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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

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War whilst Attached to the Gloucestershire Regiment

(60 officers)

 

 

ARMITAGE, Noel

Lieutenant.   2/3rd Scottish Horse, attached to 12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th April 1918.   Buried in Morbecque British Cemetery.   Aged 37.

 

BALDERSON, Henry Leslie Paxton

Second Lieutenant.  Devonshire Regiment, attached to 1/6th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.  Buried in Pozieres British Cemetery.  Aged 24.

 

BARNETT, Walter

Second Lieutenant.  Devonshire Regiment, attached 1st Battalion.  Died of wounds in France on 22nd November 1918.  Buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension. Aged 24.

 

BLANCHARD, Frederick John

Captain, MiD. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, attached to 2/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 1st June 1918.  Buried in Aire Communal Cemetery. Aged 26.

 

BLYTH, Alick Frederick

Lieutenant.  Northern Cyclist Battalion, attached to 2/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 22nd August 1917.  Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial. Aged 20.

 

BURDESS, The Rev Matthew Forster

Captain (Chaplain 4th Class). Army Chaplains’ Department, attached 1/6th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 18th April 1917.  Buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery.   Aged 39.

 

 

 

BURN, Arthur George McCausland

 

Captain.  East Surrey Regiment, attached 1st Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 29th October 1914.  Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.  Aged 31.

 

BURNS, Walter Bell

Lieutenant.  King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached 1/4th Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 9th October 1917.  Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

BUTLER, Edmund William

Major, MC.    2nd Life Guards, attached to 8th Battalion.    Died of wounds in France on 18th April 1918.    Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.   Aged 26.

 

CHAMBERS, Robert Avalon Montague

Second Lieutenant.  Hampshire Regiment attached to 1st Battalion.  Died of wounds in France on 15th October 1915.  Buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery.  Aged 20.

 

CLARK, Arthur Vivian

Second Lieutenant, MiD.   General List, attached to 7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 20th April 1916.   Buried in Amara War Cemetery.   Aged 24.

 

CLARK, Henry Featherstone

Lieutenant.   Devonshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 3rd May 1917.   Buried in Chapelle British Cemetery, Holnon.   Aged 23.

 

CORBETT, Harry

Second Lieutenant.  Devonshire Regiment, attached 1/6th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

DE TRAFFORD, Reginald Francis

Lieutenant.  King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), attached to 1st Battalion.  Died of wounds in France on 9th May 1915.  Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery.   Aged 23.

 

DODSON, Henry Howard

Second Lieutenant.  Hampshire Regiment, attached to 1/6th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 27th June 1917.  Buried in Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension.  Aged 30.

 

DUDDLE, William Kearsley

Second Lieutenant.  Lancashire Fusiliers, attached 2/4th Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 19th August 1917.  Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.  Aged 29.

 

FARRIMOND, Joseph

Second Lieutenant.  Northamptonshire Regiment, attached 1/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 21st July 1916.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 33.

 

FISHER, Hubert Patrick

Second Lieutenant. King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached 1/4th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 9th July 1916.  Buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery. Aged 18.

 

FISON, Frank Henry

Lieutenant.   Norfolk Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.   Buried in Aubers Ridge Military Cemetery.   Aged 22.

 

FOOT, James Stanley

Captain.   Welsh Regiment attached to 2/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30th July 1916.   Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery.   Aged 35.

 

GALE, Robert Grafton

Lieutenant.  Army Service Corps, attached 2/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 24th April 1918.  Buried in St Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery.  Aged 26.

 

GERRARD, Robert Finlay

Major, MiD.   Royal Scots, attached to 1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th April 1917.   Buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery.   Aged 29.

 

GUISE, Reginald Edward

Lieutenant, MC.   Royal Gloucestershire Hussars, attached to 12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th June 1918.   Buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin.  Aged 20.

 

HARRISON, Everard

Captain.  Royal Army Medical Corps attached 1/6th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 18th April 1917.  Buried in Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery.  Aged 37.

 

HAYES, Gordon Stanley

Second Lieutenant.  Royal West Kent Regiment, attached 1/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in Italy on 15th June 1918.  Buried in Boscon British Cemetery.   Aged 33.

 

HEFFERNAN, William Patrick

Second Lieutenant.  Royal Irish Regiment, attached to 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th May 1915.   Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial.   Aged 28.

 

HORNER, Bernard

Lieutenant, MiD.   Lancashire Fusiliers, attached to 10th Battalion.   Died of illness in France on 5th March 1917.   Buried in Bray Military Cemetery.   Aged 26.

 

HOWELL, Reginald

Lieutenant.   Herefordshire Regiment, attached to 2/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds as a Prisoner of War on 30th May 1918.   Buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany.   Aged 24.

 

 

 

IRWIN, William Hetherton

Second Lieutenant.  Highland Light Infantry, attached 1/5th Battalion.  Died of wounds in France on 12th February 1917.  Buried in Bray Military Cemetery.  Aged 26.

