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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Devonshire Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

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Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   B

(35 officers)

 

BALDERSON, Henry Leslie Paxton

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment .   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Aged 24.

 

BALL, Richard Anthony

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 10th July 1916.   Aged 20.

 

BANES WALKER, Frederick Cecil

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th May 1915.   Aged 26.

 

BANFIELD, Ralph Gibbs

Lieutenant.   Retired (Sick) List.   Died of illness in UK on 10th October 1919.   Aged 23.

 

BARNETT, Walter

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.   Died of wounds in France on 22nd November 1918.   Aged 24.

 

BATES, Reginald Plumptre

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 10th March 1915.   Aged 25.

 

BAXTER, Gordon Eyre

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th October 1918.   Aged 28.

 

BAZALGETTE, William Thomas Arnold

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th May 1917.   Aged 20.   (Note 1)

 

BEAUMONT, John Barrie

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 20th October 1918.   Aged 21.

 

BEDDOW, Cyril Victor

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 1st July 1916.   Aged 19.

 

BEDFORD, Roland

Lieutenant, MC*.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 13th September 1918.   Aged 20.

 

BELL, Cuthbert Patrick

Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Italy on 23rd February 1918.   Aged 19.

 

BELLAMY, David Humphrey

Captain.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd April 1917.   Aged 22.

 

BELLAMY, Geoffrey George

Major.   Seconded to 4th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.   Died of wounds in France on 1st September 1918.   Aged 24.

 

BELLWOOD, Frank

Captain.  8th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 14th July 1916.   Aged 35.

 

BESLY, Barton Hope

Captain, MiD.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th October 1914.   Aged 35.

 

BINGHAM DAY, Thomas Hulkes

Lieutenant Colonel.   4th (Reserve) Battalion TF.   Died of illness in UK on 11th April 1917.   Aged 62.

 

BLAKE, John Morgan

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Aged 20.

 

BLUNT, Duncan Hamilton

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO.   CO 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 3rd October 1917.   Aged 39.

 

BOLITHO, Geoffrey Richard

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 4th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 25th October 1916.   Aged 23.

 

BOSWORTHICK, William Howard

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 7th November 1918.   Aged 19.

 

BOWHAY, Eustace Gilbert

Captain.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 8th March 1916.   Aged 26.

 

BOYD, Robert Colin

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 14th July 1916.   Aged 23.

 

BRAGG, Frederick John

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1/9th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment).   Died of wounds in Belgium on 25th September 1917.   Aged 23.

 

BREARLEY, Arthur Joseph

Captain.   Attached to "N" Special Company Royal Engineers.   Killed in action in Belgium on 20th June 1916.   Aged 27.

 

BRIDGEWATER, Arthur Sidney

Second Lieutenant, MC.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th October 1918.   Aged 28.

 

BRIDSON, John Paul Ridgway

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.   Aged 18.

 

BRISTOWE, Robert Owen

Lieutenant, MiD.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 10th March 1915.   Aged 26.

 

BROCK, Algernon Bertram

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26th October 1917.   Aged 21.

 

BROCK, Cecil Howard

Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 4th November 1918.   Aged 26.

 

BROMHAM, Charles Adolphus Row

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.   Killed in action in France on 17th October 1918.   Aged 44.

 

BRUTTON, Eric West

Lieutenant, MC.   Seconded to 25th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.   Killed in action in France on 14th April 1918.   Aged 22.

 

BUCKINGHAM, Thomas Noel

Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26th October 1917.   Aged 24.

 

BURNSIDE, George Frederick Carl

Captain.   Retired List.   Died in the USA on 26th September 1920.   Aged 35.

 

BURR, George

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 3rd Battalion Labour Corps.   Accidentally killed in UK on 6th June 1917.   Aged 45.

 

 

Note:   Bazalgette is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial but should properly be commemoraed on the Arras Memorial

 

 

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