Fallen Officers of the Great War   |   Cheshire Regiment

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Attached To

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1915

1

2nd March

BENETT-DAMPIER

John Tudor

2Lt

-

20

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn Notts & Derby Regt

Southeast of Wulverghem

Wulverghem - Lindenhoek Road Cemetery  (I.A.24)

(1)

2

17th May

BLACKABY

Arthur

2Lt

35

KIA

France

2nd Bn Herts Regt

Near Festubert

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 19)

(2)

3

1st July

MELLAND

Edward Guy

Lt

-

26

KIA

Belgium

1st Bn W Yorks Regt

Near "Forward Cottage", north of St Jean

New Irish Farm Cemetery (III.D.17)

(3)

4

6th July 

KERR

Daniel

Lt

-

23

KIA

Gallipoli

2nd Bn SWB

East of Gully Ravine

Helles Memorial (Panel 76 to 78)

-

5

25th September

BARCLAY

Eric Callender

Lt

MiD

20

KIA

Belgium

Motor Machine Gun Service

Near Hooge

Ypres (Menin gate) Memorial (Panel 56)

(4)

6

26th September

LOGAN

Edward Townshend

Lt Col

DSO, MiD*

49

KIA

France

15th Bn Durham LI

Near Sailly Labourse

Loos Memorial (Panel 49/50)

(5)

7

17th November

NICHOLSON

Huntly Warwick

Capt

-

25

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn Manchester Regt

Near Wulverghem

Kandahar farm Cemetery (I.C.11)

(6)

Died in 1916

8

12th January 

COBBOLD

Edgar Francis Wanklyn

Lt

-

20

KIAA

France

16th Sqn RFC

Near Beauchamps, southwest of Lille

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (XVI.A.16)

(7)

9

25th January

HARTILL

John Harry

Capt

52

DOI

UK

General List (DCO)

Residence at Copt Heath, Knowle

Knowle (SS St John the Baptist) Churchyard (19)

(8)

10

16th February

GOSSET

Claude Butler

Major

-

36

DOI

France

19th Div Signal Coy RE

CCS at St Omer

Longueness (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (II.B.28)

(9)

11

19th March

GIROD

Morton Gordon

2Lt

MiD

23

KWF

Egypt

17th Sqn RFC

Fayoum, southwest of Cairo

Cairo War Memoria1 Cemetery (H.105)

(10)

12

28th March

TAPP

George Norman

2Lt

-

28

DOAW

France

2nd Bn KOYLI

CCS at Amiens

St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens (V.A.7)

(11)

13

16th May

JONES

George William

2Lt

-

24

KIA

France

6th Bn SWB

Near Neuville St Vaast

Ecoivres Military Cemetery (I.M.14)

-

14

27th May

NAPIER

Maurice Alexander

Major

-

29

KIA

France

10th Bn Welsh Regt

Near Picantin, east of Laventie

Rue de Bacquerot (13th London) Graveyard (E.17)

-

15

1st July

McLAREN

Robert John

Capt

-

?

KIA

France

2nd Bn SWB

"Y Ravine", Beaumont Hamel

Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 2 (A.48)

-

16

8th July

HAMPSON

Alfred Eric

2Lt

-

24

KIA

France

7th TMB

Near La Boisselle

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 3C and 4A)

-

17

11th July

STOTT

Frank Gordon

Lt

-

23

DOW

France

14th Coy MGC

CCS at Bouzincourt

Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extn (II.G.4)

(12)

18

2nd August

NEWTON

Henry Joseph

2Lt

-

19 

KIAA

France

60th Sqn RFC

Southeast of Peronne

Beaumetz Communal Cemetery (Near Crucifix)

(13)

Died in 1917

19

1st April 

GOSSE

Robert Buchanan Wilkes

2Lt

-

27

KIA

France

1st B R Warks Regt

Near Templeux-la-Fosse

Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension (III.H.10)

(14)

20

6th April

HIGGINBOTTOM

Frederick

2Lt

-

22

KIAA

France

23rd Sqn RFC

Near Cambrai

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(15)

21

15th April

PICKERING

Charles Leigh

Lt

-

22

KIAA

Mespot

30h Sqn RFC

Near Basra

Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (XIV.L.14)

(16)

22

23rd April

GREG

Arthur Tylston

Capt

-

22

KIAA

France

55th Sqn RFC

Near Jussy, south of St Quentin

Jussy Communal Cemetery (Northeast part)

(17)

23

17th May

CASSON

Thomas

2Lt

MC

21

A

UK

Bombing School, Oswestry

Oswestry

Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery (S.12626)

