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Aim of the Website/Project
The aim of this part of the website is
simple. It is to collate into one place an accurate
record of the service and death of the 354 officers of the Devonshire Regiment who died in the Great War and to make a
permanent record of their sacrifice. These officers
served and died for their country on land, sea and in the air
and are listed here in a
Regimental Roll of Honour.
Accuracy and Research
The author has taken every reasonable care to
ensure that the information on this website is as accurate as
possible. Please contact the author should errors or omissions be discovered by
visitors to the site in order that corrective action can be
taken. Contact details are shown below. Research is continuing
for further information which will be posted on the site as soon
as it is checked and confirmed.
First World War Casualties
The formal dates of the First World War as
recognised by the UK Government are between 4th August 1914 and
31st August 1921 inclusive, and any member of the UK and
Commonwealth/Empire Armed Services who died in this period, or
as a result of their service during this period, are officially
registered and commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (CWGC) either by an approved headstone on the grave,
or if this is not possible or practical, the name being
inscribed on a relevant Memorial to the Missing.
The
Devonshire Regiment
During the Great War the Devonshire Regiment was organised into
Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Labour, Works, Garrison,
Reserve and Graduated Battalions as
described here.
These Battalions earned a total of 57 Battle Honours during the
war and a list of these Honours can be
found
here.
Facts and Figures
A total of 354 officers
of the Devonshire Regiment lost their lives in the Great War and a detailed
analysis of these casualties can be viewed
here.
All, less three Non-Active List officers who died after 31st
August 1921, are buried or commemorated on
Memorials To The Missing throughout the world as official war
casualties.
206 officers are buried
or commemorated in France and 60 in Belgium. Other burials or commemorations are in
Egypt, Germany, India, Italy, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Russia, Salonika
and the USA. There are 28 officers buried in the UK and 2
officers were lost at sea.
72 officers of the Regiment
died whilst detached to other
Headquarters, Services, Units and fighting Battalions of other Regiments
and a list of these officers can be
viewed here.
A total of 20 officers of other Regiments
lost their lives in the Great War whilst serving with fighting Battalions
of the Devonshire Regiment. A list of their names and
details of their death can be
viewed here.
Project
Development
In addition to the basic sources of
information outlined on the main Project
Home Page, an enormous amount regarding the Devonshire
Regiment is available through the following organisations and
publications:
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Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (CWGC)
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"Officers Died in the Great War" (ODGW)
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The
Devonshire Regiment 1914 - 1918
1914-1919, Volumes 1 and 2, by C T Atkinson.
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British
Regiments 1914 - 1918: By Brigadier E A James
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Devonshire Regiment Museum, Wyvern
Barracks, Exeter
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The Keep Military Museum,
Dorchester (Devonshire Regiment)
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General Register Office (GRO) Index To War
Deaths 1914 - 1921, Army Officers
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Army Lists (1914
- 1921) (from the National Library of Scotland)
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Bond of Sacrifice
(Volumes 1 and 2)
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De Ruvigny's Roll
of Honour 1914 - 1918
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War Office
personal files held in Catalogues WO 339 and WO 374 at The
National Archives
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Medal Index
Cards held in Catalogue WO 372 at The National Archives
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Service Medal and Award Rolls
1914 - 1918 held in Catalogue WO 329 at The National
Archives
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Battalion War
Diaries and Histories (available in Catalogue WO95 at the
National Archives).
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British Trench Maps 1915 - 1918
(from the National Library of Scotland)
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National and Local
contemporary press.
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The Times Digital
Archive 1785 - 1985
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The Long, Long
Trail - Discovering the British Army and its Soldiers in the
Great War
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The
London Gazette.
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War Memorials and
commemorative plaques.
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The RAF Museum Archive (for RAF/RFC Casualty
Cards)
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The
Great War Forum
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The
Imperial War Museum National War Memorial Register
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The
National Army Museum
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The
Wartime Memories Project
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Ancestry.co.uk
- Military Records
These sources, with others, together form the
basis of the information regarding the
Roll of Honour of
Officers of the Devonshire Regiment who died in
the Great War.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
The CWGC commemorates those official
casualties who died in service, or died due to service, during
the First World War. The formal inclusive dates of the war are
between 4th August 1914 and 31st August 1921 and any member of
the UK and Commonwealth/Empire Armed Services who died during
this period are officially registered and commemorated by the
CWGC either by an approved headstone on the grave, or if this is
not possible or practical, the name being inscribed on a
Memorial to the Missing.
In December 2020, the Commission reviewed
their policy on amendments to the Casualty Database.
One of the outcomes of the review was that they would no longer
add awards to the database where there is no entitlement to
post-nominal letters. Therefore the recording of
"Mentioned in Despatches" would no longer be carried out.
There are some apparent
anomalies in the individual records in the Debt of Honour Register
maintained by the CWGC and these are
listed here with
the suggested corrective action taken, and the long term aim is to correct all of these
inaccuracies.
Officers of
Other Corps and Regiments Honoured and Remembered in this Website/Project
Also
recorded and honoured in this website/project are the names of
fallen officers
of the following Yeomanry, Royal Engineer and Infantry Regiments:
Site Author/Webmaster
The site author/webmaster can be contacted here:
fallenofficersofthegreatwar@gmail.com
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