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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Who Died in the Great War

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Those Officers of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

 Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With Other Services, HQs, Regiments, Units and Establishments

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Attached To

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

1914

1

23rd August

DENNIS

John Edmund William

Capt

-

31

KIA

Belgium

HQ 14th Inf Bde (MGO)

Mons

La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial

-

2

30th October

EDYE

Charles Vivian de Grete

Lt

-

28

KIA

Belgium

1st Bn Royal Welsh Fus

Near Gheluvelt, east of Ypres

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)

-

3

30th October

VINCENT

William

Capt

-

48

KIA

Belgium

1st Bn Royal Welsh Fus

Near Gheluvelt, east of Ypres

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 20)

-

1915

4

18th April

OLDHAM

John Haslope

Lt

-

24

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn KOYLI

"Hill 60", near Zwarteleen

Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery (VIII.J.6)

(1)

5

6th June

SIMPSON

Henry Gordon

2Lt

MiD

18

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn Royal Inniskilling Fus

Achi Baba, north east of Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 117)

-

6

6th August

ATKINSON

William Edmund Godfrey

Capt

-

37

KIA

Gallipoli

4th Bn Worcs Regt

Near of Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 117)

-

1916

7

9th April

MURPHY

Lewis William

Capt

MiD

23

KIA

Mespot

5th Bn Wilts Regt

Kut al Amara

Basra Memorial (Panel 20/63)

-

8

8th May

ALLATT

Henry Thomas War

Col

MiD

69

DOI

UK

Special List (DCO)

Dublin, Ireland

Aldershot Military Cemetery (AH.305)

(2)

9

13th June

HAMMANS

Arthur William

Major

-

70

DOI

UK

Recruiting Officer, Bletchley

Fenny Stratford, Bletchley

Goring (St Thomas of Canterbury) Churchyard

(3)

10

9th July

RENDALL

Francis Holden S

Lt Col

DSO, MiD***

37

DOW

France

1/5th Bn York and Lancs Regt

DS north of Thiepval

Lebucquiere Com Cemetery Extn (B.11.21)

(4)

11

23rd July

CHURCH

Walter Harry

2Lt

-

20

KIA

France

95th Trench Mortar Battery

Near Longueval, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

12

9th August

SWAINSON

Joseph Leonard

Lt Col

DSO, MiD*

39

KIA

France

1/4th Bn R Lancaster Regt

Near Guillemont, Somme

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extn (2.A.72)

-

13

16th August

BLACKMORE

Edwin

2Lt

-

24

KIA

France

9th Coy MGC

Near Trones Wood, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

14

18th August

LOMAX

John

2Lt

-

36

KIA

France

1/6th Bn R Warks Regt

Near Pozieres, Somme

Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.F.25)

(5)

15

16th September

JENNER-CLARKE

John William

Lt

-

18

KIA

France

43rd TMB

Guinchy-Guedecourt Road

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

16

1st October

HERBERT

William Alfred

2Lt

-

27

KIA

France

8th Bn KOYLI

Near Le Sars, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

17

1st October

MARTIN

Eric Tomlinson

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

8th Bn KOYLI

Near Le Sars, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

18

7th October

EVERSON

Charles Percy

2Lt

-

29

KIA

France

1/8th Bn London Regt

Butte de Warlencourt, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 6B)

-

19

19th October

ALDERSON

Alex George Jermyn

Lt

-

36

A

UK

Depot MGC

Grantham, Lincs

Branksome Park (All Saints) Churchyard

(6)

20

6th November

MITCHELL

Terence Hargreaves

2Lt

-

20

DOW

France

145th Coy MGC

CCS at Contalmaison

Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery (I.C.19)

(7)

21

12th November

BYERS

Henry Elliott

2Lt

-

22

KWF

UK

16th (Res) Sqn RFC

Beaulieu, Hants

Grangegorman Military Cemetery (CE.Offrs.5)

(8)