(18)

24

14th August

PAGE

Dudley Alfred

2Lt

-

23

POW

Belgium

56th Sqn RFC

German hospital as POW near Moorslede

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(19)

25

18th August

BELL

Norman

2Lt

-

23

KIAA

Belgium

57th Sqn RFC

Near Isenghem, west of Roulers

Harlebeke New British Cemetery (XII.D.14)

(20)

26

30th October

SALTMARSH

John Henry Thomas

2Lt

-

21

DOW

Palestine

2/22nd Bn London Regt

Hospital at Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (S.44)

(21)

27

19th November

FARRELL

John Edward Joseph

Capt

-

56

DOI

UK

General Staff (RTO)

Knaresborough

Harrogate (Grove Road) Cemetery (K.7)

(22)

28

17th December

EDWARDS

Edward Ernest

2Lt

-

29

KIA

Palestine

1/4th Bn R Sussex Regt

Near Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (M.12)

-

Died in 1918

29

10th March

BROCKS

Archibald William

2Lt

-

24

DOW

Turkey

10th Bn Devon Regt

POW Camp at Afion Kara Hissar

Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (XXI.S.3)

(23)

30

10th March

READ

William Lister

Capt

MC

23

KIA

Palestine

1/5th Bn Welsh Regt

Tell’Asur, Jordan Valley

Jerusalem War Cemetery (F.84)

-

31

21st March

MOORE

John Rushton

Major

MC, MiD*

25

KIA

France

71st Coy MGC

Lagnicourt-Marcel

Arras Memorial (Bay 5/6)

-

32

23rd March

GAMON

Sydney Percival

Capt

-

23

KWF

UK

78th Sqn RFC

Near Hornchurch

Neston Cemetery (I.G.1)

(24)

33

24th March

HAY

John Mathews

Lt

MiD

22

KIAA

France

62nd Sqn RFC

East of Amiens

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(25)

34

26th March

ROBBINS

John Laurence

Lt

-

38

KIA

France

HQ 25th Division

Near Amiens

St Pierre Cemetery (VIII.F.10)

-

35

4th April

NORRIS

Frederick George

2Lt

-

20

KIA

France

7th Bn R West Kent Regt

Gentelles, southwest of Villers-Bretonneux

Pozieres Memorial (Panels 35/36)

-

36

26th April

McARDLE

Peter Paul

2Lt

-

24

KIA

Belgium

1/4th Bn York & Lancs Regt

West of Vierstraat

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 61/63)

-

37

15th May

GLOVER

Clifford Lee

Lt

-

25

KIAA

France

48th Sqn RAF

East of Bertangles

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(26)

38

1st June

MORRIS

Leslie Townsend

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

5th Bn SWB

Near Bois de Courmont, Vendieres

Soissons Memorial

-

39

2nd June

RAHILL

Peter Joseph

Lt

-

21

KWF

UK

Army Co-Op School RAF

Worthy Down, Winchester

Chester (Overleigh) Cemetery (Old 561)

(27)

40

9th June

GRESWELL

Eric Walter

Lt

-

22

KIAA

Palestine

111th Sqn RAF

Et-Tireh, northeast Ramleh

Ramleh War Cemetery (Y.9)

(28)

41

22nd July

STEAD

Geoffrey Henry

Capt

MC*

24

DOW

France

74th TMB

Hospital at Calais

Les Baraques Military Cemetery (IV.D.2)

(29)

42

23rd July

AUSTIN

Edgar William

2Lt

-

23

KIA

France

1/4th Bn R Sussex Regt

Parcy Tigny, south of Soissons

Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire (IIA.E.1)

-

43

1st August

DRUMMOND-FRASER

Haddo Reginald

Capt

MC

22

KIA

France

1st Bn Hereford Regt

Bucy le Bras, near Beugneux

Raperie British Cemetery, Villemontoire (IX.D.3))

-

44

21st August

DAVIES

Idris Powell

2Lt

-

22

KIA

France

7th Bn KSLI

Monchy-au-Bois, southwest of Arras

Bienvillers Military Cemetery (XVIII.F.4)

-

45

8th August

SCOTT

Samuel Lackland

2Lt

-

30

KIA

France

58th Bn MGC

Near Morlancourt

Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (XVII.A.2)

-

46

24th August

BRUNDRETT

George Frederick

2Lt

-

26

DOW

France

7th Bn KSLI

Hospital at Rouen

St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.B.10.16)

(30)

47

18th September

AUSTIN

Edward Gerard

2Lt

-

31

KIA

France

2/24th Bn London Regt

Pezieres, northwest of Epehy

Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery (II.F.18)

