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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

Those Officers of The Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War

Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914 (15 officers)
1	26th August	SHIPWAY	Guy Maxwell	Capt	-	37	DOW	France	Rue de Bois, south east of Landrecies	Etreux Communal Cemetery (50/51)	(1)
2	14th September	SWANWICK	Russell Kenneth	Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Near Troyon, Chemin des Dames	Vendresse British Cemetery (III.K.4)	-
3	22nd October	TEMPLE	William Arthur Mould	Capt	-	42	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Lijssenthoek	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (XXXI.D.19)	(2)
4	23rd October	HIPPISLEY	Harold Edwin	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	North of Langemarck, south west of Koekuit	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
5	23rd October	YALLAND	William Stanley	Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	North of Langemarck, south west of Koekuit	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
6	29th October	FOSTER	Herbert Knollys	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	East of Gheluvelt	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
7	30th October	HARDING	Arthur Dennis	Lt	-	22	DOW	Belgium	DS at Ypres	Ypres Town Cemetery (E2.10)	(3)
8	31st October	GARDNER	Robert MacGregor Stewart	Major	MiD	44	KIA	Belgium	West of Gheluvelt	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
9	2nd November	McLEOD	Archibald Alastair	Capt	-	37	KIA	Belgium	Herenthage Chateau, west of Gheluvelt	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
10	7th November	KERSHAW	Milton	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	Near Zwarteleen	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 34)	-
11	7th November	RISING	Robert Edward	Major	DSO, MiD	43	DOW	Belgium	DS at Zillebeke	Zillebeke Churchyard (E.5)	(4)
12	22nd December	DANCKWERTS	Richard William	Lt	-	21	DOW	France	DS at Festubert	Brown's Road Mil Cemetery, Festubert (VII.D.9)	(5)
13	22nd December	WALTERS	Edward Charles	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	South east of Festubert	Brown's Road Mil Cemetery, Festubert (VII.D.7)	-
14	23rd December	WIGGIN	Douglas Holme	Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS at Lillers	Lillers Communal Cemetery Ext (A.25)	(6)
15	26th December	PRITCHETT	Walter Penrose	Capt	MiD	35	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (I.C.5)	(7)
Died in 1915 (9 officers)
16	2nd January	HERBERT	Malcolm Cavagnari Norton	Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS at Lillers	Lillers Communal Cemetery Ext (A.27)	(8)
17	25th January	GEORGE	William King	Capt	-	33	KIA	France	East of Givenchy	Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy (I.J.9)	-
18	25th January	RICHMOND	Harold Christopher	Capt	MiD	34	KIA	France	East of Givenchy	Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy (I.J.18)	-
19	25th January	LESLIE	William Robert Norman	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"Pont Fixe", south west of Givenchy	Brown's Road Mil Cemetery, Festubert (V.H.3)	-
20	9th May	BRODIGAN	Francis John	Capt	-	31	KIA	France	South east of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 17)	-
21	9th May	LAWRENCE	Frank Helier	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	South east of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 17)	-
22	25th September	CLAIRMONTE	George Egerton	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	North of "Bois Hugo", near Loos	Loos British Cemetery (VII.A.6)	-
23	11th October	BROWN	Lawrence Clerke	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	"Chalk Pit Wood", near Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64)	-
24	13th October	SCOTT	Roger Douglas	Major	-	34	KIA	France	North of "Chalk Farm Pit", near Loos	Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos (IV.A.20)	-
Died in 1916 (11 officers)
25	25th February	HEATH	William Rufus Kennard	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	"Hart's Crassier", south of Loos	St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (III.C.32)	-
26	12th March	DURANT	Norman	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	"Double Crassier", south west of Loos	Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay (I.F.44)	-
27	16th April	OLDS	Cyril Austin	2Lt	DCM	21	KIA	France	"Double Crassier", south west of Loos	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	(9)
28	25th July	HART	Reginald Munro	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	North of Contalmaison, Somme	Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery (II.D.5)	(10)
29	21st August	ALCOCK	Alfred	2Lt	-	31	KIA	France	"High Wood", near Bazentin le Petit, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
30	8th September	BROWN	Alan Francis Donald	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"High Wood", near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
31	8th September	PARNELL	John Atherton Parnell	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	"High Wood", near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (I.F.59)	-
32	8th September	PEATE	John	Lt	--	26	KIA	France	"High Wood", near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
33	9th September	COCKETT	Edward Alan	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Heilly Station, Mericourt, Somme	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt (IV.F.2)	(11)
34	9th September	WAKELEY	John Eric Stanley	2Lt	MiD	20	DOW	France	CCS at Heilly Station, Mericourt, Somme	Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt (IV.F.3)	(12)
35	22nd September	BACK	Horace Aubrey	2Lt	-	35	KIA	France	"Cork Alley", east of High Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (I.E.35)	-
Died in 1917 (5 officers)
36	15th March	BEALE	Robert Anthony	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Barleux, south west of Peronne	Assevillers New British Cemetery (XII.D.9)	-
37	30th March	GRANGER	Frederick Collins	2Lt	MC, MiD	37	DOW	France	Hospital at Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.B.5.24)	(13)
