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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 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector/Area	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916 (5 officers)
1	8th June	BUTT	Harry Alfred	Capt	-	40	KIA	France	"Pope's Nose", near Neuve Chapelle	Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (I.C.11)	-
2	8th June	ROBERTS	Gerald Chipchase	Lt Col	MiD	42	KIA	France	"Pope's Nose", near Neuve Chapelle	Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (I.B.12)	-
3	18th July	STAGG	Edward Christopher	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Trones Wood, south west of Guillemont, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 5A and 5B)	-
4	30th August	CRAWLEY-BOEVEY	Thomas Russell	Capt	-	36	DOW	France	CCS at La Neuville, Corbie, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie (II.B.11)	(1)
5	25th October	COLTHURST	Arthur Beadon	Capt	-	46	KIA	France	Near "Bosky Redoubt", north east of Arras	Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras (I.H.14)	-
Died in 1917 (5 officers)
6	21st August	PARSONS	Hardy Falconer	2Lt	VC	20	KIA	France	"The Knoll", north east of Lempire, Epehy	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (A.16)	-
7	25th August	TRATMAN	Francis Victor	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Tombois Farm, north east of Lempire, Epehy	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (A.14)	-
8	22nd October	WALLER	Thomas Henry Whalley	Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	"Panama House", south of Houlthulst Forest	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
9	22nd October	WOMAR	Frederick	2Lt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	"Panama House", south of Houlthulst Forest	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
10	23rd October	BAKER	Walter	Capt	MC	21	DOW	Belgium	47 CCS at Krombeke, north west of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe (IX.C.17)	(2)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 14th (Service) Battalion (1 officer)
1	19th July 1916	LEES	Percival Booth	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Trones Wood, southwest of Guillemont, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 7C and 7B)	Hants Regt
Notes: 1. CRAWLEY-BOEVEY was wounded at Lamb Trench, north east of Trones Wood, near Guillemont, Somme on 22nd August 1916. 2. BAKER was wounded at "Panama House" south west of Houlthulst Forest on 22nd October 1917.

Battalion History

Formed at Bristol as a "Bantam" Service Battalion on 22nd April 1915 by the Citizens' Recruiting Committee. Adopted by the War Office for all purposed in August 1915. Full Title - 14th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (West of England).

Assigned to 105th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Division in June 1915. Arrived with the BEF in France on 30th January 1916. Served in France and Flanders (Neuve Chapelle, Somme, Arras, Roye, St Quentin, Ypres).

Battalion was disbanded on11th February 1918, with personnel being transferred to 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and 12th Entrenching Battalion.

5 Battle Honours, earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Somme 1916, Bazentin, Passchendaele.

Regimental History

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

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