22

27th November

HALL

Edward Henry

Lt

-

25

KWF

UK

57th Sqn RFC

Near Tadcaster

Fulford Cemetery (A.3)

(9)

1917

23

25th January

BOSANQUET

Armytage Percy

Capt

MC

23

KIA

Mespot

5th Bn Wilts Regt

Kut al Amara

Amara War Cemetery (XVIII.E.5)

-

24

11th March

STEVENSON

Douglas Baptist

2Lt

-

21

KIAA

Belgium

45th Sqn RFC

Over Ypres

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (X.A.15)

(10)

25

18th March

GRAY

John James Emslie

2Lt

-

41

KWF

UK

28th Sqn RFC

Fort Grange, Gosport

Freshwater (All Saints) Churchyard (F.97)

(11)

26

4th April

CHAPPEL

William Elden

Lt

 

20

KWF

Egypt

58th (Res) Sqn RFC

Aboukir, near Alexandria

Suez War Memorial Cemetery (B.63)

(12)

27

11th April

BAKER

Arthur Forbes Wilfrid

Capt

MiD

26

KIAA

France

52nd Sqn RFC

Near Gouzeaucourt

Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (V.E.20)

(13)

28

29th May

TONKIN

David Wilson

2Lt

-

24

DOW

France

10th Bn R Warks Regt

CCS at Bailleul

Bailleul Community Cemetery Extn (III.B.67)

(14)

29

6th July

CLARKE

Henry Charles

Lt

-

20

KIAA

France

48th Sqn RFC

Near Cambrai

Cambrai East Military Cemetery (VII.A.6)

-

30

26th August

WODEHOUSE

Francis John Ashburnham

2Lt

-

21

KIAA

Belgium

9th Sqn RFC

Near Ypres

Mendinghem Military Cemetery (III.D.11)

(15)

31

24h September

BISHOP

Bernard Bennett

2Lt

-

23

KIAA

France

52nd Sqn RFC

Near Zuydcoote

Zuydcoote Military Cemetery (I.B.5)

-

32

19th September

WRIGHT

Frederick Adam

2Lt

-

24

KIAA

Belgium

9th Sqn RFC

Near Ypres

Mendinghem Military Cemetery (V.D.35)

(16)

33

4th October

DANIELL

Neville Reay

Lt Col

DSO, MiD

28

KIA

Belgium

CO 9th Bn KOYLI

Polygon Wood, east of Ypres

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 80/82)

-

34

4th October

MADEN

William Henry

2Lt

-

23

KIA

Belgium

95th TMB

Cameron Copse, east of Ypres

Bedford House Cemetery (E2.II.B.4)

--

35

10th October

WILKINSON

Geoffrey Miles

2Lt

-

19

KIAA

Belgium

56th Sqn RFC

Over Halluin, south of Menin

Pont Du Hem Military Cemetery (IV.H.29)

(17)

36

31st December

JENKINS

Arthur Lewis

Lt

-

25

KWF

UK

76th Sqn RFC

Helperby, near Ripon

Richmond Cemetery, Surrey (M.1497)

(18)

1918

37

23rd January

BALL

James

Capt

MC

39

DOI

UK

Ministry of Munitions

Hospital at Marylebone

Brookwood Military Cemetery (VI.A.3)

(19)

38

26th January

BLANCHARD

Frederick Wilson

Capt

-

33

DOW

Germany

2/5th Bn R Warks Regt

POW Camp, Niederzwehren

Niederzwehren Cemetery (IX.B.6)

(20)

39

23rd March

HILL

William Alfred

Capt

-

22

KIA

France

61st TMB

Cugny, near St Quentin

Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery (V.H.15)

 (21)

40

12th April

GOLDSWORTHY

Thomas

Lt

MiD

31

KIA

France

61st Bn MGC

Near Lestrem, Merville

Ploegsteert Memorial (Panel 6)

-

41

13th June

HAMILTON

Herbert James

Capt

MC

23

KWF

UK

68th (Trg) Sqn RAF

Tadcaster, Yorks

Islington Cemetery (I.3.5701)

(22)

42

25th June

JENKIN

William Walter Lloyd

2Lt

-

19

DOW

France

99th Sqn RAF

CCS at Charmes

Charmes Military Cemetery (I.A.6)

(23)

43

16th July

PEACOCK

John Thomas

Lt

-

22

KIAA

France

49th Sqn RAF

Over Melun, Paris

Melun North Cemetery (35.)

