Fallen Officers of the Great War

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Roll of Honour of Officers of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source:  British Military Badges

Roll of Honour Surnames   -  W and Y

(17 officers)

 

WACE, Henry Edward

Captain.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 14th April 1918.   Aged 26.

 

WALKER, Eric Arthur

Second Lieutenant.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th December 1915.   Aged 20.

 

WARD, Alfred Claude Leonard

Captain.   5th Battalion.   Died of illness in France on 18th November 1915.   Aged 29.

 

WEBB, Arthur Pelham

Second Lieutenant.   5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th April 1917.   Aged 32.

 

WELCH, Harold Echalaz

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO*, MiD*.   6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 29th March 1918.   Aged 39.

 

WELLINGS, Henry William

Second Lieutenant, DCM.   Seconded to 17th Battalion Machine Gun Corps.   Died of wounds in France on 20th June 1918.   Aged 27.

 

WHITE, Arthur Ingram

Second Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 23rd March 1918.   Aged 27.

 

WHITFIELD, Arthur Henry

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 12th Battalion Tank Corps.   Died of illness in UK on 14th January 1921.   Aged 31.

 

WHITMORE, Robert Searle

Captain, MC.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 20th November 1917.   Aged 23.

 

WILDIG, George

Lieutenant, DCM.   1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 6th November 1918.   Aged 27.

 

WILKINSON, Clement Arthur

Major, MiD*.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 12th May 1915.   Aged 44.

 

WILLIAMS, Ivor Phillips

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 7th January 1916.   Aged 22.

 

WILSON, Harold Algar

Captain.   1st Battalion.  Killed in action in Belgium on 6th January 1916.   Aged 22.

 

WOODLAND, Richard William

Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 9th August 1915.   Aged 21.

 

WOOLF, Walter Francis

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 27th March 1918.   Aged 20.

 

WRIGHT, Edmund Lancelot

Captain.   7th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 16th July 1916.   Aged 32.

 

YEOMANS, Walter Joseph George

Second Lieutenant.   5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th April 1917.   Aged 20.

 

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