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Aim of the Website/Project
The aim of this part of the website is
simple. It is to collate into one place an accurate
record of the service and death of the 254 officers of
The
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) who died in the Great War and to make a
permanent record of their sacrifice. These officers
served and died for their country on land, sea and in the air
and are listed here in a
Regimental
Officers Roll of Honour.
Accuracy and Research
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. Research is continuing
for further information which will be posted on the site as soon as it is checked and confirmed.
First World War Casualties
The formal dates of the First World War as
recognised by the UK Government are between 4th August 1914 and
31st August 1921 inclusive, and any member of the UK and
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
King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) During the Great War
During the Great War the Regiment was organised
into Regular, Territorial Force, and Service Battalions as
described here.
After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and at various
stages up to 1st July 1918, the Regiment
had formed, disbanded, reorganised, or reconstituted up
to 13 Regular, Territorial Force, Service and Reserve Battalions.
These Battalions earned a total of 64 Battle Honours during the
war and a list of these Battle Honours can be
found here.
Facts and Figures
A total of 254 officers
of the Regiment lost their lives in the Great War and a detailed
analysis of these casualties can be viewed
here.
All are buried or commemorated on
Memorials To The Missing throughout the world as official war
casualties (less Major C M Vassar-Smith). Two officers have mistakenly been commemorated
on wrong Memorials: 2Lt A O Egerton (Loos Memorial,
should properly be commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate Memorial) and 2Lt R R Lawrence
(Arras Memorial, should properly be commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial).
136 officers are buried
or commemorated in France and 74 in Belgium. Other burials or commemorations are in
Egypt, Gallipoli, Germany, German East Africa (now Tanzania), Palestine, Russia
and Salonika. There are 19 officers buried in the UK and 5 officers were lost at sea.
40 officers of the Regiment
died whilst detached to other
Servies, Headquarters, Units and fighting Battalions of other Regiments
and a list of these officers can be
viewed here.
A total of 36 officers of other Regiments
lost their lives in the Great War whilst serving with fighting Battalions
of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). A list of their names and
details of their death can be viewed
here.
Project
Development
In addition to the basic sources of
information outlined on the main Project
Home Page, an enormous amount regarding the Regiment 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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The History of the
King's Shropshire Light Infantry in the Great War 1914 -
1918: Major W de B Wood
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The King's
Shropshire Light Infantry 1881 - 1968:
Shropshire Regimental Museum (Author) and Peter Duckers
(Compiler)
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British Regiments
1914 - 1918: Brigadier E A James
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Soldiers of Shropshire Museum,
Shrewsbury.
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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
officer personal files held in Catalogues WO 339 and WO 374 at The
National Archives
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Medal Index
Cards held in Catalogue WO 372 at The National Archives
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Service Medal and Award Rolls 1914 - 1918 held 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 Archive (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
Great War Forum
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The
Imperial War Museum National War Memorial Register
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The
National Army Museum
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The
Long, Long Trail - Discovering the British Army and its
soldiers in the Great War
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The
Wartime Memories Project.
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Ancestry.co.uk
- Military Records
These sources, with others, together form the
basis for the
The King's
(Shropshire Light Infantry) Regimental Officers Rolls of Honour
of the Great War.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
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 31st August 1921 and any
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.
There are some apparent anomalies in the
individual records in the Casualty Database
maintained by the CWGC and these are
listed
here with
the suggested corrective action taken, and the long term aim is to correct all of these
inaccuracies.
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 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
Also
recorded and honoured in this website/project are the names of
fallen officers
of the following Yeomanry, Royal Engineer and Infantry Regiments:
Site Author/Webmaster
The site author/webmaster can be contacted here:
fallenofficersofthegreatwar@gmail.com
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