Devonshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 8th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	25th September	ASHCROFT	Ernest	Lt	-	31	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
2	25th September	CARDEN	Henry Charles	Major	DSO	60	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
3	25th September	BRIDSON	John Paul Ridgway	2Lt	-	18	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p101)
4	25th September	CARVER	Frank Maitland	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
5	25th September	COPNER	Arthur Bruce	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
6	25th September	DODGSON	Kenneth Vernon	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
7	25th September	HULM	Wynne Odyerne	Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Lapugnoy	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (I.C.51)	(p95) (1)
8	25th September	KEKEWICH	Arthur St John Mackintosh	Capt	MiD	28	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
9	25th September	WINDLE	Michael William Maxwell	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos	Loos Memorial (Panels 35 to 37)	(p95)
Died in 1916
10	17th March	SHEEPSHANKS	Charles John Harcourt	Capt	-	28	KIA	France	Near Fricourt	Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt (I.E.4)	(p141)
11	12th May	FISCHER	Alexander William	Lt	MiD	20	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	La Neuville Communal Cemetery , Corbie (A.29)	(2)
12	28th June	GETHIN	Percy Francis	2Lt	-	42	KIA	France	Near Mametz, Somme	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (B.4)	(p142)
13	1st July	DAVIDSON	Robert Henry Walter	2Lt	-	31	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.2)	(p149)
14	1st July	HIRST	Cecil Pollock	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (IV.J.4)	(p151)
15	1st July	REW	John Frederick George	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (B.3)	(p151)
16	1st July	TREGELLES	Geoffrey Philip	Capt	MiD	23	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (B.3)	(p151)
17	14th July	BELLWOOD	Frank	Capt	-	35	KIA	France	Bazentin le Grand Wood, Somme	Carnoy Military Cemetery (M.27)	(p160)
18	14th July	BOYD	Robert Colin	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Caterpillar Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (XI.H.9)	(p161) (3)
19	14th July	CARTER	William James Coe	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Caterpillar Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (XI.H.7)	(p161) (4)
20	14th July	GAINEY	Henry Charles	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Caterpillar Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (XI.H.7)	(p161) (5)
21	15th July	LEWIS	John Walter	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Daours, east of Amiens	Daours Communal Cemetery Extension (II.C.22)	(p161) (6)
22	20th July	JOSEPH	Horace	2Lt	-	36	KIA	France	Near High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p163)
23	20th July	RUNDLE	Horace Liberty	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near High Wood, Somme	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval (XIV.B.7)	(p163) (7)
24	16th September	CROXSON	Sidney	2Lt	-	30	DOI	France	No 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.A.8.7)	(8)
Died in1917
25	12th February	LOCKYER	Felix Courtenay	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	TBC	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(9)
26	2nd April	CALEB	Clement Daryl Nicoll	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Ecoust St Mein, near Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (III.D.18)	(p245) (10)
27	2nd April	FENWICK	Maurice Edward Edmonds	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Ecoust St Mein, near Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (III.H.13)	(p248) (11)
28	24th April	YAXLEY	Charles William	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Achiet-le-Grand	Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery (I.A.3)	(12)
29	5th May	RENTON	Stanley	Capt	MC	32	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	Mory Abbey Military Cemetery (I.C.7)	(p259)
30	8th May	HOLDSWORTH	Charles John	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (IV.H.15)	(p260)
31	9th May	CUMMING	Lionel George	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p262)
32	9th May	DUNCAN	Kenneth	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p262)
33	9th May	SMITH	Gordon Hamilton	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	(p262)
34	16th June	JOHNSON	Laurence Frederick	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Bullecourt, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 4)	-
35	3rd October	CORNELIUS	Frank Stuart	2Lt	MC	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Polygon Wood, east of Hooge	Hooge Crater Cemetery (I.A.8)	(p281)
36	4th October	DE DENNIE	Thomas Geoffrey	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Near "Jetty Wood", east of Polygon Wood	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p284)
37	4th October	RELF	Thomas Joseph	Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Near "Jetty Wood", east of Polygon Wood	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p284)
38	4th October	TARBET	Victor	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near "Jetty Wood", east of Polygon Wood	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p284)
39	26th October	BUCKINGHAM	Thomas Noel	Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
40	26th October	GIRVAN	Frederick William	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p291)
41	26th October	JUPE	Charles Eric	Capt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p292)
42	26th October	LORD	Hugh Cecil	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p292)
43	26th October	MONK	Alan	Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
44	28th October	REED	William John	2Lt	-	25	POW	Belgium	German Hospital at Courtrai	Kortrijk (St Jan) Communal Cemetery (B.24)	(p293) (13)
45	29th October	WYATT	William John	2Lt	-	19	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Lijssenthoek	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (XXI.BB.9)	(p291) (14)
Died in 1918
46	7th May	WHITE	Edwin George	Capt	MC	26	DOW	Italy	CCS at Montecchio Precalcino	Montecchio Precalcino Comm Cemetery (1.C.2)	(p436) (15)
47	28th October	PUDDICOMBE	Frank Cecil	Lt	-	21	KIA	Italy	River Piave, near Cimadolmo	Tezze British Cemetery (VI.B.14)	(p433)
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. HULM was wounded near "Breslau Sap", north of Loos, on 25th September 1915. 2. FISCHER was wounded near "Grovetown", southwest of Mametz, on 12th May 1916. 3. BOYD was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Caterpillar Wood and reburied at Flatiron Copse Cemetery in June 1919. 4. CARTER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Caterpillar Wood and reburied at Flatiron Copse Cemetery in June 1919. 5. GAINEY was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Caterpillar Wood and reburied at Flatiron Copse Cemetery in June 1919. 6. LEWIS was wounded north of Caterpillar Wood, Somme on 14th July 1916. 7. RUNDLE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southeast of High Wood and was reburied in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery in 1919. 8. CROXSON died of TBC. 9. LOCKYER's unit and circumstance of death has yet to be confirmed. 10. CALEB was originally buried in a battlefield grave in Ecoust and was reburied at HAC Cemetery in March 1919. 11. FENWICK was originally buried in a battlefield grave in Ecoust and was reburied at HAC Cemetery in March 1919. 12. YAXLEY was wounded at Ecoust on 21st April 1917. 13. REED was wounded and taken POW near Polderhoek on 26th October 1917. He was originally buried by the Germans in the German Plot of Courtrai Communal Cemetery and was reburied in Plot B in 1928. 14. WYATT was wounded near Polderhoek, northeast of Gheluvelt on 26th October 1917. 15. WHITE was wounded at "Vaister", Asiago Plateau on 4th May 1918.