38	19th July	CLAYTON	Charles Cam Thackwell	2Lt	-	19	DOW	Belgium	DS at Coxyde, south west of Nieupoort	Coxyde Military Cemetery (I.A.5)	(14)
39	10th November	HARMAN	Cecil Rochfort	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Goudberg, north west of Passchendaele	Div Collecting Post Cemetery, Ypres (I.B.15)	-
40	11th November	PRIESTLEY	Charles Lacey	Capt	-	20	DOW	Belgium	DS near Wieltje, east of St Jean	Oxford Road Cemetery, NE of Ypres (V.E.14)	(15)
Died in 1918 (7 officers)
41	8th March	WARREN	Ivan John	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Haringhe, west of Ypres	Haringhe (Bandaghem) Mil Cemetery (I.C.2)	(16)
42	18th April	COX	Lupton John	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"Route A Keep", north of Festubert	Gorre British Cemetery (V.A.28)	-
43	18th April	HUDSON	Godfrey Burnside	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Festubert Support", south of Festubert	Gorre British Cemetery (V.A.27)	-
44	19th April	VAISEY	Guy Maddison	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS at Pernes, west of Bethune	Pernes British Cemetery (I.C.25)	(17)
45	4th June	TEMPLER	Claude Frank Lethbridge	Capt	MiD	22	KIA	France	Near Auchy, east of Bethune	Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64)	-
46	1st November	SKEMP	Arthur Rowland	Lt	-	36	KIA	France	Near Mazingheim, Sambre Canal	Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau (II.C.18)	-
47	12th November	MALLETT	Phillip	Capt	MC, MiD	33	DOW	France	8th Gen Hosp, Rouen	St Sever Cemetery Ext, Rouen (S.V.I.10)	(18)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion (8 officers)
1	29th October 1914	BURN	Arthur George McCausland	Capt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	East of Gheluvelt	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 34)	(19)
2	18th January 1915	WOOD	Colin Richards	Capt	-	24	KIA	France	"Pont Fixe", south west of Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panels 31 and 32)	(20)
3	9th May 1915	DE TRAFFORD	Reginald Francis	Lt	-	23	DOW	France	DS at Le Touret	Le Touret Military Cemetery (II.D.10)	(21)
4	9th May 1915	HEFFERNAN	William Patrick	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	South east of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 11 and 12)	(22)
5	25th September 1915	MONTGOMERY	Robert	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	North of "Bois Hugo", near Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 136)	(23)
6	15th October 1915	CHAMBERS	Robert Avalon Montague	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS at Lapugnoy	Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (I.D.58)	(24)
7	18th September 1918	KIRKLAND	James Towers	Capt	MC	36	KIA	France	Maissemy Ridge, near St Quentin	Hancourt British Cemetery (F.21)	(25)
8	22nd November 1918	BARNETT	Walter	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	Hospital at Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (S.V.I.1)	(26)
Notes: 1. SHIPWAY was wounded by sniper fire on 26th August 1914 near Landrecies and died before evacuation to medical facilities. 2. TEMPLE was wounded near Koekuit on 21st October 1914. 3. HARDING was wounded at Gheluvelt on 29th October 1914. 4. RISING was wounded at Zwarteleen on 7th November 1914. 5. DANCKWERTS was wounded at Festubert on 22nd December 1914. 6. WIGGIN was wounded at Festubert on 22nd December 1914. 7. PRITCHETT was wounded at Festubert on 22nd December 1914. 8. HERBERT was wounded at Festubert on 22nd December 1914. 9. OLDS should be commemorated on Loos Memorial. 10. HART was wounded near Ovillers on 25th July 1916. 11. COCKETT was wounded at "High Wood" on 8th September 1916. 12. WAKELEY was wounded at "High Wood" on 8th September 1916. 13. GRANGER was wounded near Barleux on 15th March 1917. 14. CLAYTON was wounded near Nieupoort on 11th July 1917. 15. PRIESTLEY was wounded near Goudberg on 11th November 1917. 16. WARREN was wounded at "Meunier House" near Poelcapelle on 6th March 1918. 17. VAISEY was wounded near Le Plantin on 18th April 1918. 18. MALLETT was wounded near Mazinghein, Sambre Canal, on 31st October 1918. Contracted influenza/pneumonia whilst in hospital. 19. BURN was detached from the East Surrey Regiment. 20. WOOD was detached from the Middlesex Regiment. 21. DE TRAFFORD was detached from The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). He was wounded near Richebourg L'Avoue on 9th May 1915. 22. HEFFERNAN was detached from the Royal Irish Regiment. 23. MONTGOMERY was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps and was the Battalion Medical Officer. 24. CHAMBERS was detached from the Hampshire Regiment. He was wounded near Loos on 13th October 1915. 25. KIRKLAND was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps and was the Battalion Medical Officer. 26. BARNETT was wounded at Catillon, River Sambre, on 4th November 1918.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed in 1881 as a regular Battalion from 28th Regiment of Foot. Full Title - 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. On the Declaration of War the Battalion was stationed at Bordon as part of 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division. Deployed with the BEF to France on 12th August 1914. Served with great distinction in France and Flanders throughout the war with 3rd Brigade, 1 Division. A detailed history of the operations and battles carried out by the Division during the war can be viewed here.

The Battalion earned 31 Battle Honours during the war: France and Flanders 1914 - 1915, Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 and 1917, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Boschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 and 1918, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Arras 1918, Messines 1917, Passchendaele, Lys, Estaires, Bethune, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, Sambre.

After the war, the Battalion was posted to the Cologne area to perform security and garrison duties in the Army of Occupation and reconstituted as a regular Battalion. It was moved to Ireland in December 1920.

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 amalgamated, 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 as 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.