No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1916

1

31st March

GRIBBELL

Leslie Terrell

2Lt

-

32

DOI

UK

Military Hospital at Devonport, Plymouth

Poole (Broadstone) Cemetery (B.41)

(1)

Died in 1917

2

18th March

COX

Eustace Richard Allen Calthrop

Capt

MC, MiD*

29

DOI

UK

Military Hospital at London

Bradfield (St Andrew) Churchyard (SW Corner)

(2)

Died in 1918

3

5th March

STOWE

William Hardwick

Lt

-

20

DOI

UK

Devonport, Plymouth

Otley Cemetery (A.89)

(3)

4

28th July

FARRELL

Joseph

Capt

DCM, MiD

28

DOI

UK

Military Hospital at Plymouth

Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery (L.5.25)

(4)

5

31st October

SKARDON

Herbert John

Lt

-

27

DOW

UK

Empire Hospital for Officers, Westminster

Acton Cemetery (D.B.6)

(5)

Died in 1919

6

8th April

THOMPSON

Charles Cecil

Capt

-

23

DOI

UK

"Treverven", Ross-on-Wye

Burton on Trent Cemetery (C.787)

(6)

Notes:  

1.   GRIBBELL died of influenza/pnuemonia.

2.   COX died of ?   He saw active service with 2nd Battalion and also served as a Brigade Machine Gun Officer with 23rd Brigade.

3.   STOWE died of ?

4.   FARRELL died of ? whilst attached to a Command Physical and Bayonet Training Centre as a Supervising Officer.

5.   SKARDON was most probably wounded near Masnieres on 30th September 1918 serving with 1/5th Battalion and evacuated to UK.   Taken on strength of 3rd (Reserve) Battalion (Sick List) in October 1918.

6.   THOMPSON, formerly of 9th Battalion, died of ? at Ross-on-Wye.

In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the two Militia Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment were amalgamated, reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, based at Topsham Barracks, Exeter.   At the outbreak of the Great War the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, stationed at Exeter, was quickly moved to its mobilisation location at Devonport, Plymouth, for Home and Coastal Defence duties, but was returned to Exeter in late August 1914.   In May 1915 the Battalion returned to Devonport where it remained until 1st March 1919 when it was moved to Sunderland.   On 2nd August 1919 the Battalion was absorbed into the 1st Battalion, which by that time had been reconstituted as a Regular battalion.   This Battalion was moved to Devonport before moving to Ireland in June 1920.

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.