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

8th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Ref	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	25th September 1915	GRANT	Alexander George William	Lt Col	MiD	47	KIA	France	Near "Breslau Trench", Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 35/37)	(p101) (1)
2	20th July 1916	HEYWARD	Maurice	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7B)	(p163) (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. GRANT was the Commanding Officer. He was a DCLI officer who was seconded to the West Africa Regiment in February 1909. 2. HEYWARD was detached from the Dorsetshire Regiment

Battalion History

The 8th (Service) Battalion was formed at Exeter on 7th August 1914, as part of "K1", by a nucleus of Officers and NCOs of the 1st Battalion. The unit assembled at Rushmoor Camp, Aldershot in September 1914 and allocated as Divisional Troops, 14th (Light) Division. The Battalion was moved to Barossa Barracks, Aldershot in November 1914 to continue training. The Battalion was transported by train to Southampton Docks on 25th July 915 and embarked for Le Havre on 26th July 1915. On arrival the Battalion was temporarily allocated to GHQ Troops and route marched to the Locon area to join 20th Brigade, 7th Division on 4th August 1915. The Battalion fought with the Division in France and Flanders until November 1917 when the Division was ordered to Italy. At the Armistice in Italy, on 4th November 1918, the Battalion was stationed at Cisterna, east of Gradisca. Demobilisation began in December 1918 and by February 1919 the Battalion had become a cadre unit. On 17th March 1919 this cadre returned to the UK arriving at Exeter on 23rd March 1919 for final demobilisation and disbandment.

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 8th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	IT	TOTAL
1915		9		9
1916		15		15
1917	11	10		21
1918			2	2
TOTALS	11	34	2	47

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