Dorsetshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Dorsetshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1914
1	17th November	MERCER	Archibald Ariel	Major	-	39	KIA	Mespot	Sahil, River Shat-el-Arab, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.Q.20)	-
2	17th November	MIDDLETON	Frank	Capt	-	39	KIA	Mespot	Sahil, River Shat-el-Arab, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.Q.21)	-
3	21st November	MAXWELL-MOFFAT	Alexander Logan Nathan	Lt	-	24	DOW	Mespot	Hospital At Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.D.5)	(1)
1915
4	14th April	CUSHNY	Donald	Lt	-	22	KIA	Mespot	Shaiba, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.E.20)	-
5	14th April	KENDALL	John Hayward	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Mespot	Shaiba, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.E.19)	-
6	14th April	ROSHER	Henry Louis	Lt Col	MiD	49	KIA	Mespot	Shaiba, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.E.18)	-
7	15th April	REID	William Leonard	Capt	-	24	DOW	Mespot	CCS at Shaiba, near Basra	Basra War Cemetery (III.E.21)	(2)
8	14th June	FRASER	William Augustus Cumming	Major	-	44	DOI	Mespot	Hospital at Basra	Basra War Cemetery (V.B.9)	(3)
9	10th October	SYMES	Charles William	Capt	-	30	DOI	Mespot	Hospital at Amara	Amara War Cemetery (V.D.1)	-
10	24th December	CORRALL	Arthur	2Lt	-	37	DOW	Mespot	Hospital at Kut Al Amara	Kut War Cemetery (R.6)	(4)
1916
11	2nd March	BAILLIE	Humphrey John	Lt	MC	23	KIA	Mespot	Kut Al Amara	Kut War Cemetery (N.6)	-
12	23rd March	OGLE	Thomas Burton	2Lt	-	30	KIA	Mespot	Kut Al Amara	Basra Memorial (Panels 22/63)	-
13	12th April	DIXON	Robert Archibald	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Mespot	Kut Al Amara	Basra Memorial (Panels 22/63)	-
14	24th April	LITSTER	Hugh Sinclair	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Mespot	CCS at Amara	Amara War Cemetery (VI.E.9)	(5)
15	24th April	NESBITT	Terence Beale	2Lt	-	18	DOW	Mespot	Steamer en route to Basra on R Tigris	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	(6)
1917
16	25th March	GRIFFITH	Alix James William	Lt	-	22	KIA	Mespot	Shahraban, near Baghdad	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	-
17	25th March	HODGSON	John Solomon Riddell	Lt	-	20	KIA	Mespot	Shahraban, near Baghdad	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	-
18	25th March	SHEFFIELD	Lancelot Hull	2Lt	-	37	KIA	Mespot	Shahraban, near Baghdad	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	-
19	25th March	THOMSON	Wilfred Burrell	Capt	MC	22	KIA	Mespot	Shahraban, near Baghdad	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	(7)
20	26th July	BLANCHARD	Neville	2Lt	-	36	DOI	Mespot	Hospital at Amara	Amara War Cemetery (XIV.A.3)	(8)
21	26th October	HACKER	Norman	Capt	-	27	AK	Mespot	Baghdad	Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery (IV.A.8)	(9)
1918
22	14th December	BULL	Arthur Henry	2Lt	-	?	DOI	Egypt	Hospital at Cairo	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (Q.181)	(10)
1920
23	19th April	EVERTON	Bird	Lt	MiD	30	A	UK (NI)	Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry	Londonderry City Cemetery (SB.613)	(11)
Notes: 1. MAXWELL-MOFFAT was wounded at Sahil, River Shat-el-Arab, south of Basra on 17th November 1914. 2. REID was wounded at Shaiba on 14th April 1915. 3. FRASER died of heat stroke. 4. CORRALL was wounded at ? on ? 5. LITSTER was wounded at Sannaiyat on 21st April 1916. 6. NESBITT was wounded at Sannaiyat on 21st April 1916 and died as a patient aboard a steamer en route to Basra. 7. There are reports that THOMSON was taken POW on 25th March 1917 and may well have died in the Kirkuk area on 22nd April 1917. 8. BLANCHARD died of ? 9. HACKER was accidentally killed at Baghdad on 26th October 1917. 10. BULL died of ? 11. EVERTON was accidentally killed when he was crushed between two armoured cars whilst attempting a tow.

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

2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	22nd November 1915	MORTIMORE	Owen John	Capt	-	37	KIA	Mespot	Ctesiphon	Basra Memorial (Panel 22/63)	(1)
2	27th November 1915	SWEETMAN	Michael James Joseph	Major	MiD**	51	DOW	Mespot	CCS at Kut Al Amara	Kut War Cemetery (L.9)	(2)
3	11th December 1915	JOY	Thomas Cyril Bruce	Capt	-	29	KIA	Mespot	Kut Al Amara	Kut War Cemetery (K.25)	(3)
Notes: 1. MORTIMORE was detached from the Devonshire Regiment. 2. SWEETMAN was detached from the Worcestershire Regiment. He was wounded at Ctesiphon on 22nd November 1915. 3. JOY was detached from the Devonshire Regiment.

Battalion History

On the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the 2nd Battalion was based at Poona, India, part of 16th Indian Brigade, Poona Division. On the 6th November 1914 the Battalion landed at Fao, Persian Gulf, for operations in Mesopotamia, as part of Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’. On 29 April 1916 the Battalion was captured at Kut-el-Amara when Major-General Charles Townshend surrendered the British and Indian Forces who were under siege in that city. During the siege at Kut, 7th December 1915 to 29 April 1916 , a composite battalion, composed of returned wounded and other details from the 2nd Dorsets and 2nd Norfolks, was formed at El Orah. It was called the “English Composite Battalion” or the “Norsets” and was under command of the 21st Indian Brigade, 7th Indian Division. It was broken up on 21st July 1916 and the 2nd Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment was re-established. The Battalion transferred to 9th Indian Brigade, 3rd (Lahore) Division in January 1917 and moved to Egypt in April 1918 and then on to Palestine and Syria. The Battalion was reconstituted as a Regular Battalion after the war. A detailed history of the operations and major actions undertaken by the Indian Expeditionary Force 'D' can be viewed here.

Regimental History

The Dorsetshire Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881, part of the Childers Reforms, which saw the amalgamation of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. These two units became respectively the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Depot Barracks, Dorchester. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Dorsetshire as Battalions of the Regiment - the Dorsetshire Militia forming the 3rd (Militia) Battalion and the 1st Dorsetshire RVC forming the 1st Volunteer Battalion. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalion was reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the 1st Volunteer Battalions formed the 4th 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 Dorchester Regiment constituted of up to 14 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Home Service, Garrison and Reserve Battalions.

A detailed history of the Dorsetshire Regiment can be viewed here and here.

Page last updated: 18th May 2024

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