Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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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 2nd Battalion

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915 (6 officers)
1	19th March	HARRISON	Henry Malcolm	Lt	-	36	DOW	Belgium	"New Farm", west of St Eloi	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery (C.13)	-
2	21st March	CROFT	Robert John	2Lt	-	39	KIA	Belgium	"New Farm", west of St Eloi	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery (C.14)	-
3	18th April	BRENAN	Byron Edward	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near "Hill 60", north of Zwarteleen	Ypres Town Cemetery (I.G.10)	-
4	9th May	GREENLAND	Charles Stirling Walter	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	DS south of Ypres	Bedford House Cemetery (E4.XI.C.4)	(1)
5	9th May	TULLOH	George Swinton	Lt Col	MiD	48	KIA	Belgium	"Sanctuary Wood", nearHooge	Bedford House Cemetery (E4.XI.C.11)	-
6	13th May	APLIN	Elphinstone D'Oyly	Lt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery (Nord) (I.1)	(2)
Died in 1916 (5 officers)
7	30th September	MEASDY	Thomas Percy	2Lt	-	33	KIA	Salonika	Bala, east of River Struma	Struma Military Cemetery (IV.D.2)	-
8	1st October	CAPEL CURE	Basil Alfred	Capt	-	22	DOW	Salonika	27th CCS at Lahana	Lahana Military Cemetery (I.A.1)	(3)
9	6th October	PRESTON	John Alex Stanley	Lt	-	38	DOW	Salonika	Military Hospital at Salonika	Salonika (Lembet Rd) Mil Cemetery (O.17)	(4)
10	7th December	GARNIER	Denys Keppel	Capt	-	36	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Struma	Struma Military Cemetery (V.J.5)	(5)
11	18th December	NIXON	Philip Henry	2Lt	-	25	DOW	Salonika	Military Hospital at Salonika	Salonika (Lembet Rd) Mil Cemetery (O.27)	(6)
Died in 1917 (1 officer)
12	4th May	BASDELL	Frank George	Lt	MiD	38	LAS	At Sea	SS Transylvania, off Savona, Mediterranean	Savona Memorial	-
Died in 1918 (1 officer)
13	23rd March	HAMMOND	Hugh Jerrold	Capt	-	26	DOW	Salonika	CCS at Stavros, east of Salonika	Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria (1752)	(7)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2ndBattalion (1 officer)
1	12th May 1915	RAYNER	George Biddulph	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	"Sanctuary Wood", near Hooge	Bedford House Cemetery (E4.XI.C.8)	Essex Regt
Notes: 1. GREENLAND was wounded at Sanctuary Wood, near Hooge on 6th May 1915 and killed by shell-fire whilst a patient in the Dressing Station at Bedford House. 2. APLIN was wounded at Sanctuary Wood, near Hooge, on 8th May 1915. 3. CAPEL CURE was wounded at Karajakois-Bala on 30th September 1916. 4. PRESTON was wounded at Karajakois-Bala on 30th September 1916. 5. GARNIER was wounded at Tumbitza Stream on 6th December 1916. 6. NIXON was wounded at Tumbitza Stream on 6th December 1916. 7. HAMMOND was wounded by a shell near "Bluff Camp", River Struma, on 18th March 1918.

Battalion History

Formed in 1881 as a regular Battalion from 61st Regiment of Foot. Full Title - 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. On declaration of war, the Battalion was serving in China and returned to UK on 8th November 1914. Assigned to 81st Infantry Brigade, 27th Division and arrived with the BEF in France on 23rd December 1914. Served in France and Flanders, Salonika, Bulgaria, South Russia.

8 Battle Honours, earned at: France and Flanders 1914 - 1915, Ypres 1915, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Macedonia 1915 - 1918 and Struma.

The Battalion was reconstituted as a regular unit and posted to India for Garrison duties on 2nd November 1919.

Regimental History

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