Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry - Roll of Honour of Officers of the DCLI Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 6th (Service) Battalion DCLI

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	30th July	ASTON	Frederic Marriner	Capt	-	48	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (I.C.4)	(p134)
2	30th July	CHALLONER	Alan Crawhall	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (I.C.9)	(p135)
3	30th July	HULTON-SAMS	Fredrick Edward Barwick	Lt	-	33	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (Sp Mem)	(p134)
4	30th July	JONES-PARRY	John Jeffreys Bulkeley	Major	-	51	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Divisional Cemetery, West of Ypres (D.8)	(p133)
5	30th July	PADDISON	George Mitford	Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (Sp Mem)	(p134)
6	31st July	BIRCH	William Elric Hawthorn	Lt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	Zouave Wood, south of Hooge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (Sp Mem)	(p134)
7	12th August	BARNETT	Carew	Major	-	48	KIA	Belgium	St Martin's Church, Ypres	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (X.D.21)	(p136) (1)
8	12th August	BLAGROVE	Richard Coore	Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	St Martin's Church, Ypres	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (X.D.20)	(p136) (2)
9	20th September	CRUDDAS	Sandwith George Peter	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Railway Wood, east of Ypres	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (IX.F.27)	(p138)
1916
10	17th March	STOER	Fred Charles	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Achicourt-Agny, south of Arras	Agny Military Cemetery (B.8)	-
11	18th August	BENNETT	Arthur Hugh	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
12	18th August	COLLINS	Percival George Frank	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
13	18th August	FREEMAN	Eric Allen	Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
14	18th August	FULLER	Percy	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Delville Wood Cemetery (IX.G.2)	(p169) (3)
15	18th August	HIGMAN	Michael	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
16	18th August	VINE	Christopher Nithsdale Vincent	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near "Hop Alley", near Delville Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
17	21st August	PAULL	Henry Baynham	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Heilly Station, Somme	Heilly Station Cemetery (III.C.19)	(p169) (4)
18	28th August	CLARKE	Gordon Elstone	2Lt	MC	20	KIA	France	Near Montauban, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p169)
19	16th September	ARMITAGE	George	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"Gird Trench", near Gueudecourt	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p187)
20	16th September	BROOKES	Gordon Byron	Capt	MC	37	KIA	France	"Gird Trench", near Gueudecourt	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p187)
21	16th September	FOWLER	Ralph	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	"Gird Trench", near Gueudecourt	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p187)
22	16th September	REEP	Alfred Mills	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Gird Trench", near Gueudecourt	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)	(p187)
23	17th September	HILL	Wilfrid James	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Mericourt-L'Abbe	Heilly Station Cemetery (IV.F.15)	(p187) (5)
24	1st October	BAWDEN	Leslie John	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	Hospital at Etretat, near Le Havre	Etretat Churchyard (II.C.1)	(6)
1917
25	6th January	GAY	Edgar Percy	Lt	MiD	25	DOW	France	DS at Harbecq, west of Arras	Harbecq Communal Cemetery (VIII.C.8)	(p238) (7)
26	2nd April	CARTER	John Alan	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	"Brickstacks", east of Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	(p243) (8)
27	23rd August	BECKINGSALE	John Edgar	2Lt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
28	23rd August	BYRNE	Edward	2Lt		30	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
29	23rd August	HYMAN	Robert Leslie	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
30	23rd August	SCOBEY	Richard Campbell	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Cemetery (LIX.D.48)	(p273) (9)
31	23rd August	TAYLOR	Harold Victor	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Cemetery (LIX.D.48)	(p273)
32	23rd August	TURNER	Harcourt Charles	Lt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
33	24th August	HAMLYN	Wilfrid Stephen	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
34	24th August	YEO	Hubert Claude Cater	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Inverness Copse, east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)	(p273)
35	18th October	HEARN	Leonard Webb	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Sanctuary Wood, east of Ypres	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (X.E.18)	(p288) (10)
36	11th December	OATES	John Stanley	Capt	-	29	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Ypres	Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (I.B.16)	(p320) (11)
The Battalion was disbanded in France on 20th February 1918
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. BARNETT was initially buried in Ypres Reservoir South Cemetery until re-interred at Ypres Reservoir North cemetery in 1921. The north cemetery was later renamed as Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. 2. BLAGROVE was initially buried in Ypres Reservoir South Cemetery until re-interred at Ypres Reservoir North cemetery in 1921. The north cemetery was later renamed as Ypres Reservoir Cemetery. 3. FULLER was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Longueval and was re-interred at Delville Wood Cemetery in January 1921. 4. PAULL was wounded near ""Hop Alley", south east of Delville Wood on 18th August 1916. 5. HILL was wounded at "Gird Trench", south west of Gueudecourt on 16th September 1916. 6. BAWDEN was wounded at "Bulls Road", east of Flers on 16th September 1916. 7. GAY was wounded by a shell in the front line at "H2 Sub Sector", east of Arras, on 6th January 1917. 8. CARTER, according to "The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", may well have been taken POW by the Germans and died in their captivity. 9. SCOBEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Inverness Copse and reburied at Tyne Cot Cemetery in January 1921. 10. HEARN was originally buried in a battlefield grave at Sanctuary Wood and was re-buried at Ypres Reservoir Cemetery in June 1921. 11. OATES was wounded north west of Passchendaele on 11th December 1917.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Bodmin in late August 1914 as part of "K1". Full title: 6th (Service) Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. The Battalion assembled on 4th September 1914 at Watts Common, Aldershot where it soon reached its established war strength and commenced training for active service. The unit was assigned to 43rd Infantry Brigade, 14th (Light) Division. The Battalion was moved to Witley in November 1914, and returned to the Aldershot area in February 1915 to complete combat training. The unit was embarked for Boulogne on 22nd May 1915 and served in the France and Flanders with the 14th (Light) Division and took part in battles at Hooge and Bellewaarde in 1915, the Somme in 1916, Arras and Third Ypres in 1917 until the Battalion was disbanded on 20th February 1918. Personnel were posted to 1/5th Battalion DCLI, 7th Battalion DCLI, 10th Battalion DCLI and 13th Entrenching 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 Catalogue WO 95/1908/2.

Fatal casualties of DCLI personnel of the 6th Battalion : Officers 36 - men 666.

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 6th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	Belgium	France	Total
1915	9		9
1916		15	15
1917	10	2	12
TOTALS	19	17	36

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