Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment TF

Died in 1915 (3 officers)
No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	30th May	YOUNG	Wilfrid Henry	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Belgium	Near Le Gheer, Ploegsteert Wood	Lancashire Cottage Cemetery (II.A.10)	(1)
2	22nd November	SCHWALM	Charles Edward	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Hebuterne, Somme	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.24)	-
3	26th November	IRVINE	Paget George	Capt	-	39	KIA	France	Near Hebuterne, Somme	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.23)	-
Died in 1916 (9 officers)
4	24th March	BRINDAL	Gladstone	2Lt	-	32	DOW	France	Hospital at Le Havre	St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (Div.19.U.4)	(2)
5	27th April	NOTT	Henry Paton	Lt	MiD	21	KIA	France	Near Hebuterne, Somme	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.17)	-
6	21st July	ELLIOTT	Gerald Ewen	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Ovillers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
7	22nd July	SMITH	Arthur Roughton	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	DS at Warloy-Baillon, west of Albert, Somme	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext (I.D.8)	(3)
8	23rd July	COATES	Cecil Evelyn	Major	-	31	KIA	France	East of Railway Line, west of Pozieres, Somme	Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.F.52)	-
9	23rd July	DILLON	George Charles Tracey	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	East of Railway Line, west of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
10	27th July	BIRD	Ernest Walter	Capt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Gezaincourt, south west of Doullens, Somme	Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext (I.D.12)	(4)
11	22nd August	GILMORE	John Kenneth	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	"Hindenburg Trench", south of Thiepval, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
12	22nd August	WOODFORD	Charles Basil Stanley	2Lt	-	39	KIA	France	"Hindenburg Trench", south of Thiepval, Somme	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial	(5)
Died in 1917 (9 officers)
13	24th February	PETERS	Gerard	2Lt	-	25	DOI	France	DS at Meharicourt, near Roye	Fouquescourt British Cemetery (III.J.5)	-
14	18th April	KING	Leonard	Lt	MC	27	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.51)	-
15	18th April	NOTT	Louis Cameron	Capt	MC	23	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.53)	-
16	18th April	NOTT	Thomas Walker	Lt Col	DSO, MiD	28	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.55)	-
17	24th April	BROWN	James Ferguson	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	"The Knoll", near Tombois Farm, north east of Lempire	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
18	24th April	PEARS	Norman	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"The Knoll", near Tombois Farm, north east of Lempire	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
19	15th August	FULLERTON	John Kenneth	Capt	MiD	20	DOW	Belgium	DS at DuHallow Camp, north of Ypres	DuHallow ADS Cemetery, N of Ypres (I.B.8)	(6)
20	9th October	HILL	Alexander Sidney	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	"Vacher Farm", south east of Poelcapelle	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
21	17th October	TITLEY	Richard Guy	Capt	MC	24	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Krombeke, north west of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (XII.F.17)	(7)
Died in 1918 (3 officers)
22	16th June	WILKINS	Mervyn Sydney	Lt	-	25	KIA	Italy	"Cesuna Switch", Magnaboschi, Asiago Plateau	Magnaboschi British Cemetery (2.C.1)	-
23	19th June	MILES	Jesse Samuel	2Lt	-	30	DOW	Italy	CCS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago Plateau	Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cem (4.C.2)	(8)
24	25th October	GARNHAM	Percival	2Lt	-	28	DOI	Italy	CCS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago Plateau	Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cem (8.C.2)	-
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1/6th Battalion (TF) (7 officers)
1	23rd July 1916	BALDERSON	Henry Leslie Paxton	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	East of Railway Line, west of Pozieres, Somme	Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.G.43)	(9)
2	23rd July 1916	CORBETT	Harry	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	East of Railway Line, west of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 1C)	(10)
3	23rd July 1916	PARAMORE	Robert Edward Pynsent	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	East of Railway Line, west of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 1C)	(11)
4	18th April 1917	BURDESS	Rev Matthew Forster	Capt	-	39	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.50)	(12)
5	18th April 1917	GERRARD	Robert Finlay	Major	MiD	29	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.54)	(13)
6	18th April 1917	HARRISON	Everard	Capt	-	37	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, north west of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.52)	(14)
7	27th June 1917	DODSON	Henry Howard	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near Hermies, east of Bapaume	Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Ext (IV.B.10)	(15)
Notes: 1. YOUNG was wounded near Le Gheer on 30th May 1915. 2. BRINDAL was wounded during a German attack at Hebuterne on 18th March 1916. 3. SMITH was wounded near Ovillers on 21st July 1916. 4. BIRD was wounded near Pozieres on 23rd July 1916. 5. WOODFORD should properly be commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. 6. FULLERTON was wounded northeast of Ypres on 14th August 1917. 7. TITLEY was wounded at Vacher Farm, southeast of Poelcapelle, on 9th October 1917. 8. MILES was wounded at "Cesuna Switch", northeast of Magnaboschi on 16th June 1918. 9. BALDERSON was detached from the Devonshire Regiment. 10. CORBETT was detached from the Devonshire Regiment. 11. PARAMORE was detached from the Devonshire Regiment. 12. BURDESS was detached from the Army Chaplains' Department. 13. GERRARD was detached from the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). 14. EVERARD was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps and was the Battalion Medical Officer. 15. DODSON was detached from the Hampshire Regiment.

Battalion History

The 6th Battalion was formed at Bristol in 1908 following the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, as the 6th Battalion Territorial Force (formerly the 3rd Volunteer Battalion). The Battalion formed a 1st Line unit (1/6th Battalion) and a 2nd Line unit (2/6th Battalion) at Bristol in September 1914. A 3rd Line unit (3/6th Battalion) was formed later at Bristol in early 1915.

The 1/6th Battalion was assigned to 144th Infantry Brigade, 48th (1st South Midland) Division in August 1914 and was initially moved to Swindon and later in the month to Malden, Essex for intensive combat training. The Battalion was deployed to the BEF in France arriving at Boulogne on 29th March 1915. The Battalion served with distinction in France and Flanders, and Italy.

The Battalion earned 11 Battle Honours during the Great War: France and Flanders 1915 - 1917, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Pozieres, Broodseinde, Poelcapelle, Italy 1917 - 18, Piave, Vittorio-Veneto.

After the war the Battalion served in Albania, Montenegro and Egypt performing Garrison and security duties before returning to Bristol in March 1920. It was reformed and re-equipped as 44th Royal Tank Regiment in November 1941, later redesignated 44th Tank Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps.

A detailed history of the 6th battalion TF can be viewed here.

Regimental History

The Gloucestershire Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw the amalgamation of the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot and the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. These two units became respectively the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Horfield Barracks, Bristol. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Gloucestershire as Battalions of the Regiment - the Royal South Gloucestershire Militia forming the 3rd (Militia) Battalion and the Royal North Gloucestershire Militia forming the 4th Militia Battalion. The 1st (City of Bristol) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers formed the 1st (City of Bristol) Volunteer Battalion and the 2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers forming the 2nd Volunteer Battalion.

In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the two Militia Battalions were reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the three Volunteer Battalions (the 3rd Volunteer Battalion had been formed in 1900) were reformed the 4th, 5th and 6th Battalions of the Regimental Territorial Force (TF). After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and at various stages up to 1st July 1918, the Gloucestershire Regiment had formed, disbanded or re-constituted up to 27 Regular, Territorial Force, Service and Reserve Battalions.

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

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