(24)

44

22nd August

HUMPHRIES

Cecil Frederick George

Lt Col

DSO, MC*, DCM. MiD*

31

DOW

France

CO 1st Bn Norfolk Regt

Achiet le Petit

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery (III.B.8)

(25)

45

23rd August

JONES

Arthur

2Lt

-

28

KIA

France

5th Bn MGC

Ayette, near Achiet le Petit

Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery (II.A.1)

-

46

23rd August

MAYWOOD

James Henry

Capt

MiD

32

KIA

France

12th Bn Glos Regt

Near Irles, Somme

Adanac Military Cemetery (III.F.1)

-

47

25th August

BURROWS

George William Cruttwell

Lt

-

22

KIA

France

7th Bn Leics Regt

Near Le Sars, Somme

Warlencourt  British Cemetery (VIII.K.30)

(26)

48

28th September

BOSWELL

Denis St George Knox

Major

MiD*

24

DOI

Greece

82nd Bn MGC

Hospital at Kirechkoi

Kirechkoi-Hortakoi Military Cemetery (145)

(27)

49

7th October

WIDDOWS

Archibald

2Lt

-

25

DOI

India

8th Bn Cheshire Regt

Hospital at Lahore

Lahore Cantonment North Cemetery (W.A.91)

(28)

50

13th October

BENNETT

Victor Cyril Wentworth

Lt

-

31

DOI

Italy

HQ LoC, BEF (Italy)

Hospital at Faenza, Bologna

Faenza Communal Cemetery (I.C.4)

(29)

51

26th November

HOLDER

Tom Sylvester

Capt

-

30

DOI

UK

General List

Hospital at Oxford

Falmouth Cemetery (I.C.47)

(30)

1919

52

16th March

BUCKMASTER

Charles Oliver Brooks

Lt

-

24

DOI

UK

7th Officer Cadet Bn

Knocknagoney, Belfast

Ventnor Cemetery, IOW, (H.114)

(31)

1921

53

13th June

BROWN

Robert

Lt

-

32

DOI

India

Supply & Tpt Corps IA

North West Frontier

Delhi Memorial (India Gate) (Panel 1)

(32)

Notes: 

1.   OLDHAM as originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Hill 60" and was reburied at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery in May 1926.

2.   ALLATT died of heart failure.  He was involved in the actions around the Easter Rising.   He retired from the DCLI on 1st January 1899 and volunteered for and was appointed as a Draft Conducting Officer on 2nd June 1915.

3.   HAMMANS had retired from the Army in 1894 but served as a Retired Officer at Bodmin in a training role.   He was appointed as Recruiting Officer at Bletchley in 1915.

4.   RENDALL was wounded near Thiepval Wood on 6th July 1916.   The Battalion War Diary states that he was taken to a German dugout and it was impossible to bring him back when the trench was evacuated.   The Cemetery is a concentration cemetery made after the war when graves were brought in from the surrounding area.

5.   LOMAX was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Nordwerk", west of Pozieres, and reburied in Pozieres British Cemetery in May 1918.

6.   ALDERSON was accidentally killed during bombing practice at Grantham.

7.   MITCHELL was wounded northeast of Le Sars, Somme on 5th November 1916.

8.   BYERS was killed when he lost control of the aircraft he was piloting , a Curtiss JN3, at Beaulieu, Hants, whilst serving with 16th (Reserve) Squadron Royal Flying Corps.

