Devonshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 10th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	23rd November	MOON	Leonard James	Ly	-	38	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Caussica, north of Lake Ardzan	Karasouli Military Cemetery (A.189)	(p205) (1)
Died in 1917
2	10th February	HARRIS	Walter Lewis	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p210)
3	10th February	KIRBY	James Sabey	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p210)
4	10th February	SMITH	Sidney John Howard	2Lt	-	29	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p210)
5	13th February	HUDSON	Edward Stanley	2Lt	-	24	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Sarigol	Sarigol Military Cemetery (C.402)	(p210) (2)
6	24th April	MILLER	William Reginald Francis	Lt	-	20	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
7	24th April	PARTRIDGE	Wilfred Issell	Lt	MiD	25	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
8	24th April	PRYNNE	Norman Fellowes	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
9	24th April	THORNE	Sydney Charles	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
10	24th April	WILSON	William James	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
11	25th April	LOVETT	Owen	Capt	MiD	22	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215)
12	26th April	MOORE	Francis William	Capt	MC, MiD	27	DOW	Salonika	31st CCS near Kriston	Sarigol Military Cemetery (D.649)	(p215) (3)
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. MOON was wounded on the Petit Couronne Ridge on 22nd November 1916. 2. HUDSON was wounded at Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran on 10th February 1917. 3. MOORE was wounded at Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran, on 25th April 1917.

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

10th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	15th March 1917	HAMMOND	John Maximilian	Lt	DSO, MiD	41	DOW	Salonika	35th CCS at Sarigol	Sarigol Military Cemetery (D.663)	(p209) (1)
2	24th April 1917	CRIMMIN	Florence	Lt	-	30	KIA	Salonika	Petit Couronne, southwest of Doiran	Doiran Memorial	(p215) (2)
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. HAMMOND was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps and he was the Regimental Medical Officer. He was wounded at Petit Couronne, south west of Doiran, on 10th February 1917. 2. CRIMMIN was detached from the Royal North Devon Yeomanry.

Battalion History

The 10th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment was formed at Exeter in early September 1914, part of "K3", and assembled at Stockton Camp, Salisbury on 26th September 1914 to commence training for combat operations. Allocated to 79th Infantry Brigade, 26th Division. The Battalion was moved to Bath in November 1914 and then in April 1915 to Sutton Veney, near Warminster, where the Division was concentrating. The Battalion embarked for France arriving in Boulogne on 23rd September 1915, moving to the Amiens area where the 79th Brigade were concentrating. On 30th October 1915 the Division was warned for duty in Salonika and arrived there from 14th November 1915. The Battalion remained in Salonika for the rest of the war and after the Armistice it was deployed to Bucharest in December 1918. The Battalion was chosen for Garrison and Security duties in the Black Sea Area and Armenia where it remained until September 1919 and was moved to Constantinople where the Battalion was disbanded with remaining personnel were transferred to 10th Battalion Hampshire Regiment.

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.

Page last updated: 3rd September 2023

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