Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 9th (Service) 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 9th (Service) Battalion

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914 (1 officer)
1	3rd November	McARTHUR	Hugh Dayrell	2Lt	-	26	A	UK	Temple Meads Railway Station, Bristol	Brompton Cemetery (W1.172677)	(1)
Died in 1917 (3 officers)
2	6th March	IRWIN	Richard Nynian	Lt	-	19	KIA	Salonika	Near Doljeli, south west of Lake Doiran	Karasouli Military Cemetery (C.565)	-
3	26th April	GRIFFITHS	Walter Edward Lambourn	Capt	-	22	KIA	Salonika	Jumeaux Ravine, south of Doiran	Karasouli Military Cemetery (A.109)	-
4	18th May	BARRATT	Harold Charles Edward	2Lt	-	21	DOW	Salonika	Military Hospital at Salonika	Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery (O.35)	(2)
Died in 1918 (2 officers)
5	29th October	HOWARD	Gilbert Gordon	Lt	-	21	DOW	France	41st CCS at Roisel	Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension (I.E.15)	(3)
6	23rd December	HAWKER	Albert Victor	Lt	-	26	DOI	France	Hospital at Marseilles	Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles (III.B.51)	-
Notes: 1. McARTHUR was killed in an accident at Bristol (Temple Meads) Railway Station. 2. BARRATT was wounded near "Hampshire Ridge", Lake Doiran on 8th May 1917. 3. HOWARD was wounded near Le Cateau on 27th October 1918.

Battalion History

Formed at Horfield Barracks, Bristol as a Service battalion in September 1914, as part of "K3". Full Title - 9th (Service) Battalion. Assigned to 78th Infantry Brigade, 26th Division. Arrived with the BEF in France on 21st September 1915. Served in France and Flanders, then departed for Salonika, arriving 25th November 1915. Served at Tumba, Doiran, Doljeli, Jumeaux Ravine. Returned to France and Flanders on 16th July 1918 and assigned to 198th Infantry Brigade, 66th Division. Became Pioneer Battalion to 66th Division on 22nd September 1918 and served at Cambrai and The Selle.

The Battalion was disbanded on the Rhine in November 1919.

6 Battle Honours - earned at: France and Flanders 1915-1918, Macedonia 1915-1918, Doiran 1917, Cambrai 1918, Hindenburg Line, Selle.

Regimental History

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