Devonshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	18th December	FEATHERSTONE	Reginald Benjamin	Capt	-	30	KIA	France	"Moated Grange", near Neuve Chapelle	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p42)
2	18th December	LEGGE	Ronald George	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	"Moated Grange", near Neuve Chapelle	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 8/9)	(p42)
3	18th December	SPENCER	Charles James	Capt	-	35	KIA	France	"Moated Grange", near Neuve Chapelle	Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (IV.F.3)	(p42) (1)
Died in 1915
4	30th January	WATKINS	Eustace Arundel St Barbe S	Capt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (I.L.2)	(p45) (2)
5	10th March	BATES	Reginald Plumptre	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Neuve Chapelle	Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie (IV.D.3)	(p70) (3)
6	10th March	BRISTOWE	Robert Owen	Lt	MiD	26	KIA	France	Neuve Chapelle	Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie (IV.D.4)	(p69) (4)
7	10th March	WINSOR	Mark Gilham	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Neuve Chapelle	Vieille Chapelle New British Cemetery (VII.C.5)	(p70) (5)
8	10th March	WRIGHT	George Clinton	2Lt	MiD	24	KIA	France	Neuve Chapelle	Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy (IX.D.41)	(p70) (6)
9	12th March	LAFONE	Claude Alexander	Capt	DSO, MiD*	38	KIA	France	Neuve Chapelle	Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie (IV.D.6)	(p72) (7)
10	12th March	LORD	Frank Samuel	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Estaires	Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension (II.H.1)	(p72) (8)
11	9th May	BANES WALKER	Frederick Cecil	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Rouge Bancs, near Fromelles	Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix (F.1)	(p85)
Died in 1916
12	5th June	MARCHANT	Harold Edgar	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	South of Authuille, Somme	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension (C.39)	(p136)
13	1st July	ANDREWS	James Allfrey	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (XV.B.14)	(p144) (9)
14	1st July	BEDDOW	Cyril Victor	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (XV.A.5)	(p145) (10)
15	1st July	CAREY	Leonard Arthur	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
16	1st July	CARVER	George Sholto Douglas	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
17	1st July	COLDWELLS	Francis Baker	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
18	1st July	GOULD	Eric Melville	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
19	1st July	JAGO	Edward Arthur	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
20	1st July	LEY	Maurice Carew	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Ovillers Military Cemetery (XIII.Y.1)	(p145) (11)
21	1st July	McGOWAN	John Spence	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
22	1st July	PREEDY	Alban	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	West of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p145)
23	25th July	RENNIE	John Archibald	2Lt	-	27	DOW	UK	Hospital at London	Camelon Cemetery, Falkirk (E.496)	(p145) (12)
24	14th August	VESEY-FITZGERALD	William Herbert Leslie	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch, Loos	Vermelles British Cemetery (III.N.9)	(p186)
25	10th September	HOSEGOOD	Gilbert	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch, Loos	Vermelles British Cemetery (II.D.22)	(p187)
26	28th September	HANNAH	Charles William Cooper	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch, Loos	Philosophe British Cemetery (I.G.7)	(p187)
27	3rd October	LLOYD	Francis Burrows	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch, Loos	Philosophe British Cemetery (I.G.8)	(p187)
28	6th October	SMITH	Arthur Herbert	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 35/37)	(p187)
29	25th October	JACKS	Edmund Cecil	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	West of Les Transloy, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p189)
30	30th October	Rodd	Charles Bouchier	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	West of Les Transloy, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p190)
Died in 1917
31	14th April	PERRY	William Everard Hill	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Villers-Guislain	Villers Hill British Cemetery (VI.C.20)	(p263) (13)
32	3rd May	CLARKE	Stanley Vingoe	Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Gonnelieu, near Villers Plouich	Villers Hill British Cemetery (IV.D.14)	(p263) (14)
33	31st July	SUNDERLAND	Alfred Joseph Elton	Lt Col	DSO, MiD**	42	KIA	Belgium	"Railway Wood", near Hooge	Belgium Battery Corner Cemetery (I.F.2)	(p268)
34	1st August	TAYLOR	Arthur Martin	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	"Railway Wood", near Hooge	Ypres (Menin Gate) memorial (Panel 21)	(p269)
35	11th August	WATTS	Harold Vaughan Iremonger	Capt	-	36	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven, near Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (IV.B.35)	(p269) (15)
36	16th August	GOODMAN	Harold Henry	Capt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	The Hannebeke, near Glencorse Wood	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 38/40)	(p271)
37	17th August	PENDRIGH	Alexander Conrad Cuthbertson	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	Hospital at Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.B.10.3)	(p269) (16)
38	30th September	RAINEY	Victor Thomas James	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	River Lys, northeast of Nieppe	Lancashire Cottage Cemetery (II.F.1)	-
