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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War |
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Those Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2/4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment TF |
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No |
Date Died |
Surname |
Forenames |
Rank |
Decs |
Age |
Cause |
Country |
Location/Sector |
Cemetery/Memorial |
Notes |
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Died in 1915 |
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1 |
16th February |
NEWTON |
William John |
Major |
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54 |
DOI |
UK |
Heswall, Cheshire |
Heswall (St Peter) Churchyard (3.3.6) |
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Notes:
1. NEWTON died of ? at ? He was the Recruiting Officer for the 4th Battalion TF, based at Birkenhead. |
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Battalion History |
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The 4th Battalion TF was formed on 1st April 1908 as a result of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, and was based at Birkenhead, under command of the Cheshire Brigade, Welsh Division TF.
On mobilisation, the Battalion was moved to its war location at Shrewsbury and Church Stretton and at the end of August 1914 to the Northampton area. On 18th November 1914 the Welsh Division was ordered to prepare for service in India but this order was cancelled on 25th November. On 9th September 1914, the Battalion was split into two separate units. The 1/4th Battalion was formed from men who has signed the Imperial Service Order and were fit for combat, and the 2/4th Battalion from men who could not or would not sign up for Imperial Service. On 13th May 1915 the Welsh Division was renamed 53rd ( Welsh) Division and the Cheshire Brigade became 159th (Cheshire) Brigade. At this time the Brigade was stationed in the Cambridge area and was moved to Bedford to continue intensive individual and collective training.
2/4th Battalion TF. Formed at Birkenhead on 9th September 1914 when the 4th Battalion TF was split into the 1/4th Battalion and the 2/4th Battalion. The 2/4th were initially deployed to Aberystwyth before moving to Northampton in March 1915 under command of 204th Brigade, 68th Division. The Battalion was moved to the Bedford area in in August 1915 before it was disbanded and all personnel were posted to the 2/7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment on 8th December 1915. |
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Regimental History |
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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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