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Aim of the Website/Project
The aim of this part of the website is
simple. It is to collate into one place an accurate
record of the service and death of the 398 officers of the Cheshire Regiment who died during the First World War and to make a
permanent record of their sacrifice. These officers
served and died for their country on land, sea and in the air
and are listed here in
Regimental
Officers Rolls of Honour.
Accuracy and Research
The author has taken every reasonable care to ensure that the
information on this website is as accurate as possible.
Please contact the author should errors or omissions be
discovered in order that corrective action can be taken.
Contact details are shown above and below. Research is
continuing for further information which will be posted on the
site as soon as it is checked and verified.
First World War Casualties
The formal dates of the First World War as
recognised by the UK Government are between 4th August 1914 and 31st August
1921 inclusive, and any member of the UK or Empire/Commonwealth Armed Services who died
in this period, or as a result of their service during this
period, are officially registered and commemorated by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) either by an approved
headstone on the grave, or if this is not possible or practical,
the name being inscribed on a relevant Memorial to the Missing.
All of the officers listed in these
Regimental
Officers Rolls of Honour
are those registered and commemorated by the CWGC.
However there are most probably others who died as civilians
when retired or discharged from the Army too late to be
commemorated by the CWGC and investigations continue to trace
any former officers.
The Cheshire Regiment During the Great War
During the Great War the Regiment was organised
into Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Reserve, Garrison,
Labour, Graduated and Young Soldier Battalions as
described
here.
A total of 76 Battle Honours were earned by these Battalions
during the war and a list of these Battle Honours, as published
in Army Order 55/1925, can
be viewed here.
Facts and Figures of Officer Casualties
A total of 398 officers of the Regiment
lost their lives during the Great War and a detailed
analysis of these casualties can be
viewed here.
All are buried or commemorated on Memorials To The Missing
throughout the world as official war casualties. 326 of these officers died whilst serving with fighting Battalions
and other units within the Regiment and 61 died whilst detached
from the Regiment and serving with other Services, Corps,
HQs, Regiments, Units and Establishments. A detailed list
of these 61 officers can be
viewed here.
11 Non-Active Officers also died within the formal dates of the
Great War and these officers can be
viewed
here.
A total of 198 officers are buried or commemorated in France and
92 in
Belgium. Other burials or commemorations are in
Egypt, Gallipoli, Germany, Greece,
India, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Russia, Salonika and Turkey. There
are 37 officers buried in the UK and 2 officers were lost at sea.
Within the number for France is CQMS A Blackaby of the Hertfordshire
Regiment, who was killed in action in France on 17th May 1915
serving with the 2nd Battalion Herts Regt, awaiting
commissioning into the Cheshire Regiment which was to happen
officially on 10th May 1915 as published in the London Gazette of
1st June 1915.
A total of 39 officers of other Regiments
lost their lives during the Great War whilst serving with fighting
Battalions
of the Cheshire Regiment. A list of their names in this
Roll of Honour and
details of their death can be
viewed here.
Project
Development
In addition to the basic sources of
information outlined on the main
Project
Home Page, an enormous
amount of fact regarding the Cheshire Regiment is available through the following organisations and
publications:
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Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (CWGC).
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Officers
Died in the Great War (ODGW).
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Cheshire Roll of Honour Website.
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Cheshire Bantams. 15th, 16th and 17th
Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment, by Stephen McGreal
(ISBN-13: 978-1844155248).
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6th Battalion The Cheshire Regiment in the Great War,
by John Hartley (ISBN-13: 978-1473897588).
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Wirral Pals. A History of the Wirral
Battalion, the 13th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment
1914 - 1918, by Stephen McGreal (ISBN-13: 979-8327112254).
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The Cheshire Military Museum.
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British Regiments
1914 - 1918: by Brigadier E A James.
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General Register Office (GRO) Index To War
Deaths 1914 - 1921, Army Officers.
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Army Lists (1914 - 1921) (from the
National Library of Scotland).
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Cross of Sacrifice - Officers Who Died 1914 -1918.
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Bond of Sacrifice
(Volumes 1 and 2).
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De Ruvigny's Roll
of Honour 1914 - 1918.
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War Office
personal files held in Catalogues WO 339 and WO 374 at The
National Archives.
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Medal Index
Cards held in Catalogue WO 372 at The National Archives.
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Service Medal and Award Rolls
1914 - 1918 held in Catalogue WO 329 at The National
Archives.
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Battalion War
Diaries and Histories (available in Catalogue WO95 at the
National Archives).
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British First World War Trench
Maps, 1915 - 1918 (from National Library of Scotland).
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National and Local
contemporary press.
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The Times Digital
Archive 1785 - 1985.
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The
London Gazette.
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War Memorials and
commemorative plaques.
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The RAF Museum Archive (for RAF/RFC Casualty
cards).
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Royal Flying Corps Research Data Website.
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Fatal Air Accidents in Britain Website (Period 1914
-1920).
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The
Great War Forum.
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The FreeBMD Project.
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The
Imperial War Museum National War Memorial Register.
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The
National Army Museum.
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The
Long, Long Trail Website- Discovering the British Army and its
soldiers in the Great War.
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The
Wartime Memories Project.
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Ancestry.co.uk
- Military Records.
These sources, with others, together form the
basis of the information for the
Regimental
Roll of Honour of
Officers of the Cheshire Regiment who died in
the Great War.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
The CWGC commemorates those official
casualties who died in service, or died due to their service, during
the First World War. The formal inclusive dates of
the war are between 4th August 1914 and 31st August 1921 and any
member of the UK Armed Services who died during this period are
officially registered and commemorated by the CWGC either by an
approved headstone on the grave, or if this is not possible or
practical, the name being inscribed on a Memorial to the
Missing.
In December 2020, the Commission reviewed
their policy on amendments to the Casualty Database.
One of the outcomes of the review was that they would no longer
add awards to the database where there is no entitlement to
post-nominal letters. Therefore the recording of
"Mentioned in Despatches", for instance, would no longer be carried out.
There are some apparent anomalies in individual
officer's records
contained within the Casualty Database
maintained by the CWGC and these
are
listed here with the
suggested corrective action taken or planned, and the long term
aim is to correct all of these inaccuracies.
Officers of
Other Corps and Regiments Honoured and Remembered in this Website/Project
Also
recorded and honoured in this website/project are the names of
fallen officers
of the following Yeomanry, Royal Engineer, Guards and Infantry Regiments:
Site/Project Author
The author of this website can be contacted through:
fallenofficersofthegreatwar@gmail.com
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