Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died During WW2 Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1942 (8 officers)
1	7th March	MATTHEWS	Peter Howard Nevill	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Burma	Taukkyan, N of Rangoon	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
2	7th March	MIDDLETON-WEST	John James	Capt	-	28	KIA	Burma	Taukkyan, N of Rangoon	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
3	7th March	PITCHFORD	Charles Jack	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Burma	Taukkyan, N of Rangoon	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
4	27th March	FORREST	Glynn Neville	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Burma	Paungde, NW of Taukkyan	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
5	27th March	HOLLINGTON	Robert Luckett	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Burma	Paungde, NW of Taukkyan	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
6	29th March	MORTON	Arthur Victor	Maj	-	47	KIA	Burma	Schwedaung, SW of Pyay	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
7	17th April	BRADFORD	Raymond Howard	Maj	-	-	KIA	Burma	Yenangyaung. W of Meikttila	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
8	19th April	JOHNSON	Richard Victor Guy Neville	Capt	MC	28	KIA	Burma	R Irrawaddy, N of Yenangyaung	Rangoon Memorial (Face 12)	-
Officers Of Other Regiments Who Died During WW2 Whilst Attached to the 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
1	11th July 1945	COTTLE	Harold Edgar	Lt	-	29	DOI	India	Lohardaga, W of Ranchii	Ranchi War Cemetery (4.A.4)	Wilts Regt

Battalion History

Formed in 1881 as a regular Battalion from 28th Regiment of Foot. Full Title - 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. On declaration of war on 4th August 1914 the Battalion was stationed at Bordon as part of 3rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Division. Arrived in France with the BEF on 12th August 1914. Served in France and Flanders throughout the war.

31 Battle Honours, earned at: France and Flanders 1914 - 1915, Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Ypres 1914 and 1917, Langemarck 1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Boschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 and 1918, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozieres, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Arras 1918, Messines 1917, Passchendaele, Lys, Estaires, Bethune, Drocourt-Queant, Hindenburg Line, Epehy, St Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, Sambre.

After the war, the Battalion was posted to Cologne with the Army Of Occupation in Germany for security and garrison duties, then moved to Ireland in December 1920. Subsequently served in UK, Upper Silesia, Cologne, Egypt, Singapore, India. The Battalion was serving at Burma on declaration of WW2. Remained in Burma and India for duration of the War. Returned to Gloucester in 1947.