Fallen Officers of the Great War

1

16th January

ALLEN, Harry

Capt

-

47

8th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Manancourt, near Cambrai

(1)

2

27th January

STREET, Thomas Anderson

Lt

-

23

10th Battalion

AK

Belgium

Yser Canal Bank, east of La Matte Farm

-

3

12th February

TODD, Frederick George

2Lt

-

23

Att to 55th Sqn RFC

KWF

France

Essegney, south of Nancy

-

4

8th March

WARREN, Ivan John

2Lt

-

26

1st Battalion

DOW

Belgium

CCS at Haringhe, west of Ypres

(2)

5

22nd March

ARNOT, Colin

2Lt

-

21

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Holnon Wood, west of St Quentin

-

6

22nd March

NURSE, Reginald John Cecil

2Lt

-

22

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Beauvois, west of Holnon Wood

-

7

22nd March

RICKERBY, John Harold Ellerson

Capt

-

22

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Beauvois, west of Holnon Wood

-

8

23rd March

BAKER, Sydney Harold

Major

-

37

Att 12th Entrenching Battalion

KIA

France

Frieres Faillouel, south of St Quentin

-

9

23rd March

BURTON, Charles Arthur

2Lt

-

22

13th Battalion

KIA

France

East of Herbecourt, Somme

-

10

23rd March

HAMMOND, Hugh Jerrold

Capt

-

26

2nd Battalion

DOW

Greece

CCS at Stavros, east of Salonika

(3)

11

23rd March

LAMMERT, Rennie Dean

2Lt

-

20

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Beaumetz, east of Bapaume

-

12

25th March

LAKE, Noel Graham

Lt

-

23

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Buverchy, Canal du Nord, near Nesle

-

13

25th March

WRIGHT, Joseph Herbert

Capt

MC

33

8th Battalion

KIA

France

"Velu Wood", east of Bapaume

-

14

27th March

BADCOCK, Minden Francis

Capt

MC

22

att 9th Bn East Surrey Regt

KIA

France

Rosieres, south east of Amiens

-

15

30th March

CALCUTT, Albert Birch

2Lt

-

23

13th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Aubercourt,  Villers-Bretonneux

-

16

30th March

DANNE, Arthur William Brian

Lt

-

20

13th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Aubercourt,  Villers-Bretonneux

-

17

30th March

HARVEY, Henry Burnett

2Lt

-

23

13th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Aubercourt,  Villers-Bretonneux

-

18

30th March

HILLIER, Geoffrey Stuart Drummond

Capt

MiD

23

13th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Aubercourt,  SE of Villers-Bretonneux

-

19

30th March

LINDREA, Wilfred George

2Lt

-

33

att 183rd Trench Mortar Battery

KIA

France

Near Villers-Bretonneux

-

20

2nd April

BUGLER, Leonard Hallett

2Lt

-

24

2/5th Battalion

DOW

UK

QA Military Hospital, London

(4)

21

3rd April

GRANT, Percy Victor

2Lt

-

25

att 9th Bn Rifle Brigade

KIA

France

Le Hamel, near Villers-Bretonneux

-

22

4th April

BUTT, Charles Edward

2Lt

-

23

att 9th Bn Rifle Brigade

KIA

France

Le Hamel, near Villers-Bretonneux

-

23

4th April

DEWDNEY, Clifford Mostyn French

Capt

MiD, CdeG

23

att 7th Bn Royal West Kent Regt

KIA

France

Hangard Wood, south east of Amiens

-

24

4th April

SELLMAN, Edgar Nevil Newmarch

2Lt

-

42

Att 5th Bn Ox & Bucks Light Inf

KIA

France

Near Villers-Bretonneux

-

25

4th April

WALKER, Victor

2Lt

-

24

Att 7th Bn Royal West Kent Regt

KIA

France

Hangard Wood, south east of Amiens

-

26

5th April

DAINTON, Howard Hillier

2Lt

-

32

Att 7th Bn Royal West Kent Regt

DOW

France

CCS at Picquigny, near Amiens

(5)

27

10th April

BRIDGES, Fleming Hardy

2Lt

-

24

8th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Messines, east of Wulverghem

-

28

14th April

BRITTEN, Arthur Herbert

Lt

MC

25

8th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Neuve Eglise, south of Lindhoek

