Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment TF

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Cemeteries/Memorials	Notes
Died in 1916 (7 officers)
1	11th July	BRIGGS	Geoffrey Featherstone	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Southwest of Picantin	Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (II.B.22)	-
2	19th July	FRY	Leonard	2Lt	-	40	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix (I.G.9)	-
3	19th July	LANGFORD	William John	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64)	-
4	19th July	RUDMAN	Harold Ewart	Capt	-	32	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64)	-
5	29th July	EYRE	Henry Wright	Capt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at St Omer	Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (IV.A.22)	(1)
6	19th September	LEWIS	Clifford Stanley	Lt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.28)	(2)
7	8th December	BARON	Stephen Timmis	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	South of Grandcourt, Somme	Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension (M.43)	-
Died in 1917 (4 officers)
8	13th October	SHUTE	George Francis	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	German Hospital east of Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 6)	(3)
9	3rd December	BANWELL	Leonard Henry	2Lt	-	38	KIA	France	Near "Corner Work", north west of La Vacquerie	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 6)	-
10	3rd December	TRATMAN	Arnold Wigmore	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near "Corner Work", north west of La Vacquerie	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 6)	-
11	17th December	GURNEY	Kenneth Gerard	2Lt	-	30	POW	France	Ligny-en-Cambresis, south east of Cambrai	Honnechy British Cemetery (II.D.77)	(4)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2/6th Battalion (8 officers)
1	19th July 1916	FISON	Frank Henry	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (III.B.16)	Norfolk Regt
2	19th July 1916	MATHEWS	Anthony Edward	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (II.D.9)	Devon Regt
3	19th July 1916	MITCHELL	George James	2Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Loos Memorial (Panel 35 to 37)	Devon Regt
4	19th July 1916	SKEWES	Arthur Courtis	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles	Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (II.D.10)	Devon Regt
5	22nd August 1916	PRITCHARD	Richard	2Lt	-	29	DOW	UK	Queens Alexandra's Military Hospital, London	Brompton Cemetery, London (O.29356)	Devon Regt (5)
6	3rd May 1917	CLARK	Henry Featherstone	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	East of Holnon, west of St Quentin	Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon (II.J.14)	Devon Regt
7	2nd December 1917	RUTHVEN	William Logan	Major	-	38	KIA	France	Near "Corner Work", north west of La Vacquerie	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	East Yorks Regt
8	2nd December 1917	WATTS	William Kenworthy	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	Near "Corner Work", north west of La Vacquerie	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 4)	Norfolk Regt
Notes: 1. EYRE was wounded near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles on 19th July 1916. 2. LEWIS was wounded during a trench raid at Neuve Chapelle on 19th September 1916. 3. SHUTE was wounded and captured by the Germans on 29th September 1917 during a trench raid near Fampoux, east of Arras. 4. GURNEY was wounded and captured by the Germans at La Vacquerie on 2nd December 1917 and died of wounds at Ligny-en-Cambresis on 17th December 1917. He was originally buried in Selvigny German Cemetery and reburied at Honnechy in October 1922. 5. PRITCHARD was wounded near "Wick Salient", north west of Fromelles on 19th July 1916 and evacuated to the UK.

Battalion History

The 2/6th Battalion was formed at Bristol on 6th September 1914 as the Second Line unit of the 6th Battalion TF, from personnel of the Battalion who were not available for Imperial Service. Full Title - 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force). The Battalion was placed under command of 183rd Infantry Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in January 1915. The Battalion concentrated and began intensive combat at Northampton before moving to camps and training areas at Epping, Chelmsford, Keveldon, Maldon, Danbury and again at Epping, and then to Brentwood in late October 1915. In December 1915 the Battalion assisted in the digging of trenches in the Mountnessing area for the London Defence scheme. By May 1916 the Battalion was in camp at Tidworth and received ordered to proceed to France with the 61st (2nd South Midland) Division to join the BEF. The Battalion was moved by train to Southampton Docks on 23rd May 1916 and embarked on SS Margeurite and SS Bellerophon on 24th May and sailed for Le Harve, disembarking of 25th May. By 27th May the Battalion was at Busnes, southwest of Merville, before marching to La Croix Marmuse on 31st May. After intensive combat, physical and trench warfare training at Richebourg St Vaast the Battalion marched to Pont de Hem on 10th June to take over front line trenches in the "Moated Grange" Sector, southeast of Laventie, from 13th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

The Battalion served in France and Flanders (Fauquissart, Fromelles, Somme, Peronne, St Quentin, Ypres, Arras, Cambrai) with the 61st Division and a detailed history of the battles and operations undertaken by 61st Division can be viewed here. The Battalion was disbanded in France on 20th February 1918, personnel being transferred to 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and 24th Entrenching Battalion.

The Battalion earned 4 Battle Honours during the Great War: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, and Cambrai 1917.

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.