Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 3rd (Reserve) 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 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	20th March	BAYNES	Nigel William Francis	Major	-	37	DOI	UK	Westminster, London	Marlow (St Peter's) RC Churchyard (NW Corner)	(1)
Died in 1917
2	17th January	BUSH	Hugh Godfrey De Lisle	Lt	MiD	24	DOW	UK	Torquay, Devon	Eastington (St Michael's and All Angels) NW Part	(2)
Died in 1918
3	22nd September	BLOCK	Frederick James	Major	-	63	DOI	UK	Hove, Sussex	Hove Old Cemetery (B.J.29)	-
Died in 1919
4	6th March	DENNY	Thomas David William	Lt	MM	28	DOI	UK	Maidstone, Kent	Bearsted (Holy Cross) Churchyard (NW part)	(3)
5	6th August	BURGES	George Herbert	Col	CB, CBE, MiD	54	DOI	UK	Axbridge, Somerset	Warfield (St Michael's) Churchyard Ext (NE part)	(4)
Notes: 1. BAYNES was seriously wounded in action whilst serving with 1st Battalion at Festubert on 21st December 1914, evacuated to UK and placed on the Sick List. Died of pneumonia and complications from wounds. Posthumously promoted to Major from 2nd February 1915. 2. BUSH was seriously wounded in action whilst serving with 1st Battalion at Chalk Pit Wood, Loos on 6th October 1915. 3. DENNY had soldier service with 2nd Battalion in France and Flanders and then Salonika. 4. BURGES commanded the Battalion during the war years.

Battalion History

Formed in 1908 as the Regular Reserve Battalion of the Regiment, from the 3rd (Militia) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Full Title - 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.

On declaration of war, the Battalion was stationed at Horfield Barracks, Bristol, earmarked for Home Service duties and providing trained reinforcements to fighting Battalions. On mobilisation the Battalion was moved to Abbey Wood, London, to guard the Woolwich Arsenal and Thames Approaches and on to Gravesend in May 1915. The Battalion moved to the Sittingbourne-Maidstone area in May 1916 for duty with Thames and Medway Garrison.

After the war the Battalion returned to Bristol.

Regimental History

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