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	Near Fauquissart, south east of Laventie	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 Cem (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, south west of Laventie 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. 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

Formed at Bristol as the Second Line unit of the 6th Battalion in September 1914. Full Title - 2/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force). Assigned to 183rd Infantry Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in January 1915. Arrived with the BEF in France in May 1916. Served in France and Flanders (Fauquissart, Somme, Peronne, St Quentin, Ypres, Arras, Cambrai).

4 Battle Honours, earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, and Cambrai 1917.

The Battalion was disbanded in France on 20th February 1918, personnel being transferred to 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and 24th Entrenching Battalion.

Regimental History

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