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"And to us who are left
to mourn their departure grant that we may not sorrow as those
without hope for our beloved who sleep in thee. But
that always remembering their courage and the love that united
us on earth, we may begin with new courage to serve thee more
fervently, and that when we have passed a few more days in this
valley of tears we may see them again face to face in those
pastures where we trust they already walk with thee".
Inscriptions
on the Salperton War Memorial, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Welcome
Thank you for visiting this site. The information
presented in this site has in the main been obtained from the public domain or
purchased from First World War history outlets and
is therefore freely available to all who wish to copy material from it. The site author/webmaster is solely
responsible for its content and every attempt has been made to ensure its
accuracy. The site should be considered as a living document since
information is constantly being expanded and updated. This site was first posted
to the internet in October 2017, but was withdrawn for significant updating and
major overhaul during lockdown in September 2020 and again for major refinement
in late 2023.
Aim of the Website/Project
The aim of the project/website is simple.
It is to collate into one place an accurate record of the
service and death of those Regimental Officers of Yeomanry,
Royal Engineers and
Infantry Regiments as listed below, who died in the First World War, and to make a permanent
record of their sacrifice.
Intended Viewers
The site is intended for military and family
researchers and historians and anyone who is keen to discover
information on those
devoted and intrepid officers who so freely sacrificed their
lives whilst leading their men into battle.
Research
Research is continuing
for further information which will be posted on the site as soon as it is checked and
verified.
Accuracy
The author has taken every reasonable care to
ensure that the information on this website is as accurate as
possible. Please contact the author should errors or
omissions be discovered by visitors to the site in order that
corrective action can be taken. Contact details are
shown above and below.
Copyright
The vast majority of the few images posted on this site have been purchased from
third parties and are the property of the Webmaster but some are owned by and
are copyright of others. Crown Copyright material is reproduced
under the terms of the Click-Use Licence. Where necessary,
permission has been sought for other images to be published. Where it has proved difficult or impossible to determine
rightful ownership and provenance, copyright may have been unintentionally and
unknowingly infringed and for this I sincerely apologise. Owners of
images are respectfully requested to contact me and immediate action will be
taken to either remove the image or to indicate and acknowledge its rightful
owner.
Site Author/Webmaster
The site author/webmaster can be contacted here:
fallenofficersofthegreatwar@gmail.com.
First World War Casualties
The formal dates of the First World War as
recognised by the UK Government are between 4th August 1914 to 31st August
1921 inclusive, and any member of the UK or Commonwealth/Empire Armed Services who died
in this period, or as a result of their service during this
period, are officially registered and commemorated by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) either by an approved
headstone on the grave, or if this is not possible or practical,
the name being inscribed on a relevant Memorial to the Missing.
The vast majority of officers listed in the
various Regimental Rolls of Honour are those registered and
commemorated by the CWGC but there are others who died as
civilians when retired or discharged from the Services who are
uncommemorated by the CWGC but are remembered and honoured in these Regimental
Rolls.
Site Development
An enormous amount of
information is available through the following organisations and
publications:
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Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (CWGC)
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Officers
Died in the Great War (ODGW)
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British
Regiments 1914 - 1918: Brigadier E A James.
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Regimental Histories
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Regimental Museums
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General Register Office (GRO) Index
To War Deaths 1914 - 1921, Army Officers
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Army Lists (1914 - 1921) (from the National Library of Scotland)
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Cross of Sacrifice - Officers Who Died 1914 - 1918
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Bond of Sacrifice
(Volumes 1 and 2)
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De Ruvigny's Roll
of Honour 1914 - 1918
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War Office
officers personal files (available in Catalogues WO 339 and WO 374 at The
National Archives)
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Medal Index
Cards (available in Catalogue WO 372 at The National
Archives)
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Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914 - 1918 (available
in Catalogue WO 329 at The National Archives)
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Battalion War
Diaries and Histories (available in Catalogue WO95 at the
National Archives)
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British First World War Trench
Maps, 1915 - 1918 (from National Library of Scotland)
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National and Local
contemporary press
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The Times Digital
Archive 1785 - 1985
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The
London Gazette.
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War Memorials and
commemorative plaques.
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The RAF Museum (for RAF/RFC Casualty
Cards)
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Royal Flying Corps Research Data Website.
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Fatal Air Accidents in Britain Website (Period 1914 -
1920)
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The National Army Museum
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Ancestry.co.uk
- Military Records
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The
FreeBMD Project (free access to the Civil Registration of Births,
Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837)
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The
Great War Forum
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The
Imperial War Museum National War Memorial Register
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The
Wartime Memories Project.
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The
Long, Long Trail website - Discovering the British Army and its
soldiers in the Great War
These sources
together form the basis of each of the Regimental Rolls of Honour contained
in this
site.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The CWGC commemorates those official
casualties who died in service, or died due to service, during
the First World War. The formal inclusive dates of
the war are between 4th August 1914 and 31st August 1921 and any
serving member of the UK and Commonwealth/Empire Armed Services who died during this period are
officially registered and commemorated by the CWGC either by an
approved headstone on the grave or if this is not possible or
practical, the name being inscribed on a Memorial to the
Missing. Others, as civilians, who died as a result
to their service during this period are also registered and
commemorated by the CWGC.
In compiling these Regimental Rolls of
Honour, records held by the CWGC were examined and compared
with other official documents and if apparent
anomalies in the individual records held in the Debt of Honour
Register are found they are
listed within each Regimental page, with
the suggested corrective action taken or planned, and the long term aim is to correct these
inaccuracies where they exist.
In December 2020, the Commission reviewed
their policy on amendments to the Casualty Database.
One of the outcomes of the review was that they would no longer
add Honours and Awards to the database where there is no entitlement to
post-nominal letters. Therefore the recording of
"Mentioned in Despatches", for instance, would no longer be carried out.
Officers of
Other Corps and Regiments Honoured and Remembered in this Website/Project
Remembered and and honoured in this website/project are the names of
fallen officers
of the following Yeomanry, Royal Engineer and Infantry Regiments:
Names of Fallen Officers of Non-Combtant Corps
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Royal Army Medical
Corps (not yet started)
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Army Chaplains' Department (not yet started)
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Queen Alexandria's Imperial
Military Nursing Service (not yet
started)
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Territorial Force Nursing
Service (not yet started)
Names of Fallen Officers of Regiments of World War 2
Remembered and Honoured in this Website
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