Fallen Officers of the Great War

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Attached To

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1914

1

30th December

MILES

Robert Patrick

Capt

-

35

DOW

France

1st Bn Royal Irish Rifles

CCS at Estaires

Estaires Comm Cemetery Extn (I.D.3)

(1)

Died in 1915

2

21st May

ROBINSON

Geoffrey Francis

Capt

-

30

KIA

France

1/4th Bn Gurkha Rifles

Near Givenchy

Le Touret Memorial (Panel 31)

-

3

28th June

DYER

Edward Arnold

Lt

-

41

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn Border Regt

Southwest of Krithia

Twelve Tree Copse Cemetery (VII.C.15)

-

4

22nd September

COLVILLE

Henry George C

Capt

-

29

KIA

Belgium

16th Inf Bde Machine Gun Officer

"Forward Cottage", Hooge

La Brique Military Cemetery No 2 (I.I.21)

(2)

Died in 1916

5

7th January

WILLIAMS

Ivor Phillips

Lt

-

22

KIA

Gallipoli

4th Bn South Wales Borderers

Gully Ravine, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 156)

-

6

6th April

BAUSOR

Thomas Paul

2Lt

-

29

KIA

Belgium

8th Trench Mortar Battery

St Eloi, south of Ypres

Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 47/49)

(3)

7

8th April

THOMAS

Norman William

2Lt

-

28

KIAA

France

27th Sqn RFC

Northeast of Arras

Ecoivres Military Cemetery (I.B.20)

(4)

8

2nd July

FRENCH

Charles John

Major

-

37

DOW

France

255th Tunnelling Coy RE

DS at Nouex-les-Mines

Nouex-les-Mines Cemetery (I.L.13)

(5)

9

9th July

FISHER

Hubert Patrick

2Lt

-

20

KIA

France

1/4th Bn Glos Regt

Near "Observation Wood", Serre

Sucrerie Military Cemetery (I.I.64)

-

10

17th July

KING

Edward Gordon M

2Lt

-

18

KIA

France

1/4th Bn Glos Regt

Ovillers-la-Boisselle, Somme

Blighty Valley Cemetery  (III.J.2)

-

11

23rd July

MACLEAN

Dugald Fitzroy

2Lt

-

18

KIA

France

1/4th Bn Glos Regt

Railway line, Pozieres

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)

-

12

16th October

BOUCHER

Albert Adolphe

2Lt

-

20

DOW

France

8th Trench Mortar Battery

CCS at Couin, Gommecourt

Couin British Cemetery (III.B.1)

(6)

13

18th November

McMORDIE

James Wilson

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

2nd Bn KOYLI

"Munich Trench", Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 12A/12D)

-

Died in 1917

14

30th April

DIBBEN

Harold William

2Lt

-

26

KIA

France

8th Inf Bde Signals Officer

Near Tilloy, Arras

Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery (IV.E.7)

(7)

15

11th May

DENNETT

Stephen Hepworth

2Lt

-

23

KWF

Egypt

23rd (Res) Sqn RFC

Aboukir, near Alexandria

Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery (B.12)

(8)

16

30th May

MORGAN

Joseph

2Lt

-

19

KIAA

Egypt

67th Sqn RFC

Sinai Desert

Kantara War Cemetery (D.163)

(9)

17

24th August

ATCHISON

Charles Ernest

Lt Col

DSO, MiD

42

KIA

Belgium

CO 6th Bn KOYLI

"Stirling Castle", Inverness Copse

Menin Road South Mil Cem (I.C.36)

(10)

18

22nd September

HIGGINS

Percy Clynton

Capt

-

28

KIA

GEA

1st Bn Nigeria Regt WAFF

Bweho Chini, River Mbemkuru

Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery (7.J.5)

(11)

19

9th October

BURNS

Walter Bell

Lt

-

24

KIA

Belgium

1/4th Bn Glos Regt

E of "Tweed House", Poelcapelle

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 112/113)

-

20

25th November

BATTYE

Clinton Wynyard

Lt Col

DSO, MiD**

43

KIA

France

CO 14th Bn HLI

Bourlon, near Cambrai

Moeuvres Comm Cemetery (V1.C.25)

