Dorsetshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Dorsetshire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 6th (Service) Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	18th September	HOMAN	Claude Knox	Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Voormezeele Encl No. 3 (XI.A.5)	-
1916
2	15th February	COX	Robert William Talbot	2Lt	MiD	26	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres (I.K.9)
3	16th February	BLENCOWE	Ernest Cecil Blencowe	Capt	MiD	36	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	-
4	16th February	FITCH	Christopher Jack	Lt	-	42	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.K.9)	-
5	2nd March	BROAD	Alfred Evans	Lt	MC	26	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (1.A.21)	(1)
6	28th April	WEBSTER	Robert Bell	2Lt	-	27	AK	France	Near Armentieres	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (IX.G.24)	(2)
7	7th July	GOODALL	Cecil Clarence	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Mametz Wood, Somme	Serre Road Cemetery No 2 (XVII.F.6)	(3)
8	7th July	MOORE	Kenneth Hartley	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Mametz Wood, Somme	Serre Road Cemetery No 2 (XVII.F.5)	(4)
9	10th July	HUGHES-ONSLOW	Denzil	Major	-	52	KIA	France	Near Mametz Wood, Somme	Meaulte Military Cemetery (D.12)	-
10	10th July	CLARKE	Walter Stanley Arnold	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Contalmaison, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Panel 7B)	-
11	11th July	DAVIDSON	Gerald Louis	Lt	MC	30	DOW	France	CCS at Mericourt, Somme	Heilly Station Cemetery (I.E.12)	(5)
12	11th August	LINDOW	Edwin	2Lt	-	22	DOW	France	52 Fd Amb - near Mametz, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery Mametz (I.C.29)	(6)
13	24th August	FLEMING	Hugh Joseph	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Hebuterne, Somme	Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery (II.C.12)	-
14	8th November	AGELASTO	Augustus	Lt	MC, MiD	28	KIA	France	North of Lesboeufs	Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs (X.X.9)	(7)
1917
15	12th April	GOODMAN	Eric George	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Monchy-le-Preux	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	-
16	12th April	LEMON	Lionel Evelyn Theodore	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (Sp Mem A6)	-
17	12th April	SHAVE	Leslie Harrie	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (Sp Mem A5)	-
18	12th April	SPRANG	Frederick Williamson	Capt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (IV.C.14))	(8)
19	23rd April	PALMER	Francis Reginald	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	River Scarpe, near Fampoux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (Sp Mem B.7)	(9)
20	23rd April	TILLOTSON	John Lancelot	2Lt	MiD	19	KIA	France	River Scarpe, near Fampoux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (V.A.15)	(10)
21	14th May	HAMBLY	Dudley Charles	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	"Chemical Works", Fampoux	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	-
22	24th May	BARTON	Albert Ernest	Major	MiD	32	DOW	France	DS at Faubourg D'Amiens, Arras	Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery (V.F.23)	(11)
23	6th June	GIBBONS	John	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (XVII.D.21)	(12)
24	14th October	WARR	Thomas Edward	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (VII.B.30)	(13)
25	16th October	SAUNDERS	Clifford William	Capt	MC	29	KIA	Belgium	Near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 92)	-
26	10th November	ROWE	Stafford Gordon Garnet G T	Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Yser Canal, north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (VI.B.29)	-
1918
27	23rd March	McCASKIE	John	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Southwest of Havrincourt	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	-
28	25th March	GRAHAM-KING	Reginald	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Eaucourt L'Abbaye, near Le Sars	Warlencourt British Cemetery (VII.H.1)	(14)
29	26th March	HAMLEY	William Walter	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Doullens	Doullens Comm Cem Extn (III.A.7)	(15)
30	3rd April	JOHNS	Edward Tregonwell	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	Henencourt Wood, west of Albert	Bac du Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval (II.A.25)	-
31	24th April	MORLEY	Frederick Joseph	Major	DSO, MC, MiD*	26	DOW	France	Hospital at Wimereux	Wimereux Communal Cemetery (IV.A.4)	(16)
32	8th June	LEAT	Edwin John	2Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Near Beaumont-Hamel	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 48)	-
33	8th August	FORDE	Lionel Winnington	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Beaumont Hamel	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 48)	-
34	23rd August	MABEN	James Armstrong	Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Grandcourt, Somme	Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval (VIII.G.4)	(17)
35	28th August	WOODS	Frederick William	Lt	-	37	KIA	France	Near Flers	Bulls Road Cemetery, Flers (III.L.2)	-
36	11th October	GOODSON	Harold Walter	Capt	MC	23	KIA	France	Neuvilly near Le Cateau	Caudry British Cemetery (II.F.12)	(18)
37	11th October	JENKINS	William	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Neuvilly, near Le Cateau	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (II.E.4)	(19)
38	20th October	KENT	Charles Ronald	2Lt	MC	22	KIA	France	Neuvilly, near Le Cateau	Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extn (A.1)	-
39	20th October	SCHULZE	Hugh Lees	2Lt	-	37	KIA	France	Neuvilly, near Le Cateau	Neuvilly Communal Cemetery Extn (A.2)	-
40	23rd November	PARRISH	Harry Thorburn	2Lt	MC	31	DOW	France	Hospital at Le Treport	Mont Huon Military Cemetery (X.A.4)	(20)
1919
41	3rd February	ALLBON	Bernard Charles Jeeves	Capt	-	22	DOW	UK	Red Cross Hospital, Brighton	Bournemouth (Wimborne Rd) Cemetery (O.5.110S)	(21)
Notes: 1. BROAD was wounded near St Eloi on 16th February 1916. 2. WEBSTER was accidentally killed in the trenches near Armentieres. 3. GOODALL was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Bottom Wood, north of Fricourt, and reburied in Serre Road Cemetery No 2 in March 1928. 4. MOORE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Bottom Wood, north of Fricourt, and reburied in Serre Road Cemetery No 2 in March 1928. 5. DAVIDSON was wounded southwest of Mametz Wood on 9th July 1916. 6. LINDOW was wounded between Longueval and Delville Wood on 11th August 1916. 7. AGELASTO was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of lesboeufs and reburied in Guards cemetery in August 1919. He has only joined the unit from the UK on 2nd November 1916. 8. SPRANG was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Roeux and reburied at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery in October 1919. 9. PALMER is believed to be buried in this Cemetery, actual grave unknown. 10. TILLOTSON was originally buried in a battlefield grave south of Roeux and was reburied in Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery in February 1921. 11. BARTON was wounded near Gravelle on 24th May 1917. 12. GIBBONS was wounded at Roeux on 24th May 1917. 13. WARR was wounded (gassed) near Langemarck on 13th October 1917. 14. GRAHAM-KING was originally buried in a battlefield grave at Eaucourt L'Abbaye and was reburied in Warlencourt British Cemetery in July 1920. 15. HAMLEY was wounded near Hermies on 25th March 1918. 16. MORLEY was wounded near Beaucourt, Ancre, on 25th March 1918. 17. MABEN was originally buried in a battlefield grave southwest of Grandcourt and reburied at Connaught Cemetery in October 1919. 18. GOODSON was buried in a battlefield grave at Audencourt, west of Inchy, and was reburied at Caudry British Cemetery in December 1924. 19. JENKINS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Neuvilly, northwest of Le Cateau, and was reburied in Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in February 1920. 20. PARRISH was wounded at Neuvilly on 11th October 1918. 21. ALLBON was wounded near Inchy, northwest of Le Cateau on 10th October 1918 and evacuated to the UK.

