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Aim of the Website/Project
The aim of the project/website is simple.
It is to collate into one place an accurate record of the death
of the 87 serving and 4 former officers of the Monmouthshire
Regiment who died in the Great War and to make a permanent
record of their sacrifice. These officers served and
died for their country on land, sea and in the air and are
listed here in a
Regimental Roll
of Honour.
Accuracy and Research
The author has taken every reasonable care to
ensure that the information on this website is as accurate as
possible. Please contact the author should errors or
omissions be discovered by visitors to the site in order that
corrective action can be taken. Contact details are
shown above and below. Research is continuing for
further information which will be posted to the site as soon as
it is checked and verified.
First World War Casualties
The formal dates of the First World War as
recognised by the UK Government are between 4th August 1914 and 31st August
1921 inclusive, and any member of the UK Armed Services who died
in this period, or as a result of their service during this
period, are officially registered and commemorated by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) either by an approved
headstone on the grave or if this is not possible or practical,
the name being inscribed on a relevant Memorial to the Missing.
All of the officers listed in these
Regimental Roll
of Honour are those registered and
commemorated by the CWGC.
The
Monmouthshire Regiment in the Great War
During the Great War the Monmouthshire Regiment was organised
into Territorial Force Battalions as
described
here.
A total of 21 Battle Honours were
earned by these Battalions during the war and a list of these
Battle Honours can be
viewed here.
Facts and Figures
A total of 91 officers of the Monmouthshire
Regiment lost their lives in the Great War and a detailed
analysis of these casualties can be
viewed here.
All are buried or commemorated on Memorials To The Missing as
official war casualties..
81 officers are buried or commemorated in
France and Flanders, 1 officer is commemorated in Salonika and 9
are buried in the UK. 25 officers of the Regiment
died whilst detached to other
Headquarters, Services, Units and fighting Battalions of other Regiments
and a list of these officers can be
viewed here.
A total of 5 officers of other Regiments
lost their lives in the Great War whilst serving with Battalions
of the Monmouthshire Regiment. A list of their names and
details of their death can be
viewed here.
Project
Development
In addition to the basic sources of
information outlined on the main
Project
Home Page, an enormous amount regarding the Monmouthshire
Regiment is available through the following organisations and
publications:
-
Commonwealth War Graves
Commission (CWGC)
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Officers Died in the Great War
(ODGW)
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The
Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh (Brecon)
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The Monmouthshire Regiment -
Wikipedia
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A History of the 2nd Battalion
Monmouthshire Regiment
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3rd
Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment in World War One
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General Register Office (GRO) Index To War
Deaths 1914 - 1921, Army Officers
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Army
Lists (1914 - 1921) (from the National Library of Scotland)
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Bond of Sacrifice
(Volumes 1 and 2)
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De Ruvigny's Roll
of Honour 1914 - 1918
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War Office
personal files held in Catalogues WO339 and WO374 at The National Archives
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Medal Index
Cards held in Catalogue WO 372 at The National Archives
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Service Medal and Award Rolls
1914 - 1918 held in Catalogue WO 329 at The National
Archives
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Battalion War
Diaries and Histories (available in Catalogue WO95 at the
National Archives)
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British
First World War Trench Maps, 1915 - 1918 (from National Library of Scotland)
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National
and Local
contemporary press.
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The Times Digital
Archive 1785 - 1985
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The
London Gazette
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War Memorials and
commemorative plaques
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The
National Army Museum
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The RAF Museum Archive (for RAF/RFC Casualty
Cards)
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The
Great War Forum
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The
Imperial War Museum Registry of War Memorials
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The Long, Long Trail - Discovering
the British Army and its Soldiers in the Great War
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Ancestry.co.uk
- Military Records
These sources, with others, together form the
basis for the
Roll of Honour of
Officers of the Monmouthshire Regiment who died in
the Great War.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The CWGC commemorates those official
casualties who died in service, or died due to service, during
the First World War. The formal inclusive dates of
the war are between 4th August 1914 31st August 1921 and any
member of the UK and Commonwealth/Empire Armed Services who died during this period are
officially registered and commemorated by the CWGC either by an
approved headstone on the grave, or if this is not possible or
practical, the name being inscribed on a Memorial to the
Missing.
There are some apparent
anomalies in the individual records in the Debt of Honour Register
maintained by the CWGC and these are
listed here with
the suggested corrective action taken, and the long term aim is to correct all of these
inaccuracies.
In December 2020, the Commission reviewed
their policy on amendments to the Casualty Database.
One of the outcomes of the review was that they would no longer
add awards to the database where there is no entitlement to
post-nominal letters. Therefore the recording of
"Mentioned in Despatches" would no longer be carried out.
Officers of
Other Corps and Regiments Honoured and Remembered in this Website/Project
Also
recorded and honoured in this website/project are the names of
fallen officers
of the following Yeomanry, Royal Engineer and Infantry Regiments:
Site Author/Wemaster
The site author/webmaster can be contacted here:
fallenofficersofthegreatwar@gmail.com
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