Cheshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Cheshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	20th November	DOWNES	Archer Chernocke	2Lt	-	22	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Poperinghe	Poperinghe Communal Cemetery (I.B.7)	(1)
Died in 1915
2	17th February	KEATING	George	2Lt	-	37	KIA	Belgium	Near "The Bluff", southeast of Ypres	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.H.3)	(2)
3	17th February	KEATING	John	Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	Near "The Bluff", southeast of Ypres	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.H.4)	(2)
4	18th February	NEWSON	Norman Alexander	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Near "The Bluff", southeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
5	3rd March	TURNER	Herbert Guy	Capt	-	36	KIA	Belgium	Northeast of Wulverghem	Ploegsteert Memorial (Panel 4/5)	-
6	6th May	ROUTH	John Cyril	Capt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	Near Potijze, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
7	7th May	SMITH	Sydney Ferrar	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Verlorenhoek, near Frezenberg	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
8	8th May	HAYES NEWINGTON	Charles Wetherell	Capt	MiD	21	KIA	Belgium	Verlorenhoek, near Frezenberg	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
9	10th May	STONE	Arthur Brabazon	Major	MiD	49	KIA	Belgium	Verlorenhoek, near Frezenberg	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
10	11th May	CHAPLIN	Humphrey Marmaduke	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Verlorenhoek, near Frezenberg	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	(3)
11	11th May	NOSWORTHY	Philip Chorlton	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	Verlorenhoek, near Frezenberg	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
12	24th May	ANDREWS	Charles Raymond	Capt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near Hellfire Corner, Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
13	24th May	GRESSON	John Edward	2Lt	-	33	KIA	Belgium	Near Hellfire Corner, Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
14	24th May	McGREGOR	Ronald Malcolm	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	Near Hellfire Corner, Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
15	24th May	NICHOLSON	Hugh Hathorn	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	Near Hellfire Corner, Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
16	24th May	ROBERTS	Thomas	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Ecole de Bienfaisance, east of Ypres	Bedford House Cemetery (Encl No.2, VI. A. 34.)	(4)
17	24th May	WESTROPP-DAWSON	Walter Henry Mountiford	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Hellfire Corner, Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)	-
18	5th July	NEWELL	Thomas Stanley	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCA at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extn North (I.C.133)	(5)
19	1st October	HARTLEY	William Edwin	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
20	2nd October	RIMINGTON	Ernest Cameron Waterfield	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (XXVI.H.10)	(6)
21	2nd October	BRIEN	Desmond Cecil Bagge	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
22	3rd October	COLE	Leslie Stewart	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
23	3rd October	HILL	Arthur Rowland	Major	-	35	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
24	3rd October	LLOYD	Frank Lewis	Capt	-	51	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
25	3rd October	McGREGOR	Marcus	2Lt	-	41	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, south of Auchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)	-
Died in 1918
26	15th April	LEFTWICH	Nigel George	Lt	-	28	KIA	Salonika	Near Krusha Ridge	Doiran Memorial	-
Died in 1919
27	19th January	WALFORD	Alfred Sanderson	Capt	MiD	29	A	Gallipoli	North end of Gallipoli Peninsula	Ani Burnu Cemetery, ANZAC (G.27)	(7)
Notes: 1. DOWNES was wounded at ? on ? 2. KEATING, George and John are brothers and are buried side-by-side in Spoilbank Cemetery. 3. CHAPLIN was reported missing in the Battalion War Diary on 8th May 1915. De Ruvigny's states that he was buried by the Germans near St Julien. 4. ROBERTTS was originally buried in Ecole de Bienfaisance British Cemetery and reburied in Bedford House cemetery in May 1924. 5. NEWELL was wounded near Vierstraat on 2nd July 1915. 6. RIMINGTON was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southwest of Fosse Number 8, south of Auchy, and reburied in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in February 1926. 7. WALFORD was killed when he fell from his horse and fractured his skull. He was originally buried in the Gallipoli Consular Cemetery and was reburied in Ani Burnu Cemetery in 1926. The 2nd Battalion, part of 28th Division of the British Salonika Force, was stationed in Gallipoli after the Armistice with Bulgaria was signed in September 1918.

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

2nd Battalion Cheshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	24th June 1915	ANSTEY	George Alexander	Capt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	"Gordon Farm", north of Vierstraat	Ridge Wood Military Cemetery (II.B.2)	(1)
2	15th April 1918	BROWNE	Bernard Score	Capt	MC, MiD	32	KIA	Salonika	Near Krusha Ridge	Doiran Memorial	(2 )
3	15th April 1918	HORNER	Frederick Julian	Capt	MC	22	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Struma	Struma Military Cemetery (VII.D.10)	(3)
4	5th October 1920	L'AMIE	Horace St Clair	Lt	-	23	A	Ireland	Collinstown Aerodrome, Co. Dublin	Grangegorman Military Cemetery (CE.Offrs.44)	(4)
Notes: 1. ANSTEY was detached from the Devonshire Regiment. 2. BROWNE was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps as Battalion Medical Officer. 3. HORNER was detached from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was wounded near Krusha Ridge on 14th April 1918. 4. L;AMIE was detached from the West Riding Regiment and accidentally shot himself with his faulty revolver.

Battalion History

On 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, the 2nd Battalion was formed from within the existing 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment of Foot. On the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the Battalion was stationed at Jubbulpore, India and was ordered to return to the UK arriving at Devonport on 24th December 1914. The Battalion was placed under command of 84th Brigade, 28th Division at Winchester. On 17th January 1915 the Battalion disembarked at Le Havre and began its move to Ypres area arriving there on 2nd February. On 23rd February 1915 the 84th Brigade was transferred to 5th Division serving in Bailleul, Petit Pont, Romarin, Ploegsteert, Kemmel, Dranoutre and Lindenhoek before the Brigade was returned to 28th Division on 6th April 1915.

The Battalion served in the Ypres sector between 16th April and 12th July before being moved to the Kemmel area. By 27th September the Battalion was stationed at Sailly la Bourse. Between 1st and 3rd October the Battalion was in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt before being withdrawn to Vermelles before moving to a rest camp Busnes on 6th October. On 18th October the Battalion marched to Hinques, north of Bethune, then to Le Quesnoy on 19th October where orders were received that all leave to be cancelled. On 20th October nine heavy draft horses were replaced with eighteen light draft horses and the Battalion was placed on one hour notice to move. On 21st October the Battalion was marched to Fouquereull railway station and entrained for Marseilles, arriving there on 24th October. At Marseilles Docks the Battalion embarked on SS "Ivernia", strength 20 officers and 518 men. A further 1 officer, 31 men and 40 horses of the Transport Section were embarked on SS "Shropshire". The Battalion reached Alexandria on 29th October disembarked and concentrated on 30th October in preparation for the move by train to Marmoura Camp, about 12 miles from the docks. (Here the Battalion War Diary contained in WO 95/2276/2 ends).

The Battalion remained with the 28th Division for operations in the Salonika area and a history of these battles and operations 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 2nd Battalion Officer Casualties

*Year*	BE	FR	GA	SA	*TOTAL*
1914	1				1
1915	16	8			24
1916
1918				1	1
1919			1		1
TOTALS	17	8	1	1	27

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