "Hellfire Corner", east of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 28)	(2)
3	14th March 1915	TURNBULL	Christopher Derwent	Lt	MiD	24	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Ypres	Ramparts Cemetery, Ypres (D.26)	(3)
4	24th May 1915	PIKE-STEPHENSON	Daniel Pike	2Lt		25	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne/Wimeraux	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (II.A.23	(4)
5	29th May 1918	BOWLY	Reginald Walter	Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Near Chapelle Boom, Nieppe Forest	Tannay British Cemetery (II.G.12)	(5)
6	21st August 1918	POSTLES	Charles Edward	2Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Near Achiet-le-Petit	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 8)	(6)
7	4th November 1918	LOCKETT	Garstang Bradstock	Capt	MC	21	DOW	France	29th CCS at Beugny	Delsaux Farm Cemetery (II.F.17)	(7)
Notes: 1. POLLOCK-HODSELL was detached from the Suffolk regiment. He had only joined the 1st Battalion on 4th November 1914. 2. STABLES was detached from the Royal Fusiliers. 3. TURNBULL was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps as Battalion Medical Officer. He was wounded east of Ypres on 10th March 1915. 4. PIKE-STEPHENSON was detached from the North Staffordshire regiment. He was wounded near Tuileries, north of Zillebeke, on 28th March 1915. He had only joined the 1st Battalion on 26th March 1915. 5. BOWLY was detached from the Manchester Regiment. 6. POSTLES was detached from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 7. LOCKETT was detached from the Cheshire Yeomanry. He was wounded near Beaurain, east of Solesmes, on 23rd October 1918.

Battalion History

On 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment was formed from within the existing 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot. At the declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the Battalion was based in Londonderry, part of 15th Infantry Brigade of the 5th Division, where it received orders for general Mobilisation. The Battalion was and placed under a war footing with internal restructuring and reinforcement by reservists. By the 10th August, mobilisation was completed and the Battalion was ready to embark for France. Orders were received for the Battalion to report to York Docks, Belfast and embark on the Anchor Line vessel "SS Massilia". The ship arrived at Le Havre on 16th August where the Battalion disembarked and marched to a local rest camp. On 17th August the Battalion was marched back to Le Havre and entrained for Le Cateau, arriving on 18th August. The Battalion was then marched to Pommereuil, west of Landrecies, and then on the 21st August north, via the Foret of Mormal, to Gommegnies. By 24th August the Battalion had formed up on the Elougies/Audregnies road, southwest of Mons, and made contact with the advancing overwhelming German forces with other units of 15th Infantry Brigade. At roll-call in the evening of the 24th August the strength of the Battalion was 6 officers, 1 Warrant Officer and 199 men. (On the early morning of the 24th, the Battalion strength was 27 officers, 1 Warrant Officer and 933 men - a loss of 78%). Their heroic stand saved the British Expeditionary Force from a disaster. On 25th August 1914 the retreat to the River Marne began.

The Battalion remained with the 15th Brigade, 5th Division in the BEF, and in Italy between November 1917 and March 1918, for the duration of the war and a detailed account of the Division's major actions can be viewed here. After the war, the Battalion was reconstituted as a Regular Battalion.

Regimental History

The Cheshire Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, which saw the 2 separate Battalions of the 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot re-titled to become the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Chester Castle.

The 1881 reforms also added the Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Militia units within the Regimental District of the County of Cheshire to the Regimental Establishment as numbered Battalions of the Regiment. The Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units were the 1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, the 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Cheshire RVC, the 3rd Cheshire RVC, the 4th Cheshire (Cheshire and Derbyshire) RVC and the 5th Cheshire RVC. The Militia units of the Regiment were the 1st Royal Cheshire Light Infantry Militia and the 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia.

In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalions were reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the RVC Battalions were retitled as Battalions of the Regimental Territorial Force. The 1st Cheshire RVC became the 4th Battalion TF, the 2nd (Earl of Chester's) Cheshire RVC and the 3rd Cheshire RVC amalgamated and became the 5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion TF, the 4th Cheshire RVC became the 6th Battalion TF and the 5th Cheshire RVC became the 7th Battalion TF.

After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st June 1918, the Cheshire Regiment had formed, disbanded or reconstituted 35 Territorial Force, Service, Garrison, Labour, Reserve, Graduated and Young Soldier Battalions.

Analysis of 1st Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BEL	FRA	UK	TOTAL
1914	4	7		11
1915	4	2		6
1916		9		9
1917	2	1		3
1918	2	12		14
1919			1	1
TOTALS	12	31	1	44

Page last updated: 15th January 2026

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