Those Officers of the Monmouthshire Regiment Who Died in 1915

1

20th February

WATKINS

Vivian Holmes

Capt

-

25

2nd Battalion

DOW

UK

Empire Hospital, Westminster

(1)

2

26th February

HILLIER

Cyril Anthony Hudson

2Lt

-

17

2nd Battalion

DOW

UK

Farnborough Hall Hospital

(2)

3

12th March

TAYLOR

John William

Lt

-

37

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Ploegsteert Wood

-

4

2nd April

DAVIES

Ellerton Osborne

2Lt

-

22

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Ploegsteert Wood

-

5

25th April

ONIONS

Wilfred

2Lt

-

26

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Polygon Wood, E of Ypres

-

6

26th April

PERRY

Benjamin Lewis

Capt

-

36

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Zonnebeke, northeast of Ypres

-

7

2nd May

FRASER

Alexander Evan

Lt

MiD

34

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

8

2nd May

MARTIN

Charles Herbert George

Lt

-

33

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Polygon Wood, east of Ypres

-

9

2nd May

REED

Henry William Tennent

2Lt

-

30

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

10

5th May

WALTERS

Henry James

Lt

MiD

26

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

11

6th May

TOWNSEND

Hugh Vere

2Lt

-

31

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

12

7th May

WATKINS

Iltyd Edwin Maitland

Capt

-

25

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near St Julien, northeast of Ypres

-

13

8th May

BAKER

Reginald Lawrence

Capt

-

37

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

(3)

14

8th May

BIRRELL-ANTHONY

Henry Anthony

2Lt

-

27

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

15

8th May

EDWARDS

Harold Thorne

Capt

-

32

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

(4)

16

8th May

GARDNER

Robert Oswald

Capt

-

31

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

(5)

17

8th May

GROVES

Francis Neville

Lt

-

25

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

18

8th May

LANCASTER

James

Capt

-

37

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

19

8th May

PALMER

William Lucius

2Lt

-

24

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

20

8th May

PHILLIPS

Edward Stone

Lt

-

32

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

21

8th May

REED

Charles Sydney

Lt

-

30

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

22

8th May

ROBINSON

Charles Lawson

Lt Col

TD

45

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

23

8th May

SORBY

Charles Malin Clifton

2Lt

-

20

3rd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Bailleul

(6)

24

8th May

STANTON

Claude Wilfrid

Capt

-

24

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

25

8th May

STEWART

William Victor

2Lt

-

18

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

26

8th May

WILLIAMS

Edmund Styant

Maj

-

39

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

27

8th May

WORTON

John Paton

Lt

-

24

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

-

28

12th May

WILLIAMS

William John

2Lt

-

30

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Boulogne

(7)

29

31st May

NEWLAND

Norman Chester

2Lt

-

27

1st Battalion

POW

Belgium

German Military Hospital at Roulers

(8)

30

2nd August

WALBEOFFE-WILSON

William

Capt

-

33

3rd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Kemmel, southwest of Ypres

-

31

13th October

DARBY

William Edward Clere Augustus

Lt

-

22

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos

-

32

13th October

BALLINGER

Henry John

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos

-

33

13th October

SMITH

Louis Herbert Collen

2Lt

-

21

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos

-

34

13th October

WILLIAMS

Oswald Michael

Maj

-

30

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos

-

35

14th October

WIDOWFIELD

George

2Lt

-

38

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Lillers

(9)

Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War In 1915 Whilst Serving With The Monmouthshire Regiment

1

8th May

DIMSDALE

Edward Charles

Capt

-

31

Att to 1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Frezenberg Ridge, northeast of Ypres

(10)

2

12th October

LEWIS

Arthur Glanmore

2Lt

-

19

Att to 1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos

(11)

Notes:

1.   WATKINS was wounded by a German sniper near Ploegsteert Wood on 15th January 1915.

2.   HILLIER was wounded near Ploegsteert Wood on 21st February 1915.

3.   BAKER was killed at Frezenberg Ridge on 8th May 1915 though the CWGC incorrectly records his date of death as 12th May 1915.  It was not until 1923 that his remains were found and he was buried at Poelcapelle British Cemetery.

4.   EDWARDS was killed and buried near Frezenberg Ridge, at Witte Poert Farm, on 8th May 1915 and it was not until late 1919 that his remains were found and he was buried at New Irish Farm Cemetery, near Ypres.

5.   GARDNER was killed and buried near Frezenberg Ridge on 8th May 1915 and it was not until 1926 that his remains were found and buried at Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery, Wytschaete.

6.   SORBY was wounded at Frezenberg Ridge on 8th May 1915.

7.   WILLIAMS was wounded northeast of Ypres on 5th May 1915.

8.   NEWLAND was wounded and taken POW by the Germans at Frezenberg Ridge on 8th May 1915.

9.   WIDOWFIELD was wounded at Hohenzollern Redoubt, Loos on 13th October 1915.

10. DIMSDALE was detached from the Rifle Brigade.

11. LEWIS was detached from the South Wales Borderers.