Cheshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 10th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	19th May	ELLERTON	Charles Fleetwood	Capt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Vimy Ridge	Ecoivres Military Cemetery (I.O.14)	-
2	19th May	YOUNG	Leonard George Birmingham	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Vimy Ridge	Arras Memorial	-
3	21st May	LANGDON	Wilfrid Max	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Vimy Ridge	Ecoivres Military Cemetery (II.B.6)	-
4	21st May	NOBLE	Archibald Francis	Capt	MiD	29	KIA	France	Near Vimy Ridge	Ecoivres Military Cemetery (II.C.17)	-
5	14th July	MERRY	Norman Cuthbert Ross	Capt	-	31	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
6	15th July	GOSS	Hubert John	2Lt	MC	25	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C/4A)	-
7	15th July	HARRIS	Frank	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	-
8	15th July	OLIVER	George Frank	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Pozieres British Cemetery (I.G.1)	(1)
9	15th July	THRIFT	Sydney Henry	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	-
10	15th July	WALTER	Raymond	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	South of Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	-
11	28th July	LONGSTER	William Ernest	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	North of Authuille, Somme	Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart (C.16)	-
12	10th October	HUNTER	William	Lt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Warloy-Baillon	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extn (V.D.20)	(2)
Died in 1917
13	17th February	MANNING	John Carlton	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extn (Nord) (III.B.54)	(3)
14	9th June	HESKETH	William	2Lt	-	25	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extn (Nord) (III.C.101	(4)
15	20th August	ROWE	Harvey Wilfrid Warwick	Capt	MC	21	KIA	Belgium	Railway Wood, east of Ypres	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (III.A.6)	-
Died in 1918
16	23rd March	PETTY	Eric Bateman	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Vaulx, northeast of Bapaume	Grevillers British Cemetery (XI.C.20)	-
17	24th March	BOSTOCK	Joseph	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Southeast of Beugnatre, near Vaulx	Vaulx Hill Cemetery (I.E.5)	(5)
18	11th April	SIMPSON	Eric Hadley	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Ploegsteert Wood	Ploegsteert Memorial (Panel 4/5)	-
19	17th April	BELL	Robert Stephen	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (XXVIII.J.9)	(6)
20	26th April	PUMPHREY	Hubert	2Lt	-	37	KIA	Belgium	Near Kemmel	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 61/63)	-
21	26th April	WILLMORE	William Albert	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Near Kemmel	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 61/63)	-
22	30th April	ROBERTSON	Herbert Neville	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	Hospital at Le Treport	Mont Huon Military Cemetery (VI.H.12)	(7)
23	27th May	DEAN	John Henry Ellis	Capt	MC*	23	KIA	France	Bouvancourt, southeast of Soissons	Soissons Memorial	-
Notes: 1. OLIVER may well have been killed on 14th July 1916. 2. HUNTER was wounded at ? on ? 3. MANNING was wounded near "Factory Farm", northeast of Ploegsteert Wood on 17th February 1917. 4. HESKETH was wounded near "Styx Farm", northwest of Messines. 5. BOSTOCK was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southeast of Beugnatre and reburied at Vaulx Hill Cemetery in November 1919. 6. BELL was most probably wounded near Vaulx on 24th March 1918. 7. ROBERTSON was wounded in the Bailleul/Neuve Eglise area between 10th - 17th April 1918.

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

10th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	1st August 1917	HASTINGS	George Williams	2Lt	-	34	KIA	Belgium	Bellewaarde Ridge, east of Ypres	Brandhoek New Military cemetery No. 3 (II.C.30)	(1)
2	4th May 1918	BRISTOL	Harold James	Capt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Arneke	Arneke British Cemetery (II.B.15)	(2)
3	27th May 1918	CADMAN	Edward Cadman	Lt Col	DSO	43	KIA	France	Bouvancourt, southeast of Soissons	Soissons Memorial	(3)
4	1st June 1918	FRANCIS	Philip Arthur	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Soulieres, southeast of Chateau Thierry	Soulieres Churchyard (Left of Main Pathway)	(4)
Notes: 1. HASTINGS was detached from the Monmouthshire Regiment. 2. BRISTOL was detached from the South Staffordshire Regiment. He was most probably wounded near Kemmel on 26th April 1918 but this is not mentioned in the Battalion War Diary. 3. CADMAN was detached from King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) as Commanding Officer. 4. FRANCIS was detached from the Manchester Regiment.

Battalion History

10th (Service) Battalion.   Formed at Chester on 10th September 1914 as part of K3.   The Battalion assembled and concentrated at Codford St Mary, near Warminster, and placed under command of 75th Brigade, 25th Division. The Battalion was moved to Bournemouth in November 1914.   To complete the intensive individual and collective training required for service with the BEF the Battalion was moved to the Aldershot area in May 1915.
The Battalion was moved by rail to Folkestone on 27th September 1915 and embarked for Boulogne, arriving there during the same evening.   The Battalion concentrated at a local camp before moving by rail to the Hazebrouck area where the 25th Division was concentrated.   By 7th October 1915 the Battalion was under instruction in trench warfare in the Ploegsteert area and on 26th October the Battalion was transferred to under command of 7th Brigade, within 25th Division when 75th Brigade was transferred from 3rd Division .   A detailed history of the battles and operations undertaken by the 25th Division during the war can be viewed here.

On 21st June 1918, after suffering heavy casualties during the Battle of the Lys and the Battle of the Aisne, the Battalion was reduced to cadre strength, the main body of personnel being transferred to 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.   The cadre returned to the UK and was based in Aldershot before being moved to North Walsham in July 1918 and absorbed by 15th Battalion South Wales Borderes.

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 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, part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalions were reorganised forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion. 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 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 10th Battalion Regimental Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916		12	12
1917	3		3
1918	2	6	8
TOTALS	5	18	23

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