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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source British Military Badges

Regimental Battle Honours Earned in the Great War

Copyright and source:   The Devonshire Regiment 1914 - 1918 by C T Atkinson

Battle Honours

The sheer scale of the Great War led to a previously unheard of number of Honours being awarded and it was simply impractical to emblazon every one of them on the Regimental Colour.   In September 1922 it was ordered that  Regiments should select up to 10 Honours to be emblazoned on their Regimental Colours along with previous awards, up to a total of  24.   This led to a storm of protest, since many Regiments would have had to remove previous Honours.    The order was therefore amended the following December, to allow each Regiment to select up to 10 Honours to be emblazoned on its King's/Queen's Colour, Honours from other conflicts continuing to be displayed on the Regimental Colour.   Honours in bold above are emblazoned on the Regimental Colours.

Regimental Officer Rolls of Honour

 

 

 

Roll of Honour by Surname

Surname - A

Surname - B

Surname - C

Surname - D

Surname - E

Surname - F

Surname - G

Surname - H

Surnames - I and J

Surname - K

Surname - L

Surname - M

Surname - N

Surname - O

Surname - P

Surname  -  Q

Surname - R

Surname - S

Surname - T

Surnames U and V

Surname - W

Surname - Y

 

After John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" was published in 1915, the poppy became the international symbol for the remembrance of those who died in battle

 

Poppy Fields

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

 

 

 

 

Page last updated:  19th February 2025

 

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| Regimental Rolls of Honour |

| Surname - A | Surname - B | Surname - C | Surname - D | Surname - E | Surname - F | Surname - G | Surname - H | Surnames - I and J |Surname - K  |

|Surname - L  | Surname - M | Surname - N  | Surname - O | Surname - P | Surname  -  Q | Surname - R | Surname - S | Surname - T | Surnames U and V | Surname - W | Surname - Y |

| Roll of Honour By Unit | 1st Battalion | 1st (Garrison) Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd (Reserve) Battalion | 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF | 1/4th Battalion TF | 3/4th Battalion TF |

 | 1/5th Battalion TF | 2/5th Battalion TF | 1/6th Battalion | 1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion TF | 8th (Service) Battalion | 9th (Service) Battalion | 10th (Service) Battalion |

| 15th Battalion TF | 16th (Devon Yeomanry) Battalion TFDetached Officers | Non-Active List Officers | Attached Officers |

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