Monmouthshire Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Monmouthshire Regiment Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	26th April	PERRY	Benjamin Lewis	Capt	-	36	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	-
2	8th May	BIRRELL-ANTHONY	Henry Anthony	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p161
3	8th May	EDWARDS	Harold Thorne	Capt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	New Irish farm Cemetery (XIII.B.8)	1/p160 (1)
4	8th May	PHILLIPS	Edward Stone	Lt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p161
5	8th May	ROBINSON	Charles Lawson	Lt Col	TD	45	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p160
6	8th May	STANTON	Claude Wilfrid	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p160
7	8th May	STEWART	William Victor	2Lt	-	18	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p161
8	8th May	WILLIAMS	Edmund Styant	Major	-	39	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 50)	1/p161
9	31st May	NEWLAND	Norman Chester	2Lt	-	27	POW	Belgium	German Military Hospital at Roulers	Roeselare Communal Cemetery (II.E.5)	(2)
10	13th October	DARBY	William Edward Clere Augustus	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 129/130)	-
11	13th October	BALLINGER	Henry John	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 129/130)	1/p280
12	13th October	SMITH	Louis Herbert Collen	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos	Canadian Cemetery No 2, Neuville-st-Vaast	1/p280 (3)
13	13th October	WILLIAMS	Oswald Michael	Major	-	30	KIA	France	Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos	Loos Memorial (Panel 129/130)	1/p280
14	14th October	WIDDOWFIELD	George	2Lt	-	38	DOW	France	CCS at Lillers	Lillers Communal cemetery (II.D.8)	1/p280 (4)
Died in 1916
15	29th August	RICHARDS	Stanley Earl	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS near Saulty, northwest of Albert	Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery (III.A.7)	(5)
Died in 1917
16	12th January	HALL	Charles Stuart	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Souastre, south-west of Arras	St Amand British Cemetery (I.C.10)	-
17	20th June	JONES	Louis Gueret Walter	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	7th CCS, Noeux-les-Mines	Noeux-les-Mines Comm Cemetery (I.L.28)	(6)
18	27th June	RICHARDS	Arthur	2Lt	-	?	DOW	France	CCS at Lievin, southwest of Loos	Loos British Cemetery (XIX.G.9)	(7)
19	2nd October	SPITTLE	Thomas Stanley	Capt	-	33	DOW	France	7th CCS, Noeux-les-Mines	Noeux-les-Mines Comm Cemetery (I.C.5)	(8)
Died in 1918
20	11th April	THOMPSON	Ronald William	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Maroc, southwest of Loos	Arras Memorial (Bay 9)	-
21	4th June	MEREDITH	Arthur Llewellyn	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Pernes, west of Loos	Pernes British Cemetery (II.F.13)	(9)
22	4th October	FRAMPTON	John Guy	Lt	-	29	DOW	France	CCS at Vadencourt, north of Maissemy	Vadencourt British Cemetery (III.C.10)	(10)
23	8th October	ARCHER	Henry Charles	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Sequehart, northeast of St Quentin	Sequehart British Cemetery (A.4)	3/p231
24	8th October	EVANS	John Raynor	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Sequehart, northeast of St Quentin	Sequehart British Cemetery (A.3)	3/p231
25	8th October	JAMES	William Maynard	Capt	-	22	KIA	France	Sequehart, northeast of St Quentin	Sequehart British Cemetery (A.2)	3/p231
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
1	8th May	DIMSDALE	Edward Charles	Capt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	Frezenberg Ridge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial	(11)
2	12th October	LEWIS	Edward Charles	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Belgium	Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos	Loos British Cemetery (XVI.E.11)	(12)
3	9th October	JENKINS	John	Lt Col	-	?	DOW	France	CCS at Tincourt, north-west of St Quentin	Tincourt New British Cemetery	(13)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page within the trio of Books "The Welsh At War" - (Book 1) - From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy, (Book 2) - The Grinding War :The Somme and Arras and (Book 3) - Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives, by Steven John, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. EDWARDS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near St Julien and was reburied in New Irish Farm Cemetery in November 1919. 2. NEWLAND was wounded and taken POW by the Germans at Frezenberg Ridge on 8th May 1915. 3. SMITH's body was discovered in October 1929 near the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos and was reburied in the Canadian Cemetery No 2, Neuville-st-Vaast. 4. WIDOWFIELD was wounded at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos on 13th October 1915. 5. RICHARDS was wounded near Thiepval on 26th August 1916. 6. JONES was wounded near Fosse 9, Cite De Riaumont, on 19th June 1917. 7. RICHARDS was wounded near Cite De Riaumont on 27th June 1917. 8. SPITTLE was wounded at Sailly Laborse on 1st October 1917. 9. MEREDITH was wounded near Hinges, northwest of Bethune, on 3rd June 1918. 10. FRAMPTON was wounded near Nauroy, south of Bellicourt on3rd October 1918. 11. DIMSDALE was detached from the Rifle Brigade. 12. LEWIS was detached from the South Wales Borderers. 13. JENKINS was wounded at Sequehart, north-east of St Quentin, on 8th October 1918. He was the Battalion Commanding Officer, detached from the King's Royal Rifle Corps.