-

29

18th April

COX, Lupton John

2Lt

-

25

1st Battalion

KIA

France

"Route A Keep", north of Festubert

-

30

18th April

HUDSON, Godfrey Burnside

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

KIA

France

"Festubert Support", south of Festubert

-

31

19th April

VAISEY, Guy Maddison

2Lt

AM

28

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Pernes, near Bethune

(6)

32

21st April

LLOYD, James

Capt

MC, MiD

30

8th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Etaples

(7)

33

23rd April

GRIFFITHS, John Enos

2Lt

-

25

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Bacquerolles Farm, near Robecq

-

34

24th April

HEPPENSTALL, George Percival

Lt

-

21

Att 2nd Bn Middlesex Regt

KIA

France

Near Villers-Bretonneux

-

35

24th April

MILLER, Frederick Charles

Lt

-

35

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Bacquerolles Farm, near Robecq

-

36

26th April

HAGUE, Leonard

2Lt

-

32

13th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"The Bluff", Battle Wood, south east of Ypres

-

37

26th April

HOMER, William Howard Claude

Lt

MC

31

13th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"The Bluff", Battle Wood, south east of Ypres

-

38

26th April

HOWMAN, Henry Roger

Major

MiD

40

13th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"The Bluff", Battle Wood, south east of Ypres

-

39

28th April

ROGERS, Godfrey Marcus

2Lt

MiD

19

12th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Aire, near Estaires

(8)

40

4th May

SLADE, Ernest Cowper

Major

DSO, MC, MiD

29

8th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Hallebast, near Dickebusch

(10)

41

27th May

DICKINSON, Herbert

Capt

MC

38

Att 2nd Bn Middlesex Regt

KIA

France

Berry-au-Bac, River Aisne, east of Soissons

-

42

30th May

ALLISON, Thomas McGregor

Major

MiD

41

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Lhery, north west of Chambrecy

-

43

30th May

EASTWOOD, Benjamin

Capt

MC

22

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Lhery, north west of Chambrecy

-

44

30th May

WHYATT, Albert Allen

2Lt

-

22

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Lhery, north west of Chambrecy

-

45

2nd June

EDMONDS, Albert Henry

Lt

-

26

8th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Rouen

-

46

4th June

BREWIS, Henry Wycliffe

Capt

MC

24

Att 2/1st Yorks Dragoons

DOAW

UK

Military Hospital at Fermoy, Dublin

(11)

47

4th June

TEMPLER, Claude Frank Lethbridge

Capt

MiD

22

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Near Auchy, east of Bethune

-

48

5th June

LANGDON, John Henry

Lt

MC

26

Att to 195th Sqn RAF

KWF

Egypt

Ismailia

-

49

6th June

SHEPHARD, Ernest Edward

2Lt

MiD

31

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Le Vertbois Farm, Nieppe Forest

-

50

15th June

BRUTON, Basil Vassar

Capt

MiD

39

1/5th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Canove, Asiago Plateau

-

51

15th June

CHUTTER, George Philip

Lt

-

20

1/5th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Canove, Asiago Plateau

-

52

15th June

STANLEY, Arthur Kinnaird

Lt

-

23

1/5th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Canove, Asiago Plateau

-

53

16th June

FRYE, Lionel Henry

2Lt

-

22

1/5th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Canove, Asiago Plateau

-

54

16th June

ROSS-JENKINS, Maurice

2Lt

-

19

Att to 62nd Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

Over Popincourt, east of Montdidier

-

55

16th June

WILKINS, Mervyn Sydney

Lt

-

25

1/6th Battalion

KIA

Italy

"Cesuna Switch", near Magnaboschi

-

56

19th June

MILES, Jesse Samuel

2Lt

-

30

1/6th Battalion

DOW

Italy

DS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago

(12)

57

23rd June

TAYLOR, Robert Fowler

2Lt

-

25

1/5th Battalion

DOW

Italy

DS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago

(13)

58

25th June

DREW, Richard William

2Lt

-

20

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Le Cornet Perdu, Nieppe Forest, Merville

-

59

27th June

MAY, Leo Cuthbert

2Lt

-

25

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Le Cornet Perdu, Nieppe Forest, Merville

-

60

28th June

FARRINGTON, George William

2Lt

-

29

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Le Cornet Perdu, Nieppe Forest, Merville

