Devonshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	20th September	ELLIOTT	Henry Grattan	Capt	-	33	KIA	France	Near Vailly, east of Soissons, Aisne	Vailly British Cemetery (I.A.5)	(p12) (1)
2	20th October	CHICHESTER	Henry Arthur	Capt	-	32	KIA	France	Canteleux, east of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p20)
3	24th October	AINSLIE	Denys Alfred Lafone	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Givenchy, south east of Festubert	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p23)
4	25th October	BESLY	Barton Hope	Capt	MiD	35	KIA	France	Near Givenchy, south east of Festubert	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p23)
5	25th October	QUICKE	Edward Owen	Capt	MiD	27	KIA	France	Near Givenchy, south east of Festubert	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p23)
6	29th October	HANCOCK	Ralph Escott	Lt	DSO, MiD	26	KIA	France	Near Festubert, north of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p23)
7	30th October	DUNSTERVILLE	Graham Eardley	Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near Festubert, north of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p26)
8	24th November	WHIPPLE	Herbert Connell	Capt	-	35	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery (D.2.3)	(p33) (2)
Died in 1915
9	14th January	DITMAS	Thomas Owen Bulteel	Lt	MiD	27	KIA	Belgium	Wulverghem, west of Messines	Wulverghem Churchyard (Sp Mem 6)	(p34) (3)
10	24th May	REED	Robert	2Lt	-	40	KIA	Belgium	"Hill 60", south of Zwarteleen	Chester Farm Cemetery (III.F.14)	-
11	11th July	JEFFREYS	Darell Richard	Capt	-	33	KIA	Belgium	Oosthoek, north of St Eloi	Chester Farm Cemetery, S of Ypres (III.F.15)	(p82)
Died in 1916
12	1st July	TWINING	Richard Wake	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Wailly, north of Ficheux	Wailly Orchard Cemetery (I.C.7)	(p133)
13	20th July	VAUGHAN	Guy Carleton	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Montauban, Somme	Quarry Cemetery, Montauban	(p162) (4)
14	29th August	HOLLINGWORTH	Leonard	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	South of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p171)
15	13th September	DAWE	Richard Henry O'Neill	2Lt	-	18	KIA	France	Leuze Wood, near Combles, Somme	Combles Communal Cemetery Extn (IV.A.8)	(p180) (5)
16	13th September	NORRISH	Thomas Theodore	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Leuze Wood, near Combles, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p180)
17	23rd September	TOMLINSON	Thomas Harry	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	Near Montauban, Somme	London Cemetery Extn, Longueval	(p169) (6)
18	25th September	DALE	Arthur	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	West of Morval, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p183)
19	25th September	ROSS	Richard (Dickon)	2Lt	MC	22	KIA	France	West of Morval, Somme	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs (X.N.6)	(P183) (7)
20	25th September	SKINNER	Edward Howard	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	West of Morval, Somme	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs (X.V.10)	(p183) (8)
21	4th October	CLIFTON	Hubert Everard	2Lt	MC	25	DOW	UK	Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham	Torquay Cemetery (D.19. 14384)	(p183) (9)
Died in 1917
22	14th April	NEILSON	Somerville Montgomerie	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near River Souchez, southwest of Lens	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p250)
23	15th April	MAY	Paul Archer	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near River Souchez, southwest of Lens	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p250)
24	23rd April	GALTON	Francis William Joseph	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	La Coulotte, north of Vimy	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p253)
25	23rd April	HAMILTON	Ronald Eric	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	La Coulotte, north of Vimy	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p253)
26	23rd April	MALONE	Brian Wilmot L'Estrange	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	La Coulotte, north of Vimy	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p253)
27	23rd April	PETERS	William John	Lt	MC	32	KIA	France	La Coulotte, north of Vimy	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p253)
28	23rd April	WREFORD	Bertram William Heyman	Capt	-	22	KIA	France	La Coulotte, north of Vimy	La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, Vimy (IV.F.19)	(p253) (10)
29	9th May	BAZALGETTE	William Thomas Arnold	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 21	(p257) (11)
30	9th May	GRIGSON	Lionel Henry Shuckforth	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p257)
31	9th May	HARDWICK	Oswald William	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p257)
32	9th May	MATON	Leonard Evelyn Leigh	Capt	MC, MiD*	34	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p257)
33	9th May	WILKINSON	Frederick William	2Lt	-	35	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p257) (12)
34	9th May	WONNACOTT	Thomas Henry	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Fresnoy Park, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p257)
35	22nd May	HAMBLY	Alan Gordon	2Lt	-	19	DOW	UK	Hospital at London	Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery (Church A.649)	(13)
36	10th June	ABELL	Albert Reginald	Lt	-	29	POW	Germany	TBC	Hamburg Cemetery (V.A.12)	(p253) (14)
37	3rd October	BLUNT	Duncan Hamilton	Lt Col	DSO, MiD*	39	KIA	Belgium	East of Veldhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p277)
38	3rd October	WILLIAMS	Sir Burton Robert	Lt	MiD*	27	KIA	Belgium	East of Veldhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p277)
39	4th October	BLAKE	John Morgan	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p279)
40	4th October	CHICK	Francis William	Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p279)