-

48

14th October

CROWTHER

Norman

2Lt

-

27

KIA

France

15th Bn Suffolk Regt

Northwest of Lattre

Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (V.A.6)

(31)

49

6th November

CARPENTER

Cedric Theodore Arundel

Lt

-

29

DOW

France

1/4th Bn KSLI

CCS at Awoingt

Awoingt British Cemetery (III.C.18)

(32)

50

7th November

MELLING

Harold

Lt

-

28

A

UK

10th TD Sqn RAF

New Harling Aerodrome, near Thetford

New Harling Cemetery (227)

(33)

51

10th December

DRAKE

Ernest Francis

Lt

-

23

DOI

UK

RAF Hastings

Nursing Home at Birkenhead

Sale Cemetery (X.5344)

(34)

Died in 1919

52

13th January

YORKE

Frederick

Lt

-

25

AKWF

UK

36th Sqn RAF

Ashington

Sunderland (Bishopwearmouth) Cemetery

(35)

53

17th February

BRUCE

Jasper

Lt

MiD

37

DOI

France

2nd Base Remounts RASC

Base Hospital at Le Havre

St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (Div. 64.VI.M.2)

(36)

54

21st February

BISHOP

Frederick

Capt

MC

31

DOI

UK

HQ 169th Inf Bde

Hospital at Marylebone

Winchester (West Hill) Old Cemetery (2923)

(37)

55

26th May

LEICESTER

James

Lt

-

39

DOI

UK

Ministry of Labour

Newton Abbot

Northwich Cemetery (N.C. 684

(38)

56

31st May 

KYNCH

Harold Egerton Vivian

Major

-

37

DOI

France

183rd Coy Labour Corps

CCS at Neuville St Vaast

La Targette British Cemetery (I.K.28)

-

57

16th August

CHOLMELEY

Roger James

Capt

MC

47

A

Russia

North Russia Force

Lake Onega, Petrozavdsk

Archangel Memorial (Stone No. 8)

(39)

58

30th August

MACLEAN

George Hugh

Captain

MC

36

DOI

Sudan

Egyptian Army

Okoro, Eastern Equatorial Sudan

Khartoum War Cemetery (9.C.10)

(40)

Died in 1921

59

7th February

BENGOUGH

Lawrence

Major

MC, MiD

40

DOI

Germany

General List

Cologne

Cologne Southern Cemetery (VII.A.10)

(41)

60

10th March

GIMSON

Rupert

Major

TD

52

DOI

UK

TF Reserve

Stalybridge

Longdendale Cemetery (H.1208

(42)

61

5th July

PERRIN

Eugene Courtenay

Flt Lt

OBE

31

DOI

India

No. 2 India Wing RAF

Jullundur, Punjab

Kirkee 1914-1918 Memorial (Face 11)

(43)

Notes:   

1.   BENETT-DAMPIER transferred to the Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment) on 22nd February 1915 as published, posthumously, in the London Gazette, Number 29098, page 2500, dated Friday 12th March 1915.

2.   BLACKABY, Herts Regt was killed on 17th May 1917 serving with 2nd Bn Herts Regt near Festubert awaiting official word of his commissioning into the Cheshire Regiment (which was received on 22nd May 1915). (Published in London Gazette Number 29177 dated1st June 1915)

3.   MELLAND was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Forward Cottage", north of St Jean, and reburied in New Irish Farm Cemetery in August 1919.

4.   BARCLAY was serving with 3rd Battery, Motor Machine Gun Service at the time of his death.  He had previously served with 12th Battalion Cheshire Regiment.

5.   LOGAN was detached as Commanding Officer of 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry.

6.   NICHOLSON may well have been appointed as 14th Brigade Machine Gun Officer.

7.   COBBOLD was killed with his observer, Lt C V G Field, when their aircraft, a BE2c, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.   Their bodies were originally buried in the German extension of Haubourdin Cemetery and reburied at Cabaret-Rouge Cemetery in January 1924.

8.   HARTILL was appointed to the General List (Draft Conducting Officer) on 27th August 1915.   He died of prostate cancer at his home at "Gaydon", Copt Heath, Knowle.

9.   GOSSET died of ?

10.  GIROD was an observer in a BE2c when the aircraft crashed whilst coming into land and he was seriously wounded, later dying of wounds.   His pilot, Lt E R Pretyman, survived.   GIROD was originally buried in Minia War Cemetery and reburied at Cairo in April 1960.

