The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) - Roll of Honour of Officers of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 7th (Service) Battalion The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	20th December	NEWELL	William Joseph	Lt Col	-	55	DOI	UK	Hospital at London	South Ealing Cemetery (F.F.16)	p208 (1)
Died in 1916
2	21st March	TOWNSEND	Charles Victor	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery (H.37)	p223
3	24th March	LEGG	William Norman	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (I.B.4)	(2)
4	13th May	BOLT	Bertram Leslie	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Community Cemetery Extn (II.D.53)	p225 (3)
5	14th July	CAESAR	Charles Patrick	Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)	p228 (4)
6	14th July	DELL	Louis Michael	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)	p228
7	14th July	GREEN	Charles Ernest	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)	p228
8	14th July	McSWINY	Claude O'Connell	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)	p228 (5)
9	14th July	RIGBY	Edward William	Capt	-	32	KIA	France	Near Bazentin le Grand, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)	p228 (6)
10	15th July	DAVIES	Walter Llewellyn	2Lt	-	34	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery (I.B.49)	p228 (7)
11	16th July	WRIGHT	Edmund Lancelot	Capt	-	32	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery (I.C.7)	p228 (8)
12	17th July	SILVESTER	Geoffrey Francis	Capt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	La Neuville British Cemetery (I.C.24)	p228 (9)
13	20th August	UPTON	John Alberic Everard	2Lt	-	25	DOW	France	CCS at Sailly-le-Sec	Dive Copse British Cemetery (II.F.38)	p230 (10)
14	13th November	PRICE	Arthur	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Southwest of Serre, Somme	Serre Road cemetery No.1 (I.G.22)	p232
15	13th November	SOUTHWELL	Arthur Horace Steadman	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Southwest of Serre, Somme	Serre Road cemetery No.2 (I.A.17)	p232
Died in1917
16	9th April	DALLOW	Ewart William	2Lt	MiD	32	KIA	France	Near "Hastings Lane", Tilloy	Tilloy British Cemetery (II.F.19)	p238 (11)
17	11th April	LELEU	Sydney Francis	2Lt	-	29	DOW	France	CCS at Avesnes-le-Comte	Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery (IV.C.8)	(12)
18	3rd May	EASTHAM	Clement Vincent	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near "Bois du Vert", Monchy le Preux	Arras Memorial (Bay 7)	p239
19	3rd May	URSELL	Victor George	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near "Bois du Vert", Monchy le Preux	Arras Memorial (Bay 7)	p239 (13)
20	18th May	PECKER	Francis George	Capt	-	30	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (XVII.C.19)	p239 (14)
21	12th August	HUGHES	George	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Demicourt, Cambrai	Anneux British Cemetery (IV.A.10)	p242
22	26th September	ARTAUD	Gerald Frank Deveniere	Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
23	26th September	BOARDLEY	Harold Augustus	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
24	26th September	CRABTREE	John Hebron	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
25	26th September	POWELL	Victor Edmund	Capt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
26	26th September	SPIERS	Archibald Lionel Clive	Lt	-	33	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
27	26th September	TOPHAM	Alfred James Tudor	Capt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)	p243
28	4th October	CLARKE	Leonard	Lt	-	29	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven, near Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (VI.I.11)	p244 (15)
Died in 1918
29	27th March	PRICE	David Leonard	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Henin, near Arras	Wailly Orchard Cemetery (II.B.5)	p249
30	27th March	WOOLF	Walter Francis	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Henin, near Arras	Wailly Orchard Cemetery (II.B.4)	p249
31	28th March	GOODCHILD	Stewart John	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Henin, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 7)	p250
32	28th March	JONES	George Frederick	Capt	MC	26	KIA	France	Henin, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 7)	p250
33	28th March	NORRIS	Alfred James	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Henin, near Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 7)	p250
34	13th April	MORGANS	Thomas	2Lt	-	34	DOW	France	CCS at Chocques, near Bethune	Chocques Military Cemetery (I.P.31)	p252 (16)
35	24th April	JONES	Griffiths Vaughan	2Lt	-	23	POW	Germany	Unknown	Cologne Southern Cemetery (II.C.11)	p 253 (17)
36	20th May	RANDALL	Herbert Ernest	2Lt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS at Fouquereuil	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (I.K.3)	p255 (18)
37	30th May	JONES	George Harold Price	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Chocques, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (I.M.10)	p254
38	31st May	BOWIE	David Drummond	Capt	MC, MiD*	26	DOW	France	CCS at Fouquereuil	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (I.M.9)	p254 (19)
39	31st May	JOHNSTON	Frank	Major	MiD	32	DOW	France	CCS at Fouquereuil	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (I.M.8)	p254 (20)
40	2nd September	MIDDLETON	James	2Lt	MC	29	KIA	France	Lagnicourt, near Bapaume	Vaulx Hill Cemetery (II.F.3)	p260 (21)
41	17th September	PITCHFORD	Arthur Reginald	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Havrincourt, near Cambrai	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 8)	p261
42	27th September	ALLNUTT	Albert Edwin	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Havrincourt, near Cambrai	Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt	p261
43	27th September	AMEY	Harold	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Havrincourt, near Cambrai	Morchies Australian Cemetery (E.1)	p261
44	26th October	OWEN	Arthur Bankes	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS near Beugny	Delsaux Farm Cemetery, Beugny (I.A.1)	p264 (?)
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. NEWELL had retired from the Indian Army on 11th May 1910 and was appointed as Battalion CO on 24th October 1914 vice Lt Col S G Moore. 2. LEGG was wounded near Voormezeele on 20th March 1916. 3. BOLT was wounded northeast of Vierstraat on 12th May 1916. 4. CAESAR was reportedly buried with 5 others in a battlefield grave to the south of Bazentin-le-Grand, marked by a memorial cross, but when the grave was searched in April 1919 no bodies were found. 5. McSWINY was reportedly buried with 5 others in a battlefield grave to the south of Bazentin-le-Grand, marked by a memorial cross, but when the grave was searched in April 1919 no bodies were found. 6. RIGBY was reportedly buried with 5 others in a battlefield grave to the south of Bazentin-le-Grand, marked by a memorial cross, but when the grave was searched in April 1919 no bodies were found. 7. DAVIES was wounded south of Bazentin le Grand on 14th July 1916. 8. WRIGHT was wounded south of Bazentin le Grand on 14th July 1916. 9. SILVESTER was wounded south of Bazentin le Grand on 14th July 1916. 10. UPTON was wounded near "Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont on 18th August 1916. 11. DALLOW was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Tilloy and reburied in Tilloy British Cemetery in July 1919. 12. LELEU was wounded near Tilloy on 9th April 1917. 13. URSELL's body was found on 20th May 1917 and was buried, but his grave was later lost due to shelling. 14. PECKER was wounded near Monchy-le-Preux on 12th May 1917. 15. CLARKE was wounded to the northeast of Potijze on 26th September 1917. 16. MORGANS was wounded near Le Bassee Canal, Locon, on 13th April 1918. 17. JONES G V was wounded and captured by the Germans at Henin, southeast of Arras on 28th March 1918. He died at ? POW Camp and was reburied in Cologne after 1922. 18. RANDALL was wounded near Hinges, north of Bethune on 20th May 1918. 19. BOWIE was wounded near Locon, northeast of Bethune, on 30th May 1918. 20. JOHNSTON was wounded near Chocques on 30th May 1918. 21. MIDDLETON was originally buried in a battlefield grave at Bois de Vaulx, southwest of Lagnicourt and reburied at Vaulx Hill Cemetery in March 1920. 22. OWEN was wounded at Quievy, southwest of Solesmes on 23rd October 1918.

