Devonshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 9th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	25th September	DAVIES	Maurice Albert Mervyn	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"Quarries", west of Cite St Elie, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 35/37)	(p102)
2	25th September	TRACEY	Geoffrey Eugene	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Quarries", west of Cite St Elie, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 35/37)	(p102)
3	27th September	ALLEN	Frederick John	2Lt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS at Lapugnoy	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (I.C.30)	(p102) (1)
1916
4	24th February	MANSEL-CAREY	Brian Lort Mansel	2Lt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	Corbie Communal Cemetery (I.D.9)	(2)
5	3rd April	COLE	Humphrey Porteus	2Lt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	Corbie Communal Cemetery (I.E.39)	(p142) (3)
6	1st July	ADAMSON	Travers Farrant	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.7)	(p151)
7	1st July	DINES	Percy John Francis	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Carnoy	Carnoy Military Cemetery (Sp Mem 8)	(p151) (4)
8	1st July	HODGSON	William Noel	Lt	MC	23	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.3)	(p151)
9	1st July	HOLCROFT	Raymond Boycott	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.1)	(p151)
10	1st July	MARTIN	Duncan Lenox	Capt	MiD*	30	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.1)	(p151)
11	1st July	RAYNER	Harold Leslie	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.5)	(p151)
12	1st July	RIDDELL	William	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (A.3)	(p151)
13	1st July	SHEPARD	Cyril Harry	2Lt	-	39	KIA	France	"Mansel Copse", south of Mametz	Devonshire Cemetery, Mametz (B.6)	(p151)
14	9th July	WEBBER	Leonard Alexander	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (I.B.35)	(p151) (5)
15	20th July	CARY	Launcelot Sulyarde Robert	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p167)
16	4th September	MILLER	Robert Fordyce	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Delville Wood Cemetery (XVII.G.4)	(p179) (6)
17	4th September	REVINGTON	John Huleatt	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p179)
18	4th September	TEAPE	Charles Lewarne	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Delville Wood Cemetery (VI.M.1)	(p179) (7)
19	4th September	WORNER	Percival Seymour	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Bernafay Wood British Cemetery (J.32)	(p179) (8)
20	6th September	GLOSSOP	Bertram	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p179)
21	6th September	UNDERHILL	George	Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Ginchy, near Guillemont, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 1C)	(p179)
22	10th September	WOLLOCOMBE	Francis	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie (II.D.11)	(p179) (9)
1917
23	2nd April	BELLAMY	David Humphrey	Capt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Ecoust St Mein, Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (Sp Mem 2)	(p246) (10)
24	2nd April	CARRICK	Richard Hamilton	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Ecoust St Mein, Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (Sp Mem 4)	(p248) (11)
25	2nd April	INCHBALD	John Chantrey Elliot	Capt	MiD	22	KIA	France	Near Ecoust St Mein, Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (Sp Mem 1)	(p248) (12)
26	2nd April	PERKINS	Audley St John	Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Near Ecoust St Mein, Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (Sp Mem 3)	(p248)
27	2nd April	READ	Edward Macartney	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Ecoust St Mein, Arras	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (Sp Mem 5)	(p248)
28	8th May	MORSE	Edward Hely Templeman	2Lt	-	29	DOW	France	CCS at Grevillers	Grevillers British Cemetery (IV.D.10)	(p262) (13)
29	8th May	SANDOE	Montague William Augustus	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Mory, Bullecourt	HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein (IX.K.1)	(p262) (14)
30	8th October	WALTER	Cecil	Capt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	"Judge Copse", near Becelaere	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p285)
31	9th October	STEPHENS	Sidney Thompson	2Lt	MC	43	KIA	Belgium	"Judge Copse", near Becelaere	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p285)
32	10th October	HOCKADAY	Harold Francis Henry Lugg	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	"Judge Copse", near Becelaere	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p285)
33	10th October	RUSSEL-RENDLE	Anthony Darley	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	"Judge Copse", near Becelaere	Hooge Crater Cemetery (I.B.13)	(p285)
34	26th October	AUSTEN	George Alan	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Vichte Military Cemetery (V.V.2)	(p293) (15)
35	26th October	BROCK	Algernon Bertram	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293) (16)
36	26th October	CARLTON	Claude Gray	2Lt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
37	26th October	FINNEMORE	Percival Edward	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
37	26th October	NOEL	Francis Methuen	Capt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
39	26th October	SILK	Thomas William	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Polderhoek	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 38/40)	(p293)
1918
40	23rd February	BELL	Cuthbert Patrick	Lt	-	19	DOW	Italy	CCS at Giavera	Giavera British Cemetery (IV.C.4)	(p325) (17)
41	8th October	BRIDGEWATER	Arthur Sidney	2Lt	MC	28	KIA	France	East of Ponchaux	Prospect Hill Cemetery, Gouy (III.C.7)	(p406)
42	8th October	TOZER	Sidney Prout	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	East of Ponchaux	Beaurevoir British Cemetery (F.35)	(p406)
43	10th October	ARNOLD	Henry	Lt	-	22	DOW	France	Hospital At Abbeville	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extn (IV.G.26)	(18)
44	23rd October	HIGGS	Marcus Webb	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	River Richemont, near Le Cateau	Pommereuil British Cemetery (B.12)	(p421)
45	23rd October	YEATMAN	Bernard Joseph Pym	2Lt	DSO	34	KIA	France	River Richemont, near Le Cateau	Pommereuil British Cemetery (B.14)	(p421)
46	4th November	BROCK	Cecil Howard	Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS near Pommereuil	Pommereuil British Cemetery (A.3)	(p432) (19)
47	8th November	SCHUH	Rudolph Oscar	Capt	MC*	24	DOI	France	No 8 General Hospital, Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (S.V.G.8)	(20)
48	30th November	RAFFIN	Archibald Franklin	Capt	MC	26	DOI	France	CCS at Le Cateau	Le Cateau Communal Cemetery (I.25)	(21)
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. ALLEN was wounded near the "Quarries", west of Cite St Elie, Loos on 25th September 1915. 2. MANSEL-CAREY was wounded near Becordel on 22nd February 1916. 3. COLE was wounded at Meaulte by a sniper on 3rd April 1916. 4. DINES was wounded near "Mansel Copse", south of Mametz, on 1st July 1916. The exact whereabouts of his grave in the cemetery is unknown. 5. WEBBER was wounded at "Mansel Copse", south of Mametz on 1st July 1916. 6. MILLER was originally buried in a battlefield grave at Ginchy and was reburied at Delville Wood Cemetery in 1919. 7. TEAPE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west Ginchy and was reburied at Delville Wood Cemetery in 1919. 8. WORNER was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northwest of Ginchy and reburied at Bernafay Wood Cemetery, Montauban in December 1919. 9. WOLLOCOMBE was wounded at Ginchy on 6th September 1916. 10. BELLAMY was originally buried in Mory-Ecoust Cemetery No 1 but his grave was destroyed in later battles in the area. 11. CARRICK was originally buried in Mory-Ecoust Cemetery No 1 but his grave was destroyed in later battles in the area. 12. INCHBALD was originally buried in Mory-Ecoust Cemetery No 1 but his grave was destroyed in later battles in the area. 13. MORSE was wounded at Bullecourt on 8th May 1917. 14. SANDOE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northeast of Mory and was reburied in HAC Cemetery, Ecoust St Mein, in 1919. 15. AUSTEN was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Polderhoek and reburied at Vichte Military Cemetery in October 1920. 16. BROCK is the brother of Lt C H Brock who died on 4th November 1918, 17. BELL was wounded at Giavera on 23rd February 1918. 18. ARNOLD was wounded near Ponchaux, east of Beaurevoir on 8th October 1918. 19. BROCK is the brother of 2Lt A B Brock, who died on 26thOctober 1917. 20. SCHUH died of influenza/pnuemonia. 21. RAFFIN died of influenza/pnuemonia.