-

61

1st July

FITZGERALD, Roy James

Lt

MC, MiD

27

Att to 35th Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

Over Coisey, north of Amiens

-

62

9th July

GARLAND, John James

2Lt

-

26

12th Battalion

DOW

France

DS at Thiennes, east of Aire-sur-la-Lys

(14)

63

12th July

GABELL, Douglas Ridley Clunes

Capt

-

20

Att to 13th Trg Sqn RAF

KWF

UK

Near Chippenham

-

64

22nd July

BEECROFT, William Henry

2Lt

-

23

Att 1/7th Bn Lancs Fus

KIA

France

Near Bertrancourt, north east of Albert

-

65

8th August

HACKFORTH-JONES. Arthur

Lt

MiD

23

Att 7th Bn Royal West Kent Regt

KIA

France

Sailly-Laurette, south of Albert

-

66

8th August

SOUTHERON-ESTCOURT, Arthur Charles

Lt

-

24

Att to 5th Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

Over Caix, south east of Amiens

-

67

11th August

ANDREWS, Frank Henry

2Lt

-

27

Att to 1st Bn Dorset Regt

KIA

France

Damery, north west of Roye

-

68

11th August

COWLEY, Frederick John Bodenham

2Lt

-

23

Att to 1st Bn Dorset Regt

KIA

France

Damery, north west of Roye

-

69

22nd August

WEBB, Jack Purnell

Capt

-

25

12th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Gezaincourt, Somme

(15)

70

24th August

DESPREZ, Warwick Haynes

2Lt

-

23

Att 7th Bn Royal West Kent Regt

KIA

France

Buire-sur-L'Ancre, Somme

-

71

31st August

HAGGART, William Jackson

Lt

-

35

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Irles, Somme

-

72

1st September

LOOK, John Leopold

2Lt

-

31

Att to 1/5th Bn Devon Regt

DOW

France

DS at Gezaincourt, Somme

(16)

73

6th September

INGRAM, Arthur Herbert

Lt

-

41

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Locon, near Bethune

-

74

9th September

COLCUTT, Thomas Mills

2Lt

MiD

22

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Locon, near Bethune

-

75

13th September

SAGE, Sidney Edward Bush

Lt

-

30

Att 2/6th Bn Liverpool Regt

DOW

France

DS at Queant, near Cambrai

(17)

76

16th September

GRIFFIN, Edward William

Lt

-

24

Att to 25th Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

Over Huby-St Leu, north of Hesdin

-

77

21st September

CONYERS, Harold Cater

2Lt

-

20

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Locon, near Bethune

-

78

22nd September

BLOCK, Frederick James

Major

-

63

3rd (Reserve) Battalion

DOI

UK

Bristol

-

79

22nd September

TAYLOR, William

2Lt

-

27

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Locon, near Bethune

-

80

24th September

QUINT, Henry John

2Lt

-

25

Att to 1/5th Bn Leics Regt

KIA

France

Near Pontruet, Somme

-

81

26th September

BELL, Leslie Harrison

2Lt

-

20

Att to 58th Sqn RAF

KWF

France

Near Alquines, west of St Omer

-

82

30th September

HARVEY, Eric Howard

Capt

MC

28

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

"Junction Post", near Fleurbaix

-

83

30th September

JACKSON, Daniel Talbot

2Lt

-

22

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

"Junction Post", near Fleurbaix

-

84

5th October

CANNING, Ernest Harold

Lt

DFC

23

Att to 102nd Sqn RAF

KWF

France

North west of Cambrai

-

85

5th October

HUSSEY, Charles Francis

2Lt

-

19

1/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Railway Line west of Beaurevoir

-

86

5th October

PERRY, Leslie Harold

2Lt

MC

19

Att 2/6th Bn Durham Light Inf

KIA

France

Steenwerck, west of Armentieres

-

87

8th October

McBRIDE, John Gordon

2Lt

-

25

Att to 20th Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

Over Bancourt, east of Bapaume

-

88

9th October

PROSSER, Thomas Walter

Lt

-

22

Att to 38th Bn MGC

DOW

France

CCS at Beaulencourt, Ligny-Thilloy

(18)

89

13th October

PHILLIPS, Gwilym

2Lt

-

22

Att 1/8th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

KIA

France

Briastre, north of Le Cateau

-

90

17th October

HALSE, Lionel William

2Lt

-

24

12th Battalion

DOW

UK

Hospital at London

(19)