9.   HALL was killed in an aircraft accident near Tadcaster whilst serving with 57th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.

10. STEVENSON was killed over Ypres whilst an observer in a combat air patrol with 2Lt H Bowden in a Sopwith 1/2 Strutter.

11. GRAY was killed in an aircraft accident at Gosport, Hants, whilst attached to 28th Squadron Royal Flying Corps from 3rd (Reserve) Battalion DCLI.

12. CHAPPEL was killed in an aircraft accident near Aboukir.   He was solo flying a BE2c which dived to the ground out of control.

13. BAKER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of "Queen's Corner", near Gouzeaucourt, and reburied in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in May 1920.

14. TONKING was wounded at Ridge Wood, near Voormezeele on 28th May 1917.

15. WODEHOUSE was an observer in a RE.8 aircraft, piloted by Capt A L MacDonald, MC, on a reconnaissance mission, when it was shot down over Ypres.

16. WRIGHT was an observer in a RE.8 aircraft, piloted by Lt H L Devlin, on a reconnaissance mission, when it was shot down over Ypres.

17. WILKINSON was piloting a SE5a and was shot down on combat patrol over Halluin, south of Menin, Belgium and buried in Halluin German Military Cemetery.   He was re-buried in Pont du Hem Military Cemetery in May 1924.

18. JENKINS was killed whilst flying when he crashed his aircraft, a BE2e, into the ground at night.

19. BALL had previously served with Grenadier Guards and Royal Fusiliers before transfer to DCLI in 1916.   He died at the Prince of Wales Hospital Marylebone.

20. BLANCHARD was taken as a POW on 2nd December 1917 at La Vacquerie.   He was originally buried in Plot 18, Row 3, Grave 3, but re-interred at Plot IX.B.6 in 1923.

21. HILL was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Cugny, south west of St Quentin, and re-buried at Grand-Seraucourt British Cemetery in August 1920.

22. HAMILTON was killed in an aircraft accident on 13th July 1918 near Tadcaster, Yorks, when his aircraft, a Sopwith F1 Camel broke up in mid-air.

23. JENKIN died of wounds after being injured whilst an Observer in DH9 aircraft during a mission.

24. PEACOCK was shot through the head whilst an Observer in a DH9 during a mission.

25. HUMPHRIES was wounded by shellfire and died an hour later (according to Battalion War Diary).

26. BURROWS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south east of Le Sars and re-buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery in July 1920.

27. BOSWELL died of influenza/pneumonia.

28. WIDDOWS was appointed to Rail Transport Officer duties and died of ?   

29. BENNETT died of influenza/pneumonia.

30. HOLDER died of influenza/pneumonia.   He had transferred to the General List on 27th May 1918 for duty with the Oxfordshire Volunteer Reserve.

31. BUCKMASTER died of influenza/pneumonia.   He had previously served with 7th Battalion DCLI.

32. BROWN died of nephritis.   His grave in the NW Frontier cannot be maintained by the CWGC.

 

Analysis of DCLI Detached Officer Casualties By Unit and Year

Year

Staff/HQ

INF

MGC

TMB

RFC/RAF

MISC

TOTAL

1914

1 2         3

1915

  3         3

1916

  7 3 2 2 2 16

1917

  3   1 10   14

1918

  5 3 1 3 3 15
1919           1 1
1921           1 1

TOTALS

1 20 6 4 15 7 53

 

Analysis of DCLI Detached Officer Casualties By Year and Location

Year

BE

EG

FR

GA

GE

GR

IND

IT MAL ME

UK

TOTAL

1914

3                     3

1915

1     2               3

1916

    10             1 5 16

1917

6 1 4             1 2 14

1918

    8   1 1 1 1     3 15
1919                     1 1
1920             1         1

TOTALS

10 1 22 2 1 1 2 1   2 11 53

 

 

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