Fallen Officers of the Great War

1

12th January

HALL

Charles Stuart

2Lt

-

24

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Souastre, southwest of Arras

-

2

17th January

METCALFE

Joseph Stephen

2Lt

-

24

att 13th Bn London Regt

KIA

France

Near Laventie

-

3

17th February

THOMAS

Albert Edward

2Lt

-

?

att 99th Coy MGC

KIA

France

Near Thiepval, Somme

-

4

2nd March

BOWEN

Alfred John Hamilton

Lt Col

DSO* MiD ***

31

CO 2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Near Potsdam Trench, Combles

(1)

5

23rd April

CRUICKSHANK

Raymond Alfred

2Lt

-

23

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Shrapnel Trench, near Arras

-

6

24th April

CURREY

Donald Saunders

Capt

-

21

att 7th Bn R Berks Regt

KIA

Salonica

Jumeaux Ravine, Lake Doiran

-

7

6th May

RAYMONT

William Clifton

Lt

-

26

att 5th Bn SWB

KIA

Belgium

Ypres

-

8

31st May

KING

Albert

2Lt

-

24

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Near Arras

-

9

7th June

DAVIES

Gwynonfryn Albert Haydn

2Lt

-

23

att 45th Sqn RFC

KIAA

Belgium

Over Deulemont, near Ploegsteert Wood

-

10

13th June

THOMAS

Eric Rowland

2Lt

-

23

att 11th Bn Cheshire Regt

KIA

Belgium

Near Messines

-

11

20th June

JONES

Louis Gueret Walter Southwell

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

DOW

France

DS at Noeux-les-Mines, near Bethune

(2)

12

27th June

RICHARDS

Arthur

2Lt

-

?

1st Battalion

DOW

France

DS at Lievin, near Loos

(3)

13

1st August

HASTINGS

George Williams

2Lt

-

34

att 10th Bn Cheshire Regt

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

14

11th August

DUNCANSON

Stuart Ray

2Lt

-

25

att 11th Bn Cheshire Regt

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

15

17th September

LEWIS

Nevill Graham Newcombe Hart

Capt

-

24

att 8th Bn R Sussex Regt

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

16

20th September

WILLIAMS

David Jenkin

2Lt

-

27

att 6th Bn KSLI

DOW

Belgium

CCS near Langemarck

(4)

17

27th September

WILLIAMS

John Rowland

Lt

-

23

att MGC

KIA

Belgium

Northeast of Ypres

-

18

2nd October

SPITTLE

Thomas Stanley

Capt

-

33

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Noeux-les-Mines, near Bethune

(5)

19

20th November

LEWIS

John Charles

Capt

-

30

att 6th Bn KSLI

KIA

France

Near Cambrai

-

20

30th November

TAYLOR

Francis Henry

2Lt

-

32

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Near Villers-Plouich

-

21

2nd December

SPENCER

Francis Leslie

Capt

MiD

21

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Ribecourt, southwest of Cambrai

(6)

22

2nd December

GLENDINNING

James Graham

2Lt

-

20

att 57th Sqn RFC

KIAA

Belgium

Rumbeke, near Roeselare

-

23

2nd December

TRUMP

Frederick Joseph

Lt Col

DSO, MiD

45

CO 1/6th Bn S Staffs Regt

KIA

France

Near Loos

-

Notes:

1.      BOWEN was shot and killed by a German sniper.

2.     JONES was wounded at "Fosse 9", near Cite St Theodore on 19th June.

3.     RICHARDS was wounded near Souchez River, Lievin during evening of 25 June.

4.     WILLIAMS was wounded near Hooge on 19th September.

5.     SPITTLE was wounded near Sailly Laborse on 1st October 1917.

6.     SPENCER was killed and buried near Ribecourt, southwest of Cambrai, on 2nd December 1917 and it was not until 1919 that his remains were found and buried at Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery.