Fallen Officers of the Great War

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in1917

1

30th November

HARES

Vincent Colin

Lt

-

20

KIA

Palestine

"Signal Hill", near Et Tireh, Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (E.36)

p290

2

10th December

CHURCH

John Victor

2Lt

-

20

DOW

Egypt

Hospital at Alexandria

Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery (B.32)

(1)

3

13th December

ALLIN

Harold Wyse

Lt

-

28

DOW

Egypt

43rd Stationary Hospital, El Arish

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (F.281)

(2)

Died in 1918

4

8th September

FROST

Percy Causton

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

Near Villers-Faucon

Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery Extn (II.A.2)

p296

5

18th September

MILLAR

William McKay

2Lt

-

24

KIA

France

Near "Benjamin Post", southeast of Ronssoy

Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 8)

p296

6

19th September

SHACKLES

Ronald Guy

2Lt

-

MC

19

France

Near "Orchard Post", southeast of Ronssoy

Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 8)

p296

Notes:   (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "The History of The King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 - 1918 " by Major W de B Wood, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated).

1.   CHURCH was wounded at "Signal Hill", near Et Tire, northwest of Jerusalem on 30th November 1917.

2.   ALLIN was wounded at "Signal Hill", near Et Tire, northwest of Jerusalem on 30th November 1917.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) TF

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

1

30th November 1917

MUDDOCK

Jasper Milton Preston

2Lt

-

29

KIA

Palestine

"Signal Hill", near Et Tireh, Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (E.60)

p290   (1)

2

30th November 1917

HENNINGSEN

Cecil Eric

Lt

-

25

KIA

Palestine

"Signal Hill", near Et Tireh, Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (E.64)

p290   (2)

3

7th March 1918

GLAZEBROOK

Philip Kirkland

Major

DSO

37

KIA

Palestine

Wadi Stour, near Jerusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (0.106)

p291   (3)

4

10th March 1918

ALDERSEY

Hugh

Capt

-

29

KIA

Palestine

Burj el Lisaneth, near Jersusalem

Jerusalem War Cemetery (A.67)

p293   (4)

5

22nd August 1918

JENKINS

Sidney Oswald

2Lt

-

26

KIA

France

Near Beaupre, south of Lys Canal

Loos Memorial (Panel 50/52)

p295   (5)

6

22nd August 1918

PLOWDEN

Francis Charles

Lt

-

40

DOW

France

CCS at Aire

Aire Communal Cemetery (IV.C.1)

p295   (6)

7

22nd August 1918

CAWLEY

The Hon Oswald

Capt

-

335

KIA

France

Near Beaupre, south of Lys Canal

Nery Communal Cemetery

p295   (6)

8

21st September

PATERSON

John Jamieson

2Lt

-

26

KIA

France

Near Ronssoy, east of Villers Faucon

Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery (II.F.2)

p297   (7)

Notes:   (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "The History of The King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 - 1918 " by Major W de B Wood, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated).

1.   MUDDOCK was detached from the Shropshire Yeomanry.

2.   HENNINGSEN was detached from the Shropshire Yeomanry.

3.   GLAZEBROOK was detached from the Cheshire Yeomanry.

4.   ALDERSEY was detached from the Cheshire Yeomanry.

5.   JENKINS was detached from the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

6.   PLOWDEN was detached from the Shropshire Yeomanry.   He was wounded near Beaupre, south of Lys Canal on 22nd August 1918.

7.    CAWLEY was detached from the Shropshire Yeomanry.   He was taken from the battlefield near Beaupre and buried at Nery Communal Cemetery, over 100 miles away, to be buried close to his brother, Major J S Cawley who fell on 1st September 1914.

8.    PATERSON was originally buried in a battlefield grave in the village of St Emilie and was reburied at Templeux-le-Guerard British Cemetery in May 1930.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Cairo on 2nd March 1917 by the amalgamation of two dismounted TF Yeomanry Regiments of the 4th Dismounted Brigade based at the Suez Canal - 1/1st Cheshire Yeomanry and 1/1st Shropshire Yeomanry.   Full title - 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) TF.   Placed under command of 231st Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division for operations in Palestine.

In May 1918, the 74th Division as a whole was redeployed to the British Expeditionary Force in France, arriving at Marseilles on 7th May 1918.   The Division remained with the BEF until the end of the war when it was gradually demobilised and finally disbanded in July 1919.   A detailed account of the operations carried out by the 74th (Yeomanry) Division during the war can be viewed here.

The Battalion lost 238 soldiers during the war,

Regimental History

The King's Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) was formed on 1 July 1881 as the county Regiment of Herefordshire and Shropshire as part of the Childers Reforms.   It was renamed as The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) on 10 March 1882.   The Regiment was an amalgamation of the 53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot and the 85th (King's Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot, which became the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions.  The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteers units within the Regimental District as Battalions of the Regiment.   Accordingly, the Shropshire Militia and Royal Herefordshire Militia became the 3rd and 4th (Militia) Battalions respectively, and the 1st and 2nd Shropshire Rifle Volunteer Corps became the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions.  The 1st Herefordshire (Herefordshire and Radnorshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps was also affiliated as a Volunteer Battalion, without change of title.   In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the two Militia Battalions were merged to form the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the 1st and 2nd Volunteer Battalions were merged to form the 4th Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force, at Longden Coleham in Shrewsbury. At the same time, the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps became independent and re-titled as the Herefordshire Regiment (TF).

A detailed history of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) can be viewed here, here, here and here.   Further reading is here - "The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1881 - 1968":  By Shropshire Regimental Museum (Author) and Peter Duckers (Compiler).   Published in 2009 - ISBN 13 - 978-0752411934.

The History of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) in the Great War 1914 - 1918 (edited by Major W de B Wood) - ISBN 13: 978-1843426097 ) provides a detailed account of the Regimental Battalions in the Great War.                                  

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