39	25th November	ARCHER	Harry	Major	DSO, MiD	38	KIA	Belgium	North of Passchendaele	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 38/40)	-
40	25th November	WILLY	John Howard Cole	2Lt	-	34	KIA	Belgium	North of Passchendaele	Tyne Cot Memorial (Addenda Panels 163)	(17)
41	3rd December	TILLETT	Alexander	Lt Col	DSO, MC	38	DOW	Belgium	CCS near Poperinghe	Nine Elms British Cemetery (XIII.A.3)	(P319) (18)
Died in 1918
42	15th February	TALL	John Jeffrey	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	TBC	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 38/40)	(19)
43	21st February	FERARD	George Deas	Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	"Bellevue", east of St Jean	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 38/40)	-
44	26th March	CARTHEW	Sydney George	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Misery, south of Villers Carbonnel	Pozieres Memorial (Panels 24/25)	(p332)
45	26th March	THUILLIER	George Fleetwood	Capt	MC	21	KIA	France	Misery, south of Villers Carbonnel	Assevillers New British Cemetery (VI.E.9)	(p332)
46	28th March	DAVIS	Eugene	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Moreuil, south of Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panels 24/25)	(p332)
47	2nd April	NOON	Alfred Lewis	Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Namps-Au-Val	Namps-Au-Val British Cemetery (I.H.27)	(p337) (20)
48	24th April	CARDEW	Richard Cornelius Arthur	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Villers-Bretonneux	Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux (II.I.14)	(p347)
49	24th April	JAGO	Henry Harris	Capt	DSO, MC*	23	KIA	France	Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 24/25)	(p347)
50	24th April	LETHBRIDGE	Fred	2Lt	DCM	30	KIA	France	Villers-Bretonneux	Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux (II.P.16)	(p347)
51	27th May	ANDERSON-MORSHEAD	Rupert Henry	Lt Col	DSO, MiD**	32	KIA	France	Bois des Buttes, near Pontavert, R Aisne	Soissons Memorial	(p354)
52	27th May	LEAT	Frederick Charles	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Bois des Buttes, near Pontavert, R Aisne	Jonchery-sur-Vesle British Cemetery (I.F.33)	(p355) (21)
53	27th May	PELLS	Cyril Elmore	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Bois des Buttes, near Pontavert, R Aisne	Soissons Memorial	(p355)
54	27th May	TINDALL	Louis Nicolas Lindsay	Lt	MC	23	KIA	France	Bois des Buttes, near Pontavert, R Aisne	Soissons Memorial	(p355)
55	8th October	BAXTER	Gordon Eyre	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Fresnes, northeast of Arras	St Nicholas British Cemetery (II.F.5)	(p412)
56	31st October	SAYES	John	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Odomez, River Scheldt	Valenciennes (St Roch) Cemetery (II.F.17)	(p433)
57	4th November	BROCK	Cecil Howard	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Landrecies	Pommereuil British Cemetery (A.3)	(p432)
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. SPENCER was originally buried in Winchester Post Military Cemetery and reburied at Aubers Ridge Cemetery in January 1925. 2. WATKINS was wounded at "Moated Grange, northeast of Neuve Chapelle on 30th January 1915. 3. BATES was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Sign Post lane", northwest of Neuve Chapelle and was reburied in RIR Graveyard, Laventie in April 1920. 4. BRISTOWE was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Sign Post lane", northwest of Neuve Chapelle and was reburied in RIR Graveyard, Laventie in April 1920. 5. WINDSOR was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Neuve Chapelle, on the La Bassee Road, and was reburied at Vieile Chapelle in October 1919. 6. WRIGHT was treacherously shot in the back by a wounded German officer. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Sign Post Lane", northwest of Neuve Chapelle, and was reburied in Guards Cemetery in March 1920 7. LAFONE was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Gretchen Trench", northeast of Neuve Chapelle and was reburied in RIR Graveyard, Laventie in April 1920. 8. LORD was wounded by shelling at Neuve Chapelle on 12th March 1915. 9. ANDREWS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Ovillers la-Boisselle and was reburied in Serre Road Cemetery No 2 in December 1927. 10. BEDDOW was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Ovillers la-Boisselle and was reburied in Serre Road Cemetery No 2 in December 1927. 11. LEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Ovillers la-Boisselle and was reburied in Ovillers Military Cemetery October 1921. 12. RENNIE was wounded west of Ovillers la-Boisselle, Somme on 1st July 1916 and evacuated to UK. 13. PERRY was originally buried in a battlefield grave near the "Beet Factory", southwest of Villers-Guislain an reburied in Villers Hill Cemetery in October 1919. 14. CLARKE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Gonnelieu and was reburied in Villers Hill British Cemetery, Villers Guislain in September 1919. 15. WATTS was wounded at "Railway Wood", northwest of Hooge on 1st August 1917. 16. PENDRIGH was wounded at "Railway Wood", northwest of Hooge, on 31st July 1917. 17. WILLY was originally (incorrectly) commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial. Now correctly commemorated on an addendum panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial. 18. TILLETT was wounded north of Passchendaele on 28th November 1917. 19. TALL may well have been attending a Bombing course at the time of his death - location TBC. 20. NOON was wounded south of Villers Bretonneux on 31st March 1917. 21. LEAT was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Berry au Bac and reburied in Jonchery British Cemetery in March 1922.