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

6th (Service) Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment

Ref	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	31st March 1918	PETERSON	George Benjamin	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Henencourt Wood, west of Albert	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extn (IV.D.8)	(1)
2	1st April 1918	MORTIMER	Cyril Owen	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Henencourt Wood, west of Albert	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extn (IV.D.1)	(2)
3	10th July 1918	PRESTON	Leslie George	Capt	MC*	27	DOW	France	Near Beaumont-Hamel	Harponville Community Cemetery Extn (D.20)	(3)
4	8th August 1918	D'ALBERTANSON	Ronald	2Lt	MC	22	DOW	France	Near Beaumont-Hamel	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery (J.16)	(4)
5	27th August 1918	HOUGHTON	George	2Lt	-	36	KIA	France	Flers	Warlencourt British Cemetery (VII.G.22)	(5)
Notes: 1. PETERSON was detached from the East Yorks Regiment 2. MORTIMER was detached from the Indian Army Reserve of Officers. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Henencourt Wood and reburied in Ribemont Communal Cemetery in September 1919. 3. PRESTON was detached from the Royal West Kent Regiment. He was wounded near Beaumont-Hamel on 10th July 1918. 4. D'ALBERTANSON was detached from the East Surrey Regiment. He was wounded near Beaumont-Hamel on 8th August 1918. 5. HOUGHTON was detached from the West Yorks Regiment.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Dorchester on 6th September 1914 as part of "K2". Full title: 6th (Service) Battalion Dorchester Regiment. The Battalion assembled at, and soon reached its established strength and commenced training for active service at Wareham in September 1914, and was initially assigned to 17th (Northern) Division, as Divisional Troops. The Battalion was re-assigned to 50th Infantry Brigade, in the same Division, in March 1915, and moved to Romsey in May 1915 to complete combat training. The main elements of the Battalion embarked at Southampton on SS Cecilia for Boulogne on 13th July 1915 for service with the BEF. The Battalion served with distinction in France and Flanders with 17th (Northern) Division throughout the war. A history of the combat operations carried out by the Division during the war can be viewed here.

Regimental History

The Dorsetshire Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 as 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.

Analysis of 6 Bn Dorset Regt Officer Casualties

Year	Belgium	France	UK	Total
1915	1			1
1916	3	10		13
1917	2	10		12
1918		14		14
1919			1	1
TOTALS	6	34	1	41

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