91

19th October

WOODWARD, Sydney Forest

2Lt

MM

22

1/5th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Roisel, east of Peronne

(20)

92

23rd October

GARLAND, Francis Henry

2Lt

-

33

8th Battalion

KIA

France

Les Fourrieres, Haussy, near Le Cateau

-

93

23rd October

RIPPERGER, Harold Theodore Alvin

Lt

MC

21

Att 1/7th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers

KIA

France

Briastre, north of Le Cateau

-

94

24th October

BOYCE, Charles Wallace

2Lt

-

31

att 61st Coy MGC

KIA

France

Near Valenciennes

-

95

25th October

GARNHAM, Percival

2Lt

-

28

1/6th Battalion

DOI

Italy

CCS at Montecchio Precalcino,  Asiago

-

96

25th October

WYATT, John

2Lt

-

26

2/5th Battalion

DOW

France

5th Fd Amb, east of Vertain

(21)

97

26th October

BOWLAND, Conrad Cloutman

2Lt

-

25

8th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Awoingt, south east of Cambrai

(22)

98

28th October

EVANS, Lewis

Lt

MiD

?

8th Battalion

DOI

France

Hospital at Boulogne

-

99

29th October

HOWARD, Gilbert Gordon

Lt

-

21

9th Battalion

DOW

France

41st CCS at Roisel

(23)

100

30th October

CASTLE, Cottam Henry Hunt

Capt

-

31

8th Battalion

DOI

UK

Hospital at London

(24)

101

1st November

HYMAN, Ezra Herbert

2Lt

-

24

Att 11th Bn South Lancs Regt

DOI

France

CCS at Roisel

(25)

102

1st November

SKEMP, Arthur Rowland

Lt

-

36

1st Battalion

KIA

France

North east of Mazingheim, Sambre Canal

-

103

1st November

WEBSTER, Frank Augustus

2Lt

MC

23

1/4th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Bosco, Asiago

-

104

3rd November

PHELPS, Leslie James

2Lt

-

29

8th Battalion

DOW

UK

Sir John Ellerman's Hospital, London

(26)

105

4th November

HILL, Stanley Frederick

Capt

-

30

1/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Sambre Canal, north of Landrecies

-

106

4th November

SCROGGIE, Valentine

2Lt

MC

26

1/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Sambre Canal, north of Landrecies

-

107

8th November

JACKSON, Arthur Thomas

2Lt

-

30

1/5th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Busigny, near Le Cateau

(27)

108

10th November

JONES, Hugh

Capt

MC

29

Non-Active List ex 13th Battalion

DOI

UK

Fort Pitt Military Hospital, Chatham

-

109

12th November

MALLETT, Phillip

Capt

MC*, MiD*

33

1st Battalion

DOW

France

8th General Hospital, Rouen

(28)

110

19th November

POLLOCK, Sydney Geoffrey

Lt

-

23

Retired List ex 8th Battalion

DOI

UK

Guy's Hospital, London

(29)

111

23rd November

POOLE, Arthur George

Lt

MiD

25

Sec to Cambridge University

DOI

UK

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

-

112

24th November

BEAUMONT, Dudley Jonathan

Lt

-

41

Retired List

DOI

UK

Whitehall Court, London

-

113

23rd December

HAWKER, Albert Victor

Lt

-

26

9th Battalion

DOI

France

Hospital at Marseilles

-

Officers of Other Regiments Who Died Whilst Serving With The Gloucestershire Regiment in 1918

1

18th April

BUTLER, Edmund William

Major

MC

26

8th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Etaples

Life Guards  (30)

2

24th April

GALE, Robert Grafton

Lt

.

26

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Bacquerolles Farm, near Robecq

Army Service Corps

3

25th April

ARMITAGE, Noel

Lt

.

37

12th Battalion

KIA

France

"Le Vertbois Farm", Nieppe Forest

Scottish Horse

4

30th May

HOWELL, Reginald

Lt

.

24

2/5th Battalion

POW

Germany

Hospital at Heilbronn

Hereford Regt  (31)

5

1st June

BLANCHARD, Frederick John

Capt

MiD

26

2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Bacquerolles Farm, near Robecq

DCLI

6

15th June

HAYES, Gordon Stanley

2Lt

.