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

2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	9th May 1915	TENNANT	Charles Alan Ramsay	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	East of Laventie	Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix (C.5)	(p86) (1)
2	18th July 1916	ROGERS	Alfred Morris	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Cuinchy, north of Vermelles	Cambrin Churchyard Extension (O.45)	(2)
3	21st August 1916	ACOMB	Horace	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Vermelles	Vermelles British Cemetery (IV.D.29)	(p186) (3)
4	27th May 1918	ADAMS	Philip Rockey	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Roucy, east of Soissons	Soissons Memorial	(p355) (4)
5	29th May 1918	CUSSELL	Stanley James	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Roucy, east of Soissons	Soissons Memorial	(p360) (5)
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. TENNANT was detached from the Dorsetshire Regiment. 2. ROGERS was detached from the Gloucestershire Regiment, 3. ACOMB was detached from the Yorkshire Regiment. 4. ADAMS was detached from the Somerset Light Infantry. 5. CUSSELL was detached from the Army Service Corps.

Battalion History

At the outbreak of the Great War the 2nd Battalion was stationed at Cairo and returned to the UK on 1st October 1914, when the Battalion was placed under command of 23rd Brigade of the 8th Division. The Battalion embarked for Le Havre on 6th November 1914. The 8th Division remained in France and Flanders for the remainder of the war. The Battalion was awarded the Croix de Guerre on 5th December 1918 just prior to the commencement of demobilisation which began on 15th December 1918 at Ath, south-west of Brussels. In April 1919 the Battalion was reduced to a "cadre establishment" and returned to Devonport for reconstitution and re-equipping as a Regular Battalion and deployment to India.

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 2nd Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	UK	Total
1914		3		3
1915		8		8
1916		18	1	19
1917	8	3		11
1918	2	14		16
TOTALS	10	46	1	57

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