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

7th (Service) Battalion The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	26th September 1917	PEGUM	Joseph Patrick	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Near Potijze, northeast of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 160)	p243 (1)
2	28th March 1918	EDWARDS	William	Capt	-	?	DOW	France	CCS at Doullens	Doullens Communal Cemetery Extn (III.A.16)	p250 (2)
3	28th March 1918	PHARE	Dudley Gershom	Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Henin, southeast of Arras	Arras Memorial (Bay 10)	p250 (3)
4	30th May 1918	ARNOTT	Kenneth Hugh Lowden	Lt Col	DSO, MC, MiD**	31	KIA	France	La Bassee Canal, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (I.M.7)	p254 (4)
5	11th June 1918	GREEN	George Birch	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	La Bassee Canal, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (II.E.2)	p255 (5)
6	16th June 1918	McCOWAN	James	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	La Bassee Canal, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (II.F.9)	(p255 (6)
7	29th June 1918	BARNES	Leon Thomas Victor	Major	MC	35	DOW	France	Gosnay, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (II.K.8)	p255 (7)
8	28th July 1918	WILLIAMS	Hugh	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	La Bassee Canal, near Bethune	Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil (III.E.3)	p256 (8)
9	21st August 1918	DAVIES	Idris Powell	Lt Col	-	22	KIA	France	Monchy-au-Bois, near Arras	Bienvillers Military Cemetery (XVIII.F.4)	p259 (9)
10	23rd August 1918	BENBOW	Walter Harold	2Lt	MM	29	KIA	France	Near Ayette, west of Courcelles	Bienvillers Military Cemetery (XVIII.F.3)	p259 (10)
11	24th August 1918	BRUNDRETT	George Frederick	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	Hospital at Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.B.10.15)	p259 (11)
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. PEGUM was detached from the Royal Army Medical Corps and was the Regimental Medical Officer. 2. EDWARDS was detached from the Army Service Corps and was wounded southeast of Henin on 28th March 1918. 3. PHARE was detached from the Army Service Corps. 4. ARNOTT was detached from the Leicestershire Regiment and was the Commanding Officer. 5. GREEN was detached from Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 6. McCOWAN was detached from the South Wales Borderers. 7. BARNES was detached from the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was wounded by shelling in a rest area known as the Sandpits near Fouquereuil, east of Lapugnoy. 8. WILLIAMS was detached from the Pembroke Yeomanry 9. DAVIES was detached from the Cheshire Regiment. 10. BENBOW was detached from the Royal Berkshire Regiment. 11. BRUNDRETT was detached from the Cheshire Regiment and was wounded at Monchy-au-Bois on 21st August 1918.

Battalion History

The 7th (Service) Battalion was formed at Shrewsbury on 22nd September 1914, as part of "K3" and on 26th September 1914 moved to Codford, near Warminster and placed under command of 76th Brigade, 25th Division. The Battalion was then moved on 12th November 1914 to Bournemouth where it remained until 2nd May 1915 when it moved to Romsey. After a short stay it was moved to Albuhera Barracks Aldershot on 3rd June 1915 to complete individual, collective and unit training for active service. The Battalion embarked for Boulogne on 27th September 1915 and transferred on 9th October 1915 to under command of 8th Brigade in same Division. The Battalion saw it's first action on 13th October 1915 but suffered no casualties. The Battalion fought with 25th Division in France and Flanders throughout the war and a detailed history of the 25th Division can be viewed here. After the Armistice the Division marched towards Germany and the Battalion crossed the frontier at Beho on 12th December 1918 and were billeted at Golzheim. Demobilisation began on 29th December 1918 when miners were returned to the UK and drafts continued to be returned up to 21st May 1919 when the final cadre of 2 officers and 46 men returned, with the Battalion Colours to Aldershot before reaching Shrewsbury on 7th June 1919.

The Battalion lost 1,048 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 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.

Analysis of 7th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	GE	UK	TOTAL
1914				1	1
1916	1	13			14
1917	7	6			13
1918		15	1		16
TOTALS	8	34	1	1	44

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