Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died During WW2 Whilst Serving With 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment

Who Died in the Second World War

Battalion History

In the Great War the 10th Battalion was formed as a Service Battalion in September 1914 at Bristol as part of "K4". Full Title - 10th (Service) Battalion. Initially assigned to 26th Division for training whilst in the UK. Arrived with the BEF in France on 9th August 1915 and re-assigned to 1st Brigade, 1st Division. Served in France and Flanders (Loos, Bethune, Somme, Dunkirk and Ypres).

Battle Honours - 8, earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 18, Loos, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozieres, Flers, Courcelette and Morval.

The Battalion was disbanded on 19th February 1918, personnel being transferred to the 1st Battalion and 8th Battalions of the Gloucestershire Regiment and the temporary 13th Entrenching Battalion.

The Battalion was reformed on 30th June 1940 for Home Defence duties and converted to 159th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, in July 1942. This Regiment was deployed to India in October 1942, and reverted to an Infantry Battalion in March 1943 in India and the unit was re-titled 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Assigned to 72nd Infantry Brigade, 36th Division and sent to the Arakan Front, Burma on 1st March 1943. The Battalion saw active service in Burma to May 1945. The Battalion was disbanded at Poona in December 1945.

Regimental History

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

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1944 ( 6 officers )
1	17th August	ALLEN	John	Capt	-	25	KIA	Burma	Taungni, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (7.G.16)	-
2	22nd November	DODSON	Gerald Lister Lindsell	Lt	-	33	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (7.A.8)	-
3	22nd November	SCHRYVER	Owen Michael	Capt	MC	24	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (6.K.22)	-
4	22nd November	STEADMAN	Anthony Clifford	Major	MiD	37	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (6.H.10)	-
5	22nd November	WETHERED	Guy Ernest Fitzgerald	Major	-	24	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (6.H.16)	-
6	24th November	ATHERTON	Giles de Vismes Bernard	Lt	-	22	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (7.H.8)	-
Officers Of Other Regiments Who Died During WW2 Whilst Attached to the 10th Battalion
1	17th August 1944	WRIGHT	Royce	Lt	-	21	KIA	Burma	Taungni, S of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (7.G.18)	RA
2	18th November 1944	GORDON	Henry Langston	Lt	-	-	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Rangoon Memorial (Face 18)	Gordon Hldrs
3	23rd November 1944	GOULD	Allan Dalgleish	Capt	-	44	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (7.H.3)	RAMC
4	16th December 1944	GARDINER	Thomas William	Lt	-	30	KIA	Burma	Pinwe, SW of Myitkyina	Taukkyan War Cemetery (6.H.18)	KORR
5	13th February 1945	WALMSLEY	Derek John	Lt	-	21	KIA	Burma	Myitson, NE of Mandalay	Taukkyan War Cemetery (27.G.13)	DCLI
6	15th February 1945	ROBERTS	John James	Lt	MiD	23	KIA	Burma	Myitson, NE of Mandalay	Taukkyan War Cemetery (27.E.17)	KORR
7	25th May1945	MOLYNEUX	Kenneth Edward Alyson	Capt	-	32	DOI	India	Chittagong (now in Bangladesh)	Chittagong War Cemetery (2.D.7)	Dorset R
8	27th May 1945	RIDDEL	William Lauder	Capt	MiD	24	DOI	India	Delhi	Delhi War Cemetery (2.K.13)	KOYLI