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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Second World War

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Regimental Roll of Honour Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died During the Second World War

 (62 officers)

 

ALLEN, John

Captain.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 17th August 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 25.

 

ATHERTON, Giles de Vismes Bernard

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 24th November 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 22.

 

AVERAY JONES, Christopher Richard

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2nd Battalion King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) and Chindits.   Killed in action in Burma on 15th May 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 22.

 

BATHGATE, John Roger

Second Lieutenant.  Attached to 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.  Killed in action in Burma on 8th April 1943.  Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 21.

 

BRADFORD, Raymond Howard

Major.  1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 17th April 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged ??.

 

BURNEY, Nigel Madan

Lieutenant.  2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 17th December 1939.   Buried in Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension, France.   Aged 23.

 

CUMMING, John Angus

Captain.   Attached to HQ 17th Indian Light Division.   Killed in action in India on 21st May 1944.   Buried in Imphal War Cemetery, India.   Aged 23.

 

DEAVILLE, John

Major.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 10th June 1945.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 33.

 

DE LISLE BUSH,   Claude D'Arcy Stratton

Lieutenant (Honorary Major).  Gloucestershire Regiment.  Died of illness in UK on 22nd January 1941.  Buried in Eastington (St Michael's and All Angels) Churchyard.   Aged 47.

 

DODSON, Gerald Lister Lindsell

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 22nd November 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 23.

 

EDWARDS, William Lionel

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Italy on 1st July 1944.   Buried in Assisi War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 25.

 

EVANS, James Bruns

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th June 1944.   Buried in Tily-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France.   Aged 22.

 

EVANS, Stephen Morier

Major.   Gloucestershire Regiment.   Died in India on 28th June 1945.   Buried in Delhi War Cemetery, India.   Aged 41.

 

FORREST, Glynn Neville

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 27th March 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 22.

 

FRENCH, Gerald Wilson

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th May 1940.   Buried in Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.   Aged 21.

 

GRANT, Douglas Timothy

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Holland on 9th December 1944.   Buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Holland.   Aged 23.

 

HAUTING, Leslie Charles

Major, MiD.   Seconded to West African Reconnaissance Regiment.   Died of illness in Nigeria on 9th March 1944.   Buried in Kaduna Civil Cemetery, Nigeria.   Aged 38.

 

HAWKER, Thomas James

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2nd Battalion DCLI.   Killed in action in Greece on 23rd December 1944.   Buried in Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.  Aged 31.

 

HIBBERD, Frank

Captain.  Gloucestershire Regiment.   Died of illness in UK on 28th May 1946.   Buried in Bicknoller (St George's) Churchyard, Somerset.   Aged 55.

 

HILL, Kenneth Alan

Second Lieutenant.  2nd Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 26th April 1942.   Buried in Bristol (Canford) Cemetery.   Aged 21.

 

HOLLINGTON, Robert Luckett

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 27th March 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 26.

 

HOOPER, Geoffrey Donald

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 10th August 1944.   Buried in Bayeux War Cemetery, France.   Aged 21.

 

HUGHES,  Kenneth Stephen (Timothy)

Lieutenant.  2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 26th July 1944.  Buried Bayeux War Cemetery, France.   Aged 21.

 

JACOBS, Robert Thomas Edward

Lieutenant.   Attached 4/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Holland on 10th February 1945.   Buried in Venray War Cemetery, Holland.   Aged 28.

 

JENNER-FUST, Herbert

Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment.   Killed in action in Burma on 23rd April 1944.   Re-buried in Ranchi War Cemetery, India.   Aged 21.

 

JOHNSON, Richard Victor Guy Neville

Captain, MC.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 19th April 1942.   Commemorated on the Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 28.   Aged 22.

 

LANCE, John Kenneth

Major, MC.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th September 1944.   Buried in St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.   Aged 35.

 

LAWSON, Francis Ryall

Lieutenant.   Late 15th (Holding) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.   Died in UK on 22nd November 1945.   Buried in Gloucester Old Cemetery.   Aged 32.

 

LEESE, Lincoln

Captain.   Attached to No 3 Commando.   Killed in action in Italy on 5th October 1943.   Buried in Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 26.

 

LIVERSIDGE, Alan John

Captain.   Gloucestershire Regiment.   Died in Singapore on 15th May 1942.   Buried in Kranji War Cemetery, Singapore.   Aged 27.

 

MACEY, Geoffrey Lionel

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 30th June 1944.   Buried in St Manvieu War Cemetery, France.   Aged 22.

 

MATTHEWS, Peter Howard Nevill

Second Lieutenant.  1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 7th March 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 20.

 

MEEK, Douglas Henry

Lieutenant.  Attached 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Italy on 4th July 1944.   Buried in .   Aged 30.

 

MEREDITH, Reginald John

Lieutenant.   Attached to 6th Battalion South Wales Borderers.   Died in India on 14th September 1945.   Buried in Madras War Cemetery, India.   Aged 26.

