No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1918

1

4th September

MUNTZ

Joseph Oscar

Capt

-

42

DOW

France

CCS at Mericourt-L'Abee

Heilly Station Cemetery (VII.B.7)

(p393)  (1)

2

18th September

FARRAR

Ernest Bristowe

2Lt

-

33

KIA

France

Near Ronssoy, south east of Epehy

Ronssoy Communal Cemetery (B.27)

(p395)

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.   MUNTZ was wounded near Moislains, north of Peronne on 2nd September 1918.

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

1

10th March 1918

BROCKS

Archibald William

2Lt

-

24

POW

Turkey

Afion Kara Hissar

Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (XXI.S.3)

(1)

2

4th September 1918

EVANS

Hugh George

2Lt

-

31

KIA

France

Moislains, north of Peronne

Peronne Communal Cemetery Extn (III.D.21)

(2)

Notes:

1.   BROCKS was detached from the Cheshire Regiment and was wounded and taken POW by the Turks at Kefr Malik 8th March 1918.   He died of wounds at Afion Kara Hissar and was later reburied at Baghdad.

2.   EVANS was detached from The King's (Liverpool Regiment).

16th (Royal 1st Devon & Royal North Devon Yeomanry) Battalion.   The Battalion was formed at Moascar in Egypt on 4th January 1917 from the personnel of two dismounted Devonshire Yeomanry units - Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry and the Royal North Devon Hussars.   The Battalion was placed under command of 229th Brigade in the 74th (Yeomanry) Division and its initial responsibility being the defence of the Suez Canal.   In February 1917 the Division was sent to Palestine for operations to capture Gaza and then Jerusalem.   On 4th April 1918 the Division was ordered to move to France and on 1st May 1918 the Division embarked at Alexandria for Marseilles, landing there on 7th May 1918.   The Battalion saw action in the Lys Sector, Bouchavesnes, Moislains, Longavesnes, Ronssoy, Epehy, Aubers Ridge, Haubourdin, River Marcq, River Scheldt and Tournai.

The Battalion began demobilising in February 1919 when 150 all ranks departed for the UK.   In March 1919, 5 officers and 102 men were posted to 2/4th Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry, and in later March a further 60 men were posted to this unit.   With the Battalion now reduced to a cadre the remaining personnel returned to the UK in May 1919 and the Battalion was disbanded.

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.