Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	30th December	LORD	Charles Henry	Major	-	64	DOI	UK	Red Hill Common, Bournemouth	Bournemouth East Cemetery (Y.3.184)	(1)
Died in 1915
2	9th June	LLOYD	Charles Gordon	Lt	-	30	D	UK	Aldershot	Aldershot Military cemetery (AH.340)	(2)
Died in 1916
3	17th February	CREE	Adrian Victor	2Lt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff, St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	2/p16
4	17th February	JOHNS	Bernard Digby	Capt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff, St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	2/p16
5	19th February	WALKER	John Arthur	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	"Gordon Terrace", St Eloi	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (I.B.8)	2/p16
6	3rd March	BINNY	Steuart Scott	Lt Col	DSO, MiD*	44	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff, St Eloi	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.M.4)	2/p16 (3)
7	3rd March	FREEMAN	Edward	Major	-	41	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff. St Eloi	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.M.5)	2/p16
8	3rd March	HUGHES	William	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff, St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	2/p17
9	3rd March	LYONS	William Thomas	Capt	MiD	35	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff. St Eloi	Spoilbank Cemetery (I.M.3)	2/p16
10	15th March	McBEAN	Donald	Lt	-	?	KIA	Belgium	The Bluff, St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	-
11	30th March	GRIFFITHS	William Percival	Capt	MiD	20	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	-
12	30th March	WYNNE-WILLIAMS	Humphrey Evan	2Lt	-	18	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Reninghelst New Military Cemetery (I.D.10)	-
13	1st April	HUGHES	Tegerin	Capt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near St Eloi	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	-
14	13th April	JACKSON	Dudley William Gerald	Capt	-	33	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (I.B.26)	(4)
15	20th July	BLAKE	George Penderell	Capt	-	37	KIA	France	Delville Wood, Somme	AIF Burial Ground, Flers (XV.F.26)	2/p139 (5)
16	20th July	GODREY	Leonard George	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Delville Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p139
17	20th July	PAGE	Henry	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Delville Wood, Somme	AIF Burial Ground, Flers (XV.F.25)	2/p139
18	20th July	SCALE	George Devereux	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	Delville Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p139
19	16th August	DIXON	Ernest	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	"Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p152
20	16th August	WILLIAMS	Arthur Owen	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	"Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p152 (7)
21	18th August	JENNINGS	Goulbourne Hayward	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p152
22	18th August	WILLIAMS	Lewis	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	"Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p152
23	19th August	BANCROFT	Stanley Fleming	Lt	-	27	KIA	France	"Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p152
24	19th August	HUGHES	John Edwyn	2Lt	-	29	DOW	France	CCS at Sailly-le-Sec, Somme	Dive Copse British Cemetery (II.F.36)	2/p152 (8)
25	20th August	FOLLIT	Charles Albert Roy	Capt	DSO, MC, MiD	19	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	Corbie Communal Cemetery Extn (II.B.112)	2/p153 (9)
26	13th November	CAPELL	Arthur Edward	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p184
27	13th November	DAVIES	David	2Lt	-	37	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p184
28	13th November	HARRIES	Howard Locke	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps (I.G.68)	2/p184
29	13th November	JONES	Henry Myrddin	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps (I.G.69)	2/p184
30	13th November	RUDD	William Ferris	Capt	-	29	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Serre Road Cemetery No. 1 (I.G.23)	2/p184
31	13th November	THOMAS	George	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p184
32	13th November	THOMAS	Herbert Gordon	2Lt	-	31	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps (I.G.70)	2/p184
33	13th November	WILLIAMS	Peter	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p184
34	13th November	WILLIAMS	Richard Henry	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Northwest of Serre	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p184
Died in 1917
35	11th April	WILLIAMS	Evan	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	West of Guemappe	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (I,C.14)	2/p233
36	12th April	EDMUNDS-DAVIES	John Charles	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	Hospital at Abbeville	Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extn (II.E.5)	2/p232 (10)
37	24th April	BROXUP	John William	2Lt	-	25	DOW	UK	Hospital at Manchester	Oldham (Chadderton) Cemetery (C.G.164)	2/p233 (11)
38	25th April	CURRAN	Henry	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (I,C.42)	2/p243
39	28th April	HALE	William John Douglas	Capt	-	?	KIA	France	Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (I,E.18)	2/p243
40	13th May	WILLIAMS	Edwin Gordon	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	Hospital at Etaples	Etaples Military Cemetery (XVII.E.18)	2/p243 (12)
41	18th June	DAVIES	David Ethelstone	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (I,G.16)	2/p269
42	18th June	VERNON	Leonard Patrick	Lt	MC	22	KIA	France	Monchy-le-Preux	Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery (I,G.15)	2/p269
43	5th September	PARRY	James Hywell	Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Grevillers	Grevillers British Cemetery (VII.B.17)	(13)
44	26th September	JENKINS	David Lewis	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 63/65)	3/p42
45	26th September	JONES	Thomas Stephen	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 63/65)	3/p42
46	26th September	ROWLANDS	Charles William	2Lt	MSM	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Zonnebeke	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 63/65)	3/p42
The Battalion was disbanded in France on 8th February 1918
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. LORD died of a heart attack and stroke whilst on parade with the Battalion during the afternoon of 30th December 1914. 2. LLOYD took his own life. 3. BINNY was appointed to command the 10th Battalion on 5th February 1916 from the Reserve of Officers. He had previously served with 19th Hussars. 4. JACKSON was wounded at St Eloi on 31st March 1916. 5. BLAKE was originally buried in a battlefield grave in Delville Wood and was reburied in the AIF Burial Ground in September 1925. 6. PAGE was originally buried in a battlefield grave in Delville Wood and was reburied in the AIF Burial Ground in September 1925. 7. WILLIAMS was killed in action between 16th and 19th August 1916. 8. HUGHES was wounded near "Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont on 18th August 1916 9. FOLLIT was wounded at "Lonely Trench", south of Guillemont on 18th August 1916. 10. EDMUNDS-DAVIES was wounded at Devil Wood, northwest of Tilloy, on 9th April 1917. 11. BROXUP was wounded near Guemappe, northeast of Wancourt, on 10th April 1917. 12. WILLIAMS was wounded at Monchy-le-Preux on ? 3rd May 1917. (WO 339/64275). 13. PARRY was wounded at Fremicourt on 31st August 1917.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

10th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

9th April 1917

EVANS

Edward

KIA

France

Devil Wood, northwest of Tilloy

Beaurains Road Cemetery (E.22)

2/p232 