Battalion History

The Reserve Forces of the UK were reorganised under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, abolishing the Volunteer Force and replaced it with a new Territorial Force (TF). Units were transferred, with changes in nomenclature, to the new Force on 1 April 1908.

The three new Monmouthshire Regiment battalions were formed of a Territorial Force-only Monmouthshire Regiment. The 2nd Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers became the 1st (Rifle) Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment and was based at the Lower Dock Street, Newport, Drill Hall.

At the outbreak of the Great war, the 1st Battalion was based at Newport as part of the Welsh Border Brigade of the Welsh Division, and moved to its operational location at Pembroke Dock on mobilisation. On 10th August 1914 the Battalion was moved to Oswestry. By 31st August 1914 the Battalion had moved to Northampton and in early September 1914 the Battalion was split, with those personnel who had signed up for Imperial Service formed into the First Line of the Battalion, designated the1/1st Battalion, for service overseas. Those personnel who had signed for Home Service (and could not or would not sign up for Imperial Service) were formed up into the Second Line of the Battalion, re-designated 2/1st Battalion, for service in Home and Coastal Defence duties. In December 1914 the unit had moved to Bury St Edmunds. In January 1915 the Battalion moved to Cambridge in preparation for active service with the BEF in France. The Battalion embarked for France on 13th February 1915 as part of 84th Infantry Brigade, 28th Division. The Battalion saw active service during Second Ypres suffering severe casualties. On 27th May 1915 the Battalion was temporarily amalgamated with 1/2nd and 1/3rd Battalions Monmouthshire Regiment to form a composite unit. When the Battalions were brought up to strength with battle casualty replacements by July 1915, they resumed their individual identities and the 1/1st Battalion were re-assigned to the 46th (North Midland) Division as the Divisional Pioneer Battalion. The Battalion remained in France and Flanders throughout the war.

The brass “collar dog” insignia worn by men of Pioneer Battalions in the British Expeditionary Force. The design is of a crossed rifle and pick, representing the Battalion's dual fighting and labouring role. (A Pioneer Battalion's duties, as well as being a fully equipped and trained infantry battalion, included road and rail repairs, demolition, digging trenches, constructing defences and installations, and other labouring duties).

2/1st Battalion TF. Formed in Newport in September 1914 as the second line of the 1st Battalion, part of the Welsh Border Brigade of the Welsh Division. The Battalion moved to Cambridge on 25th February 1915 and was transferred to the retitled 205th (2/1st Welsh Border) Brigade, 68th (2nd Welsh) Division TF, at Northampton in April 1915. The Division, which became part of the General Reserve of Home Forces on 1st September 1916, was moved to Bedford in July 1915 then to the Lowestoft area in November 1916. The Battalion was moved to Herringfleet in the Spring of 1917 when the Division became part of the Northern Army of the Home Defence Central Force, before being movied back to Lowestoft later in the winter of 1917. By the sprring of 1918 the 205th Brigade was at Samundham and the Battalion was disbanded at Lowestoft on 31st March 1918. The Battalion did not serve outside the UK, performing home and coastal defence duties in the East Midlands and Suffolk area under command of the 68th Division.

3/1st Battalion TF. Formed at Newport in February 1915 as the third line and depot of the 1st Battalion. The unit moved to Abergavenny in September 1915 then to Oswestry in April 1916. The Battalion was re-designated 1st (Reserve) Battalion TF Monmouthshire Regiment on 8th April 1916 and then absorbed the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion TF and the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion TF on 1st September 1916. The Battalion was moved to to Gobowen in summer 1917 and on 10th July 1917 absorbed the 1st (Reserve) Brecknock Bn TF of the South Wales Borderers. The unit was later moved to Kinmel Park, Rhyll in March 1918 and finally to Herne Bay in July 1918 and was later disbanded. It did not serve outside the UK, performing depot, training and home and coastal defence duties in the North Wales area.