 

JACKSON, John

Lieutenant.   Dorsetshire Regiment, attached to 2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th August 1916.   Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery.   Aged 24.

 

JENKINS, Richard

Second Lieutenant.  Manchester Regiment, attached 8th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 11th November 1916.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

KING, Edward Gordon MacGregor

Second Lieutenant.   King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached to 1/4th Battalion.    Killed in action in France on 17th July 1916.   Buried in Blighty Valley Cemetery.   Aged 18.

 

KIRKLAND, James Towers

Captain.   Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th September 1918.   Buried in Hancourt British Cemetery.   Aged 36.

 

LAWSON, Arthur Bertram

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO*.   11th Hussars, attached to 2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 24th June 1918.   Buried in St Venant-Robecq Road British Cemetery.   Aged 35.

 

LEES, Percival Booth

Second Lieutenant.  Hampshire Regiment, attached 14th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.  Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.  Aged 28.

 

LYCETT, William Bernard

Second Lieutenant.   Northamptonshire Regiment, attached to 1/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 24th July 1916.   Buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery.   Aged 22.

 

MACLEAN, Dugald Fitzroy

Second Lieutenant.   King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, attached to 1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 18.

 

MATHEWS, Anthony Edward

Second Lieutenant.  Devonshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.  Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery.  Aged 22.

 

MAYWOOD, James Henry

Captain.   Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry attached to 12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd August 1918.   Buried in Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont.   Aged 32.

 

McCELLAND, Albert

Second Lieutenant.   Highland Light Infantry, attached to 1/4th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 2nd April 1917.   Buried in Bray Military Cemetery.   Aged 22.

 

MITCHELL, George James

Second Lieutenant.   Devonshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.   Commemorated on Loos Memorial.   Aged 33.

 

MONTGOMERY, Robert

Captain.   Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.   Commemorated on the Loos Memorial.   Aged 27.

 

NORRIS, Kenneth Arthur Annesley

Second Lieutenant.  Royal West Kent Regiment attached 7th Battalion.  Died of illness in Mesopotamia on 16th June 1916.   Buried in Basra War Cemetery.   Aged 19.

 

NORTHCOTT, Henry John

Second Lieutenant.   Dorsetshire Regiment formerly 1/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 18th October 1918.   Buried in St Margaret Churchyard, Littleham, Devon.   Aged 30.

 

OWEN, Arthur Edmund

Lieutenant.  Northamptonshire Regiment, attached 2/4th Battalion. Died of wounds in France on 18th October 1916.  Buried in Merville Communal Cemetery. Aged 20.

 

PARAMORE, Robert Edward Pynsent

Lieutenant.   Devonshire Regiment attached to 1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1916.   Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 19.

 

PRITCHARD, Richard

Second Lieutenant.  Devonshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.  Died of wounds in UK on 22nd August 1916.   Buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.  Aged 29.

 

RAYNER, George Biddulph

Second Lieutenant.   Essex Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 12th May 1915.   Buried in Bedford House Cemetery.   Aged 31.

 

ROBSON, Charles Henry

Captain.  Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to 2/4th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 1st December 1917.  Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial.  Aged 30.

 

RORIE, Thomas Handyside Baxter

Captain.   Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) attached to 10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th August 1916.   Buried in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 41.

 

RUTHVEN, William Logan

Lieutenant Colonel.   East Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd December 1917.   Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.   Aged 38.

 

RYDE, John Titcombe

Second Lieutenant.  Bedfordshire Regiment, attached 12th Battalion.  Killed in action in France on 8th May 1917.  Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.   Aged 34.

 

SEAGO, George William Edward

Lieutenant.   Ox and Bucks Light Infantry attached to 1/5th Battalion.    Died of wounds in France on 6th October 1918.   Buried in Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 25.

 

SKEWES, Arthur Courtis

Second Lieutenant.   Devonshire Regiment, attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.   Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery.   Aged 20.

 

STEVEN, Archibald

Second Lieutenant.   Worcestershire Regiment, attached to 8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th October 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France.   Aged 25.

 

TWELVETREES, Bernard

Second Lieutenant.  Royal West Kent Regiment, attached to 1/5th Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.  Buried in Dochy Farm New British Cemetery.  Aged 24.

 

 

WATTS, William Kenworthy

Captain.   Norfolk Regiment attached to 2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 2nd December 1917.   Commemorated on Cambrai Memorial.   Aged 26.

 

 

WILKINSON, Frank

Second Lieutenant.   Dorsetshire Regiment attached to 2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 27th July 1916.   Buried in Rue-du-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery.   Aged 21.

 

WOOD, Colin Richards

Captain.   Middlesex Regiment attached to 1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th January 1915.   Commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

YOUNGHUSBAND, Harold

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, MiD.   Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 21st April 1916.   Commemorated on the Basra Memorial.   Aged 39.

 

 

 

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