Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - Roll of Honour of Officers of the DCLI Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion DCLI

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	15th February	ROGERS	Francis Caryer Campbell	Capt	MVO	32	KIA	Belgium	"Shelley's Farm", Voormezeele	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p105)
2	14th March	ASTON	Ronald Moseley	Lt	MiD	20	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p109)
3	14th March	BATSON	Alfred William	Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Wytschaete Military Cemetery (VI.E.3)	(p109) (1)
4	14th March	COLLEY	Archibald	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p109)
5	14th March	O'CALLAGHAN	Duncan McKay McDonald	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery (B.26)	(p109)
6	14th March	RAWLINSON	William Gray	Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p109)
7	14th March	SAUNDERS	Arthur Courtenay	Capt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery (B.24)	(p109)
8	14th March	VOWLER	Edward Maxwell	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", St Eloi, south of Ypres	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (V.M.9)	(p109) (2)
9	16th March	HARRISON	Henry Neville Bascomb	Capt	MVO, MiD	36	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Poperinghe	Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery (II.K.50)	(p109) (3)
10	24th March	BYFIELD	Arthur Thomas Stoneman	2Lt	-	19	DOI	France	Hospital at Wimereux	Wimereux Communal Cemetery (III.P.5)	(4)
11	19th April	PINHEY	Hamnett Eardley	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near "Hill 60", southeast of Ypres	Bedford House Cemetery (2.V.A.59)	(p114)
12	23rd April	LUNNON	George John	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Wieltje Farm, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p119)
13	23rd April	MORRIS	Henry Gage	2Lt	-	17	KIA	Belgium	Wieltje Farm, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p119)
14	8th May	TREVOR	Frederick Pelham	2Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	Near Sanctuary Wood, Hooge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)	(p122)
15	5th June	MORSE	Anthony Philip	Lt	-	24	DOI	France	CCS at St Omer	Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery (I.A.149)	(5)
16	4th July	NORWAY	Frederick Hamilton	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Wimereux Communal Cemetery (III.O.5)	(6)
17	15th October	BECKERLEG	Stephen Trevor	Lt	-	20	A	France	Herleville Santerre, near Harbonnieres	Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres (V.F.6)	(p145) (7)
1916
18	23rd September	JENKINS	Edgar Kynnersley	Capt	-	25	DOW	Salonika	Jenimah, north of River Struma	Struma Military Cemetery (VII.E.4)	(p214) (8)
19	3rd October	HANWRIGHT	Thomas	2Lt	DCM, CdeG	35	KIA	Salonika	Jenikoj, northeast of River Struma	Struma Military Cemetery (II.J.1)	(p218)
20	31st October	BLAIR	Herbert Samuel Penny	Lt	-	26	DOW	Malta	Hospital at Pieta	Pieta Military Cemetery (D.XV.1)	(p217) (9)
21	23rd December	CARNE	Maxwell Halford	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Malta	Hospital at Pieta	Pieta Military Cemetery (D.XVII.1)	(p224) (10)
1918
22	10th December	MORRISON	Edwin Walter	Lt	MC	34	DOI	Salonika	CCS at Kirechkoi, southwest of Salonika	Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery (562)	(11)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", by Everard Wyrall, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. BATSON was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of St Eloi and reburied in Wytschaete Military Cemetery in 1921. 2. VOWLER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of "The Mound" near St Eloi and reburied in Sanctuary Wood Cemetery in May 1930. 3. HARRISON was wounded near St Eloi on 14th March 1915. 4. BYFIELD died of enteric fever (typhoid). 5. MORSE died of ? 6. NORWAY was wounded at Le Touquet on 13th June 1915. 7. BECKERLEG was accidentally killed near Herleville and was originally buried in a battlefield grave at the crossroad to the north of Herleville and reburied in Heath Military Cemetery in February 1921. 8. JENKINS was wounded at Jenimah on 23rd September 1916. 9. BLAIR was wounded at Bala on 2nd October 1916. 10. CARNE was wounded near Rabbit Wood, northwest of Tumbitza on 7th December 1916. 11. MORRISON died of influenza/pneumonia.

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

2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Ref
1	23rd April 1915	STEWART	Herbert	Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	E of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 36/38)	(p119) (1)
2	3rd October 1916	MACE	The Rev Alban Bodley	Capt	-	31	KIA	Salonika	Yenikeui	Struma Military Cemetery (II.H.1)	(p218) (2)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", by Everard Wyrall, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. STEWART was detached from the Durham Light Infantry. 2. MACE was detached from the Army Chaplains Department and was the Battalion Chaplain.

Battalion History

The 2nd Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was formed from the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms. The Battalion served world-wide and in the UK and on the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 it was based at Hong Kong. Full mobilisation procedures went carried out and the initial plan was to prepare for the defence of the Island and surrounding areas and to supplement the crews of HMS Triumph and HMS Tamar. These detachments returned to Hong Kong on 26th August 1914 and the Battalion continued its duties in Hong Kong until Early October 1914 when it embarked for

On the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the 2nd Battalion were stationed at Honk Kong and it was returned to the UK in early November 1914. The Battalion was placed under command of 82nd Brigade in the 27th Division and moved to Winchester for re-fitting and training. The Battalion landed at Le Havre on 21st December 1914. In November the 27th Division was moved to Salonika where it stayed for the remainder of the war. After the Armistice with the Bulgarians on 29th September 1918 the Battalion, with the 27th Division, continued to advance and passed Krupnik by the end of October. The Division was ordered to halt and return to Salonika on 2 November 1918, embarking in December for operations in the Black Sea area of Batoum and Tiflis. After reaching Constantinople on 19 December 1918 a HQ was established at Tiflis in January 1919. The 27th Division was not disbanded until 24 September 1919, and the 2nd Bn DCLI was returned to the UK in 1919 for reconstitution as a Regular Battalion.

Full details of the Battalion's actions and movements throughout the Great War can be viewed in the Battalion War Diary, which can be seen at the National Archives in Catalogues WO 95/4895/.

Fatal casualties of DCLI personnel of the 2nd Battalion : Officers 22 - men 409.

Regimental History

The DCLI was formed on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw the amalgamation of the 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. These two units became respectively the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Victoria Barracks, Bodmin.

The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Cornwall as Battalions of the DCLI - the Royal Cornwall Rangers forming the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, the 1st Cornwall Battalion RVC forming the 1st Volunteer Battalion and the 2nd Cornwall Battalion RVC forming the 2nd Volunteer Battalion.

In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalion was reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the two Volunteer Battalions formed the 4th Battalion and 5th Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force (TF). After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and at various stages up to 1st June 1918, the order of battle of the DCLI was made up of 16 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Labour and Reserve Battalions. The two Volunteer Battalions, raised in 1916 for Local Home and Coastal Defence duties, were later transferred to the Royal Defence Corps.

A detailed history of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry can be viewed here.

Analysis of 2nd Battalion DCLI Officer Casualties

Year	Belgium	France	Malta	Salonika	Total
1915	13	4			17
1916			2	2	4
1918				1
TOTALS	13	4	2	3	22

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