Cheshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 12th Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	2nd November	STEPHENSON	Claudius	Capt	MiD	27	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Karasouli	Karasouli Military Cemetery (D.697)	(1)
Died in 1917
2	13th July	DENYER	Horace Frederick	Lt	MiD	39	KIA	Salonika	Near Machukove, southwest of Doiran	Karasouli Military Cemetery (F.1065)	(2)
Died in 1918
3	18th September	CLEGG-HILL	The Hon Arthur Reginald	Lt Col	DSO, MiD	41	KIA	Salonika	"P" Ridge, near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
4	18th September	MORRIS	Arthur	Capt	-	24	KIA	Salonika	"P" Ridge, near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
5	18th September	SAMPSON	Thomas Frederick	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Salonika	"P" Ridge, near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
6	18th September	SELLARS	Eric Francis	Capt	MC	24	KIA	Salonika	"P" Ridge, near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
7	18th September	VIGORS	Charles Henry	Capt	MC, CdeG	27	KIA	Salonika	"P" Ridge, near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
8	19th September	NINIS	Francis Aubrey	Capt	MC, MiD	21	KIA	Salonika	Hospital at Kriston	Sarigol Military Cemetery (C.480)	(3)
9	22nd September	MARSH	Charles Frederick William	Capt	-	27	KIA	Salonika	Near Grand Couronne	Doiran Memorial	-
Died in 1920
10	12th September	WEBSTER	Edward	Lt	-	23	DOI	Turkey	Constantinople	Haidar Pasha Cemetery (I.H.21)	(4)
Notes: 1. STEPHENSON was wounded in the Doiran area on ? 2. DENYER was originally buried in the Kalinova Military Cemetery and was reburied in Karasouli Military Cemetery in 1921. 3. NINIS was wounded near "P" Ridge", Grand Couronne on 18th September 1918. 4. WEBSTER died of ? at ?

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

12th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	18th September 1918	CLARK	Allan La Barte	Capt	-	27	KIA	Salonika	Near Sugar Loaf, Doiran	Doiran Memorial	()

Notes:

3. CLARK was detached from Royal Army Medical Corps as Battalion Medical Officer.

Battalion History

12th (Service) Battalion.   Formed at Chester in September 1914 as part of K3. The Battalion assembled and concentrated at Seaford and came under command of 22nd Division as Army Troops.   Intensive individual and collective training was carried out before the Battalion was moving to Eastbourne in December 1914. In February 1915 the Battalion was transferred to 66th Brigade of the same Division before moving to Aldershot in June 1915 to complete the training for combat operations with the BEF in France and Flanders.
The Battalion entrained at Aldershot on 6th September 1915 for Folkestone with a strength 25 officers and 823 men, arriving at Boulogne in the evening of the 6th September.   The Battalion was then moved by rail and route march over the next couple of days to Mailly, near Achiet, arriving on 11th September 1915.   On the 12th the Battalion was temporarily attached to 12th Brigade, 4th Division for instruction in trench warfare. On 28th September the Battalion first took over trenches in the front line at Foucaucourt from the 14th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment).   The Battalion remained in the Foucaucourt/Harbonnieres area unit 22nd October 1915 but in the meantime the 22nd Division was selected to join the British Salonika Force.   The Battalion were moved to Proyart/Fouilloy on 22nd October in preparation for embarking at Marseilles for Salonika on 28th October.

By 5th November 1915 the Battalion had assembled in Salonika where it remained for the rest of the war.   A detailed history of the 22nd Division's actions and battles during the war can be viewed here.

A GALLANT CHESHIRE BATTALION. AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM.   On Sunday, March 2, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, British Salonika Force, on behalf of General Franchet d'Esperey, the G.O.C. in Command of Allied Armies in the Orient, presented the 12th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment with the Croix de Guerre with Palm, in recognition of their gallant conduct and magnificent attack on September 18, 1918. The Battalion was mentioned in a French Army Order as "a marvelous Battalion, which has shown the finest qualities of courage, enthusiasm, and endurance."   The order continues :- " On September 18, 1918, gallantly led by Lt.-Col. the Hon. A. R. Clegg·Hill, D.S,O. (O.R.), in person, it rushed to the assault of a strongly fortified position, showing a magnificent spirit of self- sacrifice.   In spite of a cross-fire from artillery, trench mortar, and machine guns, and of the loss of its Commanding Officer, who fell mortally wounded, the Battalion continued to advance, making light of its heavy casualties, and thereby giving a glorious example of heroism, and the loftiest traditions of the British Army."

In the December 1918 Dispatch of General Sir G. Milne, G.O.C. in Command, British Salonika Force, the Battalion is again mentioned for its attack on the " P" Ridge in September. "After severe fighting the 12th Battalion Cheshire Regiment succeeded in reaching the third line of trenches. At this point they came under a devastating machine gun fire, and, unable to make further progress, were eventually compelled to fall back to their original position. In their heroic attempt they had lost about 65 per cent. of their strength, including Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. A. R, Clegg-Hill, D.S.O., who fell at the head of the 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.

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