(12)

Died in 1918

21

6th January

COTTON

Willoughby Lynch

Capt

-

54

DOI

UK

Special List (Recruiting Officer)

Hospital at Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury General Cemetery (165.13.B)

(13)

22

13th January

CORBET

John Hugh

2Lt

-

22

KIAA

France

11th Sqn RFC

Near Douai, Arras

Douai Communal Cemetery (D.20)

(14)

23

25th January

GUBBINS

Richard Rolls

Lt Col

DSO, MiD***

49

LAS

Sea

A.A.Q.M.G, Staff, HQ BEF

Off Cape la Hague, France

"Normandy" Memorial, St Marie Cemetery

(15)

24

15th February

BULMER

Geoffrey Percival

Lt

MC

22

D

UK

15th (Trg) Sqn RFC

St Mary's Hospital, Paddington

Hereford Cemetery (St Nicholas 255)

(16)

25

4th March

SWIFT-O'FFLAHERTIE

Godwn Joseph A

Lt

-

21

KWF

Egypt

Artillery Obs School  RFC

Almaza Aerodrome, near Cairo

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (M.159)

(17)

26

24th March

MEALING

Maurice Edward

2Lt

MC

24

KIAA

France

56th Sqn RFC

Southeast of Arras

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(18)

27

29th March

GALLIMORE

Hubert Thomas Keith

Lt

-

25

KIA

France

1/6th Bn Cheshire Regt

Ignaucourt, near Amiens

Pozieres Memorial (Panel 60)

(19)

28

9th April

BROOKE

William John

Major

-

42

KIA

France

21st Bn Middx Regt

Near Laventie

Ploegsteert Memorial (Panel 8)

-

29

20th June

WELLINGS

Henry William

2Lt

DCM

27

DOW

France

17th Bn MGC

CCS at Gezaincourt

Gezaincourt Com  Cemetery (I.M.23)

(20)

30

8th August

JONES

John William

2Lt

-

27

KIA

Palestine

2nd Bn Imperial Camel Corps

Mudawarra, South Jordan

Jerusalem Memorial (Panel 41)

-

31

21st August

POSTLES

Charles Ernest

2Lt

-

33

KIA

France

1st Bn Cheshire Regtt

near Achiet-le-Petit

Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 8)

-

32

26th August

HANBURY-SPARROW

Brian

Capt

MC

21

KIA

Russia

7th Bn N Staffs Regt

"Mud Volcano", Baku

Haidar Pasha Memorial, Turkey

(21)

33

4th September

BRANDON

Brian Lloyd

2Lt

-

25

KIA

Belgium

1/7th Bn Cheshire Regt

Near Kemmel

Pond Farm Cemetery (P.3)

-

34

5th September

BARNETT

William Rose

Lt

-

28

KWF

UK

50th Trg Depot Sqn RAF

Near Hailsham, Sussex

Wenlock (Broseley) Cemetery (CE.1184)

(22)

35

14th September

CANNON

Sidney Leslie

Lt

-

22

KWF

Egypt

23rd Trg Sqn RAF

Near Alexandria, Egypt

Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery (B.83)

(23)

36

24th September

EVANS

Albert Ashley

2Lt

-

28

KIA

France

2nd Bn York & Lancs Regt

near Fresnoy-le-Petit

Trefcon British Cemetery (D.10)

-

37

16th October

HERBERT

Edmund Widdington

2Lt

-

29

KIA

Belgium

1/4th Bn Cheshire Regt

"Quandary Farm", Menin

Hooge Crater Cemetery (XX.G.4)

(24)

38

25th October

DAVIES

James Parton

2Lt

-

34

KIA

Belgium

1/7th Bn Cheshire Regt

Poeldriesch, Tournai

Tournai Comm Cemetery (Allied V.J.5)

(25)

Died in 1919

39

17th September

UNWIN

Francis John

Lt

-

22

KIAA

Russia

RAF aboard HMS Vindictive

Near Kronstadt Naval Base

Archangel Memorial

(26)

