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Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving on Non-Active Lists

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
	Died in 1915 (1 officer)
1	10th February	CHARLES	James Arthur Meerriman	2Lt	-	25	DOW	UK	King Edward VII Hospital, London	Oakham cemetery (47.8)	p5 (1)
	Died in 1917 (2 officers)
2	24th September	EAKIN	Robert Andrew	Capt	-	33	DOW	UK	Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley	Greenford (Holy Cross Churchyard	p9 (2)
3	16th October	SYMONDS	Kenneth Claude	Lt	-	25	DOI	UK	Shifnal, Salops	Shifnal (St Andrew) Churchyard	(3)
	Died in 1919 (1 officer)
4	17th April	MOORE-LANE	Thomas Edward	Major	-	45	DOI	UK	Woodbourne Nursing Home, IOM	Kirk Malew (St Malew)Churchyard, Douglas	p134 (4)
	Died in 1920 (3 officers)
5	14th June	JORDAN	Richard Avary Arthur Young	Major	-	54	DOI	UK	Bath	Bathampton (St Nicholas) Churchyard	(5)
6	25th November	VASSAR-SMITH	Charles Martin	Major	-	39	DOI	UK	Rusholme, Manchester	Charlton Kings Cemetery (Family Vault)	p72 (6)
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. CHARLES was serving with 1st Battalion when he was wounded at Rue de Bois, Armentieres, on 23rd October 1914 and evacuated to the UK. 2. EAKIN was serving with 1st Battalion when he was wounded at Le Quesne, east of Fleurbaix, on 22nd October 1914 and evacuated to UK. He was placed on the Half-Pay List on account of ill health on 28th September 1916 but was re-instated to the Regimental Establishment on 30th May 1917 before being placed of the Half-Pay List again, due to ill health caused by wounds, on 9th August 1917. 3. SYMONDS relinquished his commission on account of ill health on 7th September 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He died of TB. He saw active service with 1/4th Battalion. 4. MOORE-LANE saw active service with 5th Battalion and was wounded at Ypres on 9th August 1915. He also served with 8th Battalion in Salonika where he was again wounded. Invalided out of Army in 1918 and placed on the Retired List. 5. JORDAN served with 5th Battalion up to 17th August 1915 when he returned to UK to take up other duties. 6. VASSAR-SMITH served with 2nd Battalion and was severely wounded on 15th Match 1915 at St Eloi and later had his injured leg amputated. Retired from the Army, on account of ill-health, caused by wounds, on 8th March 1917. He is not commemorated by the CWGC).

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.

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