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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 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean)(Pioneers)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916 (3 officers)
1	30th June	MILES	Allan Oswald	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	"Boar's Head", south of Neuve Chapelle	Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64)	-
2	3rd September	BENNETT	Reginald	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near St Pierre Divion, north east of Thiepval	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
3	13th October	DRAKE	Percy Albert	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Schwaben Redoubt, north of Thiepval	Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile (VII.A.4)	-
Died in 1917 (2 officers)
4	3rd July	FRAMPTON	John Reginald	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Near St Jean, north east of Ypres	Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (IV.B.9)	-
5	31st July	EATON	Harold	2Lt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	Near St Julien, north east of Ypres	DuHallow ADS Cemetery, N of Ypres (I.A.35)	-
Died in 1918 (8 officers)
6	23rd March	BURTON	Charles Harold	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Herbecourt, west of Peronne, Somme	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 40 and 41)	-
7	30th March	CALCUTT	Albert Birch	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Aubercourt, south east of Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 40 and 41)	-
8	30th March	DANNE	Arthur William Brian	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Aubercourt, south east of Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 40 and 41)	-
9	30th March	HARVEY	Henry Burnett	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Aubercourt, south east of Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 40 and 41)	-
10	30th March	HILLIER	Geoffrey Stuart Drummond	Capt	MiD	23	KIA	France	Near Aubercourt, south east of Villers-Bretonneux	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 40 and 41)	-
11	26th April	HAGUE	Leonard	2Lt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	"The Bluff", west of Battle Wood, south east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
12	26th April	HOMER	William Howard Claude	Lt	MC	31	KIA	Belgium	"The Bluff", west of Battle Wood, south east of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
13	26th April	HOWMAN	Henry Roger	Major	MiD	40	KIA	Belgium	"The Bluff", west of Battle Wood, south east of Ypres	Perth Cemetery (China Wall) E of Ypres (I.G.25)	-

Battalion History

The brass “collar dog” insignia worn by men of Pioneer Battalions in the British Expeditionary Force. The design is of a crossed rifle and pick, representing the battalion's dual fighting and labouring role.

The Battalion was formed at Malvern as a Service Battalion in December 1914, by Lt Col Sir Henry Webb, MP. The unit was accepted for service and adopted by the War Office on 12th July 1915. Full Title - 13th (Service) Battalion (Forest of Dean) (Pioneers).

Assigned to 39th Division on 15th August 1915 as Divisional Pioneers. Arrived with the BEF in France on 3rd March 1916. Served in France and Flanders (La Bassee, Somme, Ypres, Somme, Kemmel).

The Battalion was reduced to cadre strength on 6th May 1918 when 39th Division was assigned to the training of US troops and was transferred to 197th Infantry Brigade, 66th Division on 16th June 1918 and deployed to Lines of Communication duties with 197th Brigade. The Battalion disbanded in France during December 1918.

Battle Honours, 9 earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Somme 1916 and 1918, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Pilckem, St Quentin, Rosieres and Kemmel.

Regimental History

Detailed regimental history of the Gloucestershire Regiment can be viewed here, here and here.

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