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

Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source:  British Military Badges

Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   B

(39 officers)

 

 

 

BAKER, Arthur Forbes Wilfrid

Captain, MiD.   Seconded to 52nd Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 11th April 1917.   Aged 26.

 

BAKER, George Stanley Charles

Lieutenant.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Accidentally killed in UK on 23rd September August 1916.   Aged 21.

 

BALDWIN, Harry Sanford

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Aged 23.

 

BALL, James

Captain, MC.   Seconded to Ministry of Munitions.   Died of illness in UK on 23rd January 1918.   Aged 39.

 

BARNES, Herbert George

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th September 1916.   Aged 23.

 

BARNETT, Carew

Major.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 12th August 1915.   Aged 48.

 

BATSON, Alfred William

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 14th March 1915.   Aged 28.

 

BAWDEN, Leslie John

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 1st October 1916.   Aged 19.

 

BECKERLEG, Stephen Trevor

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Accidentally killed in France on 15th October 1915.   Aged 20.

 

BECKINGSALE, John Edgar

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 23rd August 1917.   Aged 30.

 

BEER, Lewis Charles

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 28th March 1918.   Aged 31.

 

BELL, Walter Albert

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 13th March 1918.   Aged 25.

 

BENFORD, Charles George

Second Lieutenant.  7th Battalion.  Accidentally killed in Belgium on 5th January 1918.   Aged 24.

 

BENNETT, Arthur Hugh

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th August 1916.   Aged 28.

 

BENNETT, Victor Cyril Wentworth

Lieutenant.   Attached to Royal Garrison Artillery.   Died of illness in Italy on 13th October 1918.   Aged 31.

 

BIRCH, William Elric Hawthorn

Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 31st July 1915.   Aged 29.

 

BISHOP, Bernard Bennett

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 52nd Squadron Royal Flying Corps .   Killed in aerial action in France on 9th September 1917.   Aged 20.

 

BLACKMORE, Edwin

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 9th Company Machine Gun Corps.   Killed in action at France on 16th August 1916.   Aged 24.

 

BLAGROVE, Richard Coore

Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 12th August 1915.   Aged 24.

 

BLAIR, Herbert Samuel Penny

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Died of wounds in Malta on 31st October 1916.   Aged 26.

 

BLANCHARD, Frederick John

Captain, MiD.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st June 1918.   Aged 26.

 

BLANCHARD, Frederick Wilson

Captain.   Attached to 2/5th Royal Warwickshire Regiment.   Died of wounds as a POW in Germany on 26th January 1918.   Aged 33.

 

BOSANQUET, Armytage Percy

Captain, MC.   Attached to 5th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 25th January 1917.   Aged 23.

 

BOSWELL, Denis St George Knox

Major, MiD*.   Attached to 82nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps.   Died of illness in Greece on 28th September 1918.   Aged 24.

 

BRANDON, William George

Second Lieutenant.   4th (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 13th July 1918.   Aged 29.

 

BREE, Edward Russell Stapylton

Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Salonika on 18th September 1918.   Aged 21.

 

BRETT, Ernest Hugh William

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd August 1916.   Aged 19.

 

BRETT, Hugh Corthorn

Captain.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th July 1916.   Aged 24.

 

BRIAN, Arthur Gerald

Captain, MiD.   10th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 16th October 1917.   Aged 22.

 

BROOKES, Gordon Byron

Captain, MC.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th September 1916.   Aged 37.

 

BROWN, Robert

Lieutenant.   Attached to Supply and Transport Corps Indian Army.   Died of illness in India on 13th June 1921.   Aged 32.

 

BUCKMASTER, Charles Oliver Brook

Lieutenant.   Attached to 7th Officer Cadet Battalion.   Died of illness in UK 16th March 1919.   Aged 23.

 

BUCKNALL, Marc Anthony

Second Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 6th March 1917.   Aged 26.

 

BURROWS, George William Cruttwell

Lieutenant.   Attached to 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 25th August 1918.   Aged 22.

 

BURTON, Henry Reginald

Second Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th September 1918.   Aged 26.

 

BYARD, Hubert

Second Lieutenant, DCM.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 6th November 1917.   Aged 29.

 

BYERS, Henry Elliott

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 16th (Reserve) Squadron RFC.   Accidentally killed whilst flying in UK on 12th November 1916.   Aged 22.

 

BYFIELD, Arthur Thomas Stoneman

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Died of illness in France on 24th March 1915.   Aged 19.

 

BYRNE, Edward

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 23rd August 1917.   Aged 30.

 

 

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