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

9th (Service) Battalion Devonshire Regiment

Ref	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	4th August 1916	CLIFT	Maurice Richard	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (I.A.39)	(1)
2	21st February 1918	HIRSCHHORN	Cecil	2Lt	-	20	DOI	Italy	Hospital at Genoa	Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa (I.A.1)	(2)
3	24th October 1918	HYATT	William Joseph	Lt	-	31	KIA	France	Pommereuil	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 11)	(p421) (3)
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. CLIFT was detached from the Dorsetshire Regiment. He was wounded at Caterpillar Valley, Somme on 14th July 1916. 2. HIRSCHHORN was detached from the Wiltshire Regiment. He died of typhoid. 3. HYATT was detached from the Labour Corps.

Battalion History

The 9th (Service) Battalion was formed at Exeter on 7th September 1914, as part of "K2". The Battalion assembled and concentrated at Rushmoor Camp, Aldershot in September 1914 and was initially allocated as Divisional Troops to 20th (Light) Division. The Battalion was moved to Bisley, near Aldershot in October 1914 and then to Tournai Barracks, Aldershot in late November 1914 to continue training. The unit moved to Haslemere in February 1915 and then to Bordon in May 1915 to complete training for operations in France. The Battalion was embarked at Southampton for Le Havre on 27th July 1915 and on arrival was allocated to GHQ Troops. The Battalion route marched to the Locon area and was transferred to 20th Brigade, 7th Division on 8th August 1915. The unit fought in France and Flanders with the Division until November 1917 when the Division was moved to Italy. The Battalion was returned to France in September 1918 joining 7th Brigade, 25th Division. At the Armistice, the Battalion was stationed at Pommereuil. Demobilisation began in December 1918 and by March 1919 the Battalion had become a cadre unit. On 16th June 1919 this cadre returned to the UK arriving at Exeter on 17th June 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 9th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	IT	TOTAL
1915		3		3
1916		19		19
1917	10	7		17
1918		8	1	9
TOTALS	10	37	1	48

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