33

1/5th Battalion

KIA

Italy

Near Canove, Asiago

R West Kent Regt

7

24th June

LAWSON, Arthur Bertram

Lt Col

DSO*

35

CO 2/5th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Bacquerolles Farm, near Robecq

11th Hussars

8

29th June

GUISE, Reginald Edward

Lt

MC

20

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Le Cornet Perdu, Nieppe Forest

Royal Glos Hussars

9

23rd August

MAYWOOD, James Henry

Capt

.

32

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Irles, Somme

DCLI

10

18th September

KIRKLAND, James Towers

Capt

MC

36

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Maissemy Ridge, near St Quentin

RAMC

11

6th October

SEAGO, George William Edward

Lt

.

25

1/5th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Doingt, near Peronne

OBLI  (32)

12

18th October

NORTHCOTT, Henry John

2Lt

.

30

1/5th Battalion

DOW

UK

The London Hospital, Whitechapel

Dorset Regt  (33)

13

22nd November

BARNETT, Walter

2Lt

.

24

1st Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Rouen

Devon Regt  (34)

Officers With Previous Service in the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in 1918

1

13th April 1918

PRYCE, Thomas Tannatt

Capt

VC, MC*

32

4th Bn Grenadier Guards

KIA

France

Nieppe Forest

-

Notes:

1.   ALLEN was wounded near Beaumetz on 15th January 1918.

2.   WARREN was wounded at "Meunier House", Poelcapelle, on 6th March 1918.

3.   HAMMOND was wounded near "Bluff Camp", R Struma, on 18th March 1918.

4.   BUGLER was wounded at Buverchy on 24th March 1918.

5.   DAINTON was wounded at Villers-Bretonneux on 4th April 1918.

6.   VAISEY was wounded near Le Plantin on 18th April 1918.

7.   LLOYD was wounded at Neuve Eglise on 14th April 1918.

8.   ROGERS was wounded at  Le Vertbois Farm, Nieppe Forest on 25th April 1918.

9.   EDMONDS was wounded at Bacquerolles Farm on 23rd April 1918.

10. SLADE temporarily commanded 2/6th Bn Glos Regt in rank of Lt Col between 12th March 1917 and 21st November 1917.

11. BREWIS was injured in a motor cycle accident at Ballinlocoine, near Dublin on 1st June 1918.

12. MILES was wounded at Cesuna Switch, Magnaboschi on 16th June 1918.

13. TAYLOR was wounded at Cesuna Switch, Magnaboschi on 16th June 1918.

14. GARLAND was wounded at Le Cornet Perdu on 27th June 1918.

15. WEBB was wounded near Achiet le Grand, Somme on 22nd  August 1918.

16. LOOK was wounded at Vracourt, near Bapaume on 31st August 1918.

17. SAGE and was wounded north of Moeuvres, west of Cambrai on 13th September 1918.

18. PROSSER was wounded near Villers-Outreaux, south of Cambrai on 8th October 1918.

19. HALSE was wounded near Achiet le Petit, Somme on 21st August 1918.

20. WOODWARD was wounded near Bazuel, south east of Le Cateau, on 18th October 1918.

21. WYATT was wounded at Bermerain on 24th October 1918.

22. BOWLAND was wounded at Haussy on 23rd October 1918.

23. HOWARD was wounded at Le Cateau on 27th October 1918.

24. CASTLE was wounded at Haussy on 23rd October 1918 and was evacuated to UK where he died of illness and his injuries.

25. HYMAN died of influenza/pneumonia..

26. PHELPS was wounded at Haussy on 20th October 1918 and evacuated to UK.

27. JACKSON was wounded at Sambre Canal, west of Landrecies on 4th November 1918.

28. MALLETT was wounded near Mazinghein, Sambre Canal, on 31st October 1918.   Contracted influenza/pneumonia whilst in hospital.

29. POLLOCK was medically discharged in 1915 whilst serving with 8th Battalion.

30. BUTLER was wounded at Neuve Eglise, south of Lindhoek on 14th April 1918.

31. HOWELL was wounded at Holnon Wood on 22nd March 1918 and was taken POW.

32. SEAGO was wounded at Beaurevoir, near Landrecies on 5th October 1918.

33. NORTHCOTT was wounded near Landrecies on 10th October 1918.

34. BARNETT was wounded at Catillon, River Sambre on 4th November 1918.