Gloucestershire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died During WW2 Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment

Who Died in the Second World War

Those Officers Of The Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died During WW2

Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion

No	Date Died	SURNAME	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1939 (1 officer)
1	17th December	BURNEY	Nigel Madan	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	East of Lille	Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension (1.B.5)	-
Died in 1940 (5 officers)
2	19th May	WAY	Francis Alan	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Ath, near Tournai	Ath (Lorette) Communal Cemetery (B.2.21)	-
3	29th May	FRENCH	Gerald Wilson	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Cassel	Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension (C.8)	-
4	29th May	WEIGHTMAN	George	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Cassel	Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension (C.6)	-
5	31st May	OLIVE	Richard Francis	Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Dunkirk	Dunkirk Memorial (Col 56)	-
6	10th July	SANDFORD	William Boris	2Lt	-	20	D	UK	Exeter	Exeter Higher Cemetery (Z.K.2)	(1)
Died in 1942 (1 officer)
7	26th April	HILL	Kenneth Alan	2Lt	-	21	DOI	UK	Bristol	Bristol (Canford) Cemetery (KK.294)	-
Died in 1944 (7 officers)
8	11th June	EVANS	James Bruns	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Tilly-sur-Seulles	Tilly-sur-Seulles War Cemetery (III.C.4)	-
9	30th June	MACEY	Geoffrey Lionel	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	NE of Cheux	St Manvieu War Cemetery (VII.D.2)	-
10	26th July	HUGHES	Kenneth Stephen (Timothy)	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Parfoura-L'Eclin, NW of Villers-Bocage	Bayeux War Cemetery (II.M.20)	-
11	29th July	ROGERS	Alan Michael	Capt	-	30	KIA	France	St Germain d'Ectot, N of Villers-Bocage	Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery (III.E.2)	-
12	10th August	HOOPER	Geoffrey Donald	Lt	-		DOW	France	Thury-Harcourt, near Bayeux	Bayeux War Cemetery (XIX.F.22)	(2)
13	11th September	LANCE	John Kenneth	Major	MC	25	KIA	France	Le Havre	St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (67.P.2)	-
14	9th December	GRANT	Douglas Timothy	Lt	-	23	KIA	Holland	Elst, N of Nijmegen	Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Nijmegen (19.G.8)	-
Officers Of Other Regiments Who Died During WW2 Whilst Attached to the 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
1	2nd July 1944	LEVINE	John Orrell	Lt	-	23	DOW	France	Near Cahognolles, SW of Bayeux	Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery (I.A.7))	R Canadian Inf
2	30th July 1944	HOPPER	John Oliver	Major	MiD	32	KIA	France	Parfoura-L'Eclin, NW of Villers-Bocage	Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery (III.E.3)	London Regt
3	5th October 1944	SHAW	Jack	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Near Landstraat, S of Esschen	Lier Belgian Military Cemetery (IV.A.3)	Devon Regt
4	31st October 1944	WALTERS	Cyril	Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	Near Landstraat, S of Esschen	Geel War Cemetery (IV.D.18)	Devon Regt
5	3rd November 1944	BANGS	Jack Phillip Laurence	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Landstraat, S of Esschen	Geel War Cemetery (III.C.22)	R Sussex R
6	6th November 1944	BUTTERWORTH	Francis Wyndham Arthur	Lt Col	DSO, MBE	37	DOW	Holland	Oud Gastel, S of Stampersgat	Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery (9.B.15)	W Yorks R
7	10th December 1944	NICHOLAS	William Edward	Capt	-	29	KIA	Holland	Elst, N of Nijmegan	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery (XXII.D.16)	R Canadian Inf
Notes: 1. SANDFORD died by his own hand. 2. HOOPER was wounded on the Caen-Thury-Harcourt Road on 10th August 1944.