No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1917

1

11th April

BINGHAM DAY

Thomas Hulkes

Lt Col

-

62

DOI

UK

Sutton Veney, Warminster

Bishopstrow (St Aldhelm) Churchyard (South)

(1)

Died in 1918

2

19th November

PARKHOUSE

Oscar

Lt

-

32

DOI

UK

Helena Military Hospital, Shorncliffe

Shorncliffe Military Cemetery (M.718)

(2)

Died in 1919

3

18th February

GRATWICK

Harold Duncan

Lt

-

28

DOI

UK

Beckenham

Ladywell Cemetery, London (F.219)

(3)

Notes:

1.   BINGHAM DAY commanded the Battalion and died of a seizure.

2.   PARKHOUSE died of influenza/pnuemonia.

3.   GRATWICK died of influenza/pnuemonia.

The 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF was formed on 1st September 1916 at Hursley Park, Winchester from 3/4th Battalion TF, which then absorbed 3/5th Battalion TF and 3/6th Battalion TF.   The Battalion was the depot, training and draft providing unit for the Territorial Force units in the Devonshire Regiment Order of Battle, and also served in Home and Coastal Defence duties.   The Battalion was moved to Bournemouth in October 1916, to Sutton Veney, near Warminster, in March 1917, to Larkhill in early 1918 and then to Ireland in April 1918, where it served at various times at Belfast, Londonderry and Clonmany.

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.