11.  TAPP was accidentally wounded by an exploding rifle grenade near Contalmaison on 18th March 1916.

12.  STOTT was wounded near Hebuterne on ?

13.  NEWTON and his pilot, 2Lt J A N Ormsby, were killed during an operational flight when their aircraft, a Morane-Saulnier BB biplane, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire.

14.  GOSSE was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Templeux-la-Fosse and reburied in Peronne Communal Cemetery in August 1919.

15.  HIGGINBOTTOM was the observer in an FE2b fighter when he and his pilot, Lt L Elsley, were brought down by unknown means.   Elsley, date of death recorded as 5th April 1917, is buried in Plot VII of Cambrai Cemetery used by the Germans to bury POWs.

16.  PICKERING was piloting a BE.2c on a reconnaissance mission in the Basra area when it was brought down, probably in aerial combat.   His observer, 2Lt H W Craig, was also killed.

17.  GREG was killed whilst piloting a DH.4 on a bombing mission when the aircraft was brought down by enemy aircraft.   His observer, Air Mechanic 1st Class R W Robson was seriously injured later dying of his wounds.

18.  CASSON was killed when a grenade prematurely exploded during training.

19.  PAGE, solo pilot of a SE 5a on a scouting/reconnaissance mission was brought down in unknown circumstances over the Moorslede area and died as a POW in German hands.

20.  BELL was an Observer in a DH4 on a recce/bombing mission when his aircraft was brought down.   His pilot, Sgt C Comerfield was also killed.   They were originally buried in the Iseghem Communal Cemetery (German Extn) and reburied at Harlebeke in July 1924.

21.  SALTMARSH was wounded at ? on ?

22.  FARRELL died of ?   Appointed as Captain in 5th Battalion TF on 25th February 1915 and was attached to the General Staff as a Rail transport Officer in UK Northern Command from 31st August 1915.

23.  BROCKS was wounded at ? on ?

24.  GAMON was killed when his aircraft, a Sopwith Camel, entered an uncontrollable spin and crashed into the ground at Hornchurch.

25.  HAY and his pilot, Lt A R James, where flying their Bristol F.2b fighter to the east of Amiens when it was brought down by unknown means.

26.  GLOVER and his observer, Lt C Fitton, were flying the Bristol F.2b fighter near Lamotte and was last seen going down in a spin followed by an enemy aircraft.

27.  RAHILL was flying an RE 8 aircraft when it crashed into the ground after a spin at low height.

28.  GRESWELL was flying a SE 5a and he failed to return to base after an patrol over enemy lines.

29.  STEAD was on a short leave in Calais and was killed when the Germans bombed the area.

30.  BRUNDRETT was wounded at Monchy-au-Bois on 21st August 1918.

31.  CROWTHER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northwest of Lattre and reburied in Aubers Ridge British Cemetery in March 1920.

32.  CARPENTER was wounded at Jenlain on 4th November 1918.

33.  MELLING was accidentally killed whilst travelling as a passenger in the sidecar of a motorcycle which was in collision with a Daimler motor car at night time.

34.  DRAKE died of influenza/pneumonia..   He transferred to the RAF from 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Cheshire Regiment on 18th June 1918 but was later found unfit for flying duties.

35.  YORKE was the solo pilot of a Sopwith Pup when is was in a mid-air collision with another Pup piloted by Lt H Croudace.   Both pilots were killed.

36.  BRUCE died of influenza/pneumonia.

37.  BISHOP died of pneumonia at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Marylebone.   He had previously served with 1/5th Battalion.   He was appointed Staff Captain of HQ 169th Brigade on 6th November 1917.

38.  LEICESTER was employed at the Ministry of Labour.

39.  CHOLMELEY was washed overboard from the Russian steamship Azod on Lake Onega, on the night of 16th August 1919, while overhauling machine guns which were required for action at daybreak the following morning.

40.  MACLEAN died of ?   He was seconded to the Egyptian Army (10th Sudanese Battalion).   He was originally buried in an isolated grave in the Akono area of Sudan and reburied in Khartoum War Cemetery in 1925.

41.  BENGOUGH died of ?   He was a member of the General List appointed as Commandant, Cologne Detention Barracks between 1st December 1919 and 11th October 1920.

42. GIMSON died of ?   He transferred to FT Reserve from 6th Battalion TF on 2nd May 1918 retaining Honorary rank of Major.

43.  PERRIN died of heatstroke.   He is buried in the Jullundur Cantonment Cemetery.   The Cemetery is currently considered by the CWGC to be unmaintainable.

Analysis of Detached Regimental Officer Casualties By Unit and Year