 

MIDDLETON-WEST, John James

Captain.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 7th March 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 36.

 

MOON, ARTHUR ANTHONY

Lieutenant.  Attached to 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.  Killed in action in Holland on 20th November 1944.  Buried in Brunssum War Cemetery, Holland.   Aged 29.

 

MORTON, Arthur Victor

Major.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 29th March 1942.  Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.   Aged 47.

 

NASH, Edward Mills

Major, MM.   Attached to APM HQ Naples.   Died in accident in Italy on 11th July 1945.   Buried in Naples War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 247.

 

NORRIS, Donald Lapage

Lieutenant.   5th Battalion.   Died as a POW in Germany on 24th August 1942.   Buried in Hanover War Cemetery, Germany.   Aged 35.

 

OLIVE, Richard Francis

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 31st May 1940.   Commemorated on Dunkirk Memorial, France.   Aged 32.

 

PARISH, Albert John Frederick

Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Italy on 19th December 1944.   Buried in Santerno Valley War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 27.

 

PARKINSON, David Fortune

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment.   Killed in action in Germany on 27th February 1945.   Buried in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany.   Aged 23.

 

PEMBERTON, Ngaire Antony Boyd

Lieutenant.   Attached to 7th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment.   Killed in action in Burma on 13th April 1945.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 22.

 

PITCHFORD, Charles Jack

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 7th March 1942.   Commemorated on Rangoon Memorial, Burma.  Aged 25.

 

PRICE, Randall Emerson Connop

Lieutenant.  Late of 7th Battalion and No 12 Commando.   Died in UK on 9th January 1944.   Buried in St Mellons Churchyard, Cardiff.   Aged 21.

 

RICHINGS, Desmond Arthur

Lieutenant.  Attached to 10th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment.   Killed in action in Italy on 11th November 1943.   Buried in Minturno War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 28.

 

ROGERS, Alan Michael

Captain.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th July 1944.   Buried in Hottot-les-Bagues War Cemetery, France.   Aged 30.

 

SANFORD, William Boris

Second Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Died in UK on 10th July 1940.   Buried in Exeter Higher Cemetery.   Aged 21.

 

SCHRYVER,  Owen Michael

Captain, MC.  10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 22nd November 1944.  Buried Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 24.

 

SEATON, Francis David Ross

Lieutenant.   Attached 2/7th Battalion Queen's Royal Regiment.   Killed in action in Italy on 9th September 1943.   Buried in Salerno War Cemetery, Italy.   Aged 30.

 

SMITH, Bernard Harry

Lieutenant.   Attached to 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.   Killed in action in Germany on 14th April 1945.   Buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.   Aged 29.

 

SMITH, Robert Alfred

Lieutenant.   Attached to 13th Battalion Nigeria Regiment RWAFF.   Lost at sea on 1st September 1944.   Commemorated on Brookwood Memorial, UK   Aged 20.

 

STEADMAN, Anthony Clifford

Major, MiD.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 22nd November 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 37.

 

STEVENSON, Robert Allan Norris

Captain.   Attached to 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment.   Killed in action in Tunisia on 8th March 1943.   Buried in Tabarka Ras Rajel War Cemetery, Tunisia.   Aged 22.

 

THOMAS, LESLIE ROY

Major.   Attached to 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment.   Killed in action in Holland on 4th October 1944.   Buried in Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Holland.   Aged 23.

 

TURNER, Thomas Oliver

Lieutenant.   Attached to 2nd Battalion Border Regiment.  Killed in action in Burma on 3rd February 1945.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 28.

 

TYLER, John Richard Michael

Lieutenant.  Attached to 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment.   Died of wounds in Ceylon on 16th June 1944.   Buried in Chittagong War Cemetery, Bangladesh.   Aged 27.

 

TYNDALL, Kenneth Brian

Officer Cadet.  Gloucestershire Regiment.   Killed by lightning strike in UK on 9th June 1940.   Buried in SS Philip and James Churchyard, Hucclecote, Gloucester.   Aged 21.

 

WALLER, Anthony Durrant

Major.   5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th May 1940.   Buried in Ledringhem Churchyard, France.   Aged 32.

 

WAY, Francis Alan

Second Lieutenant.   Attached 5th Battalion Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment).   Killed in action in Belgium on 19th May 1940.   Buried in Ath (Lorette) Communal Cemetery, Belgium.   Aged 23.

 

WEIGHTMAN,   George

Second Lieutenant.  2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.  Killed in action in France on 29th May 1940.  Buried in Cassel Communal Cemetery Extension, France.   Aged 27.

 

WETHERED, Guy Ernest Fitzgerald

Major.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in Burma on 22nd November 1944.   Buried in Taukkyan War Cemetery, Burma.   Aged 24.

 

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