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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

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Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   D

(21 officers)

 

DAINTON, Howard Hillier

Second Lieutenant.  Attached to 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment.   Died of wounds in France on 5th April 1918.   Buried in Picquigny British Cemetery.  Aged 32.

 

DANCKWERTS, Richard William

Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 22nd December 1914.   Buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert.   Aged 21.

 

DANN, Wilfred

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 30th October 1917.   Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.   Aged 30.

 

DANNE, Arthur William Brian

Lieutenant.   13th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30th March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 20.

 

DARCH, Stanley Percival

Second Lieutenant.  10th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 22nd April 1916.  Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.  Aged 23.

 

DAVIS, Sidney Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 22nd August 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

DAY, Herbert James

Second Lieutenant.  Seconded to 11th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.  Died of wounds in France on 8th August 1917.  Buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.  Aged 30.

 

DEACON, Stanley Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 28th February 1917.   Buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery.   Aged 24.

 

DENNY, Thomas David William

Lieutenant, MM.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 6th March 1919.   Buried in Bearsted (Holy Cross) Churchyard.   Aged 28.

 

DESPREZ, Warwick Haynes

Second Lieutenant.  Attached to 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment. Killed in action in France on 24th August 1918.  Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.  Aged 23.

 

DEWDNEY, Clifford Mostyn French

Captain, MiD, C de G (France).   Attached to 7th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment.  Killed in action in France on 4th April 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.  Aged 21.

 

DICKINSON, Herbert

Captain, MC.   Attached to 2nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 27th May 1918.   Commemorated on Soissons Memorial.   Aged 38.

 

DILLON, George Charles Tracey

Second Lieutenant.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 29.

 

DODGSHON, Angus John Charles

Lieutenant.  2/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 10th November 1917.  Buried in Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux.  Aged 22.

 

DOWN, Robert Hayward

Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 17th August 1916.   Buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery.   Aged 28.

 

DRAKE, Percy Albert

Second Lieutenant.  13th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 13th October 1916.  Buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile.  Aged 26.

 

DREW, Richard William

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th June 1918.   Buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin.   Aged 20.

 

DUGGAN, Joseph Henry William

Second Lieutenant.  Seconded to 20th Squadron RFC.  Killed in aerial action over France on 6th November 1917. Commemorated on Arras Flying Services Memorial.   Aged 27.

 

 

 

DUNCAN, Stuart

 

Captain.  Attached to 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment.  Killed in action in Belgium on 13th November 1914.  Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.  Aged 49.

 

DURANT, Norman

Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 12th March 1916.   Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.   Aged 22.

 

DURRANT, Dudley Garton

Second Lieutenant.  1/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 16th August 1916.  Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.  Aged 23.

 

 

 

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