41	4th October	CROWLEY	Cyril Raymond	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Cemetery (XL.II.D.14)	(p279) (15)
42	4th October	LANGWORTHY	William Southmead	Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p279)
43	4th October	PORT	William Garfield	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p279)
44	4th October	ROGERS	Sidney Gilbert	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p279)
45	4th October	STUDHOLME	Paul Francis William	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	South west of Polderhoek	Hooge Crater Cemetery (X.G.12)	(p279) (16)
46	6th November	GLOSTER	Gerald Charles Edward	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	"The Mound", near Polderhoek Chateau	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p316)
47	28th December	HILL	Alex Leslie	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Italy	Near Vicenza, north of Padua	Padua Main Cemetery (A.4)	(p324)
48	28th December	ROBERTS	Charles Willis	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Italy	Near of Vicenza, north of Padua	Padua Main Cemetery (A.5)	(p324)
Died in 1918
49	15th April	RICHARDS	John Leslie Hill	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Aire-sur-la-lys	Aire Communal Cemetery (II.D.15)	(17)
50	21st May	VEITCH	John Leonard	Major	MC, MiD	31	KIA	France	Nieppe Forest	Thiennes British Cemetery (A.1)	(p371)
51	21st August	THORP	Edward Henry Courtenay	Capt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Bucquoy, north east of Achiet le Petit	Gommecourt Cemetery No.2 (V.J.4)	(p384)
52	30th August	JAMESON	John	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Near Beugny, north east of Bapaume	Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt (II.F.7)	(p387) (18)
53	30th August	PUGSLEY	John Frederick	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Beugny, north east of Bapaume	Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt (II.B.23)	(p387) (19)
54	1st September	COOK	Reginald William	2Lt	MC	26	KIA	France	NW of Beugny, NE of Bapaume	Vaulx Hill Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt (II.B.26)	(p389) (20)
55	28th September	SIMPSON	Stanley Ashe	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	South west of Villers-Plouich	Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extn (II.F.27)	(p398) (21)
56	20th October	BEAUMONT	John Barrie	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Solesmes, north west of le Cateau	Bethencourt Communal Cemetery (A.1)	(p418)
57	7th November	ESDAILE	Arthur James	Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Bois Georges, Pont-sur-Sambre	Pont-sur-Sambre Communal Cemetery (B.1)	(p429) (22)
58	7th November	TROTMAN	Francis Henry Lionel	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Bois Georges, Pont-sur-Sambre	Pont-sur-Sambre Communal Cemetery (B.1)	(p429) (23)
Died in 1919
59	27th March	GRANT	Harold Duncan	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Terlincthun British Cemetery (XV.B.36)	(24)
Died in 1920
60	3rd May	CHANDLER	John Wilfrid	Lt	MC	22	DOI	UK	Hospital at Devonport, Plymouth	Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery (R.39.16)	(25)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "Devonshire Regiment 1914-1919, Volumes 1 and 2", by C T Atkinson, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. ELLIOTT was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Vailly and reburied in Vailly British Cemetery in October 1919. 2. WHIPPLE was wounded at Wulverghem, west of Messines on 20th November 1914. 3. DITMAS' original grave was later destroyed by shellfire and lost, and he is commemorated on a special memorial in the Cemetery. 4. VAUGHAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Montauban and was reburied in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, in September 1919. 5. DAWE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Leuze Wood and reburied at Combles Communal Cemetery in June 1933. 6. TOMLINSON was originally buried in Caterpillar Valley No 2 Cemetery and reburied at London Cemetery Extension, Longueval in March 1938. 7. ROSS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Bouleaux Wood, east of Morval, and was reburied in Guards Cemetery in September 1919. 8. SKINNER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Ginchy and was reburied in Guards Cemetery in August 1919. 9. CLIFTON was wounded at Morval on 25th September 1916. 10. WREFORD was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of La Coulette, and reburied at La Chaudiere Military cemetery, Vimy in August 1919. 11. BAZALGETTE should properly be commemorated on the Arras Memorial. 12. WILKINSON was also known as Frederick William BUSH. 13. HAMBLY was wounded at La Coulette on 23rd April 1917. 14. ABELL was taken POW on 23rd April 1917 at La Coulotte, south of Lens. He died at and was initially buried at ? POW Camp. 15. CROWLEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near to "Lone House", northwest of Polderhoek Chateau, and reburied in Tyne Cot Cemetery in February 1921. 16. STUDHOLME was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southwest of Polderhoek and reburied at Hooge Crater Cemetery in June 1919. 17. RICHARDS was wounded southeast of la Motte au Bois on 15th April 1918. 18. JAMESON was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Beugny and was reburied in Vaulx-Vraucourt Cemetery in January 1920. 19. PUGSLEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave northwest of Beugny, and reburied at Vaulx-Vraucourt in 1924. 20. COOK was originally buried in a battlefield grave northwest of Beugny, and reburied at Vaulx-Vraucourt in 1924. 21. SIMPSON was of South African birth. 22. ESDAILE was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Bois Georges and reburied at Pont-sur-Sambre in October 1919. 23. TROTMAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Bois Georges and reburied at Pont-sur-Sambre on October 1919. 24. GRANT died of influenza/pnuemonia. 25. CHANDLER died of ?

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

1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

30th August 1918

STOCKEN

Kenneth Edgar

2Lt

KIA

France

Near Fremicourt, west of Beugny

Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont (II.I.6)

(p387) (1)

Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "Devonshire Regiment 1914-1919, Volumes 1 and 2", by C T Atkinson, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated).

1. STOCKEN was detached from the Somerset Light Infantry.

Battalion History

1st Battalion. At the outbreak of the Great War the 1st Battalion was stationed at Jersey and embarked on SS "Reindeer" for Le Havre on 21st August 1914, where it was it was deployed on "Lines of Communication" duties at Amiens, Boulogne, Rouen, Le Havre and St Nazaire. The Battalion was placed under command of 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division on 14th September 1914 for combat operations, then to 14th Brigade, 5th Division. On 12th January 1916 the Battalion was transferred to 95th Brigade, 5th Division where it remained until deployed to Italy, with the Division, on 4th December 1917. The Division returned to the BEF on 7th April 1918 where it remained until the end of the war. On 31st March 1919, whilst serving in Belgium, it was reduced to a cadre strength and eventually retuned to Exeter in early April 1919 for reconstitution as a Regular unit.

Regimental History

The Devonshire Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, which saw the two Battalions of the 11th (North Devon) Regiment of Foot being renamed and reconstituted as the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the new Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Topsham Barracks, Exeter. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Devon as Battalions of the new Regiment - the East Devon Militia forming the 1st (Militia) Battalion and the South Devon Militia forming the 2nd (Militia) Battalion. Five Volunteer Battalions of the new Regiment were formed from the county Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units: 1st Devonshire (Exeter and South Devon) RVC , the 2nd Devonshire (Prince of Wales's) RVC, the 3rd Devonshire RVC, the 4th Devonshire RVC and the 5th Devonshire RVC. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the two Militia Battalions were amalgamated, reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the five Volunteer Battalions were reorganised and formed the 4th Battalion, 5th Battalion, 6th Battalion and 7th 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 Devonshire Regiment was made up of 30 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Labour, Works, Garrison, Reserve and Graduated Battalions.

A detailed history of the Devonshire Regiment can also be viewed here, here and here.

The "Devonshire Regiment 1914 - 1918" (by C T Atkinson - ISBN 13: 978-184342150 ) provides a detailed account of the operations of the Battalions of the Regiment which took an active part in the Great War.

Analysis of 1st Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	GE	IT	UK	TOTAL
1914		8				8
1915	3					3
1916		9			1	10
1917	10	13	1	2	1	27
1918		10				10
1919		1				1
1920					1	1
TOTALS	13	41	1	2	3	60

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