Died in 1921

40

14th January

WHITFIELD

Arthur Henry

Lt

-

31

DOI

UK

12th Bn Tank Corps

Netley Hospital

Portsmouth (Milton) Cemetery (F.13.28)

(27)

Notes:

1.   MILES was wounded at "E Lines", northeast of Fauquissart on 29th December 1914.

2.   COLVILLE was the 16th Infantry Brigade Machine Gun Officer.

3.   BAUSOR may well have been buried near St Eloi but the grave was later lost.

4.   THOMAS was killed during an operational flight when his aircraft, a Martynside G.100 fighter-bomber, No 7267, was shot down over German lines.

5.   FRENCH was wounded near Givenchy on 1st July 1916.

6.   BOUCHER was wounded near Mailly-Maillet on 15th October 1916.

7.   DIBBEN was detached from 7th Battalion.

8.   DENNETT was killed during a training flight, when his aircraft, a BE2e, collided with another aircraft in mid-air.

9.   MORGAN was killed during an aerial patrol when his aircraft, a BE2e, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire.   He was the observer in the aircraft which was piloted by Lt G C Stones, who was also killed.

10. ATCHISON was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Stirling Castle", west of Inverness Copse, and was reburied at the Menin Road South Cemetery in February 1920.

11. HIGGINS was originally buried in a battlefield grave at Bweho Chini, near the River Mbemkuru, south of Dar Es Salaam and was reburied initially in Lindi Cemetery in the early 1970s then to Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in 1975.   German East Africa is now Tanzania.

12. BATTYE was originally buried in a battlefield grave at the northwest corner of Bourlon Wood and reburied at Moeuvres in March 1920.

13. COTTON died of pnuemonia.

14. CORBET was killed during an operational flight, when his aircraft, a Bristol F2b fighter, was brought down near Douai.

15. GUBBINS was lost at sea when HMT Normandy was torpedoed and sunk by U-90 in the English Channel, off Cap de la Hague, west of Cherbourg.   He was serving as a A.A.Q.M.G (Assistant Adjutant & Quartermaster General) on the Staff of HQ BEF.

16. BULMER took his own life in a hotel in Paddington.   Prior to serving with the RFC he had previously seen active service with 7th Battalion and was awarded the MC for conspicuous bravery in action.

17. SWIFT-O'FFLAHERTIE was killed whilst flying during a training flight at the Almaza Aerodrome.   A Board of Inquiry found that he was recklessly flying his aircraft, a DH6.   At the time of the accident he was attached to 1st (Garrison) Bn The King's (Liverpool Regiment).

18. MEALING was killed during an operational flight, when his aircraft, an SE5 fighter was brought down in unknown circumstances.   He had scored 14 victories and was considered to be an "Ace".

19. GALLIMORE was serving in 118th Brigade Composite Battalion.

20. WELLINGS was wounded at Acheux, southeast of Doullens, on 19th June 1918.

21. HANBURY-SPARROW was killed in action at Baku (then part of Azerbaijan).   The Battalion was part of "Dunsterforce".

22. BARNETT was killed in a training flight, when his aircraft, Sopwith Camel B7906, failed to recover after a loop and crashed into the ground in a wood near Hailsham.  He was commissioned into the KSLI as a 2Lt on 21st August 1917.

23. CANNON was killed in a training flight, when he lost control of his Sopwith Pup aircraft and it crashed into the ground from about 1,000 feet.

24. HERBERT was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Quandary Farm", east of Menin and was reburied in Hooge Crater Cemetery in August 1919.

25. DAVIES was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Bossuyt and reburied at Tournai in April 1920.   The 1/7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment War Diary for 25th October 1918 believes he, with others, were taken POW by the Germans.

26. UNWIN was killed during an operational flight near the Kronstadt Naval Base.   His aircraft was brought down, possibly by ground fire, and crashed into the sea.

27. WHITFIELD died of ?   He was commissioned into the KSLI on 31st July 1918 and was seconded to the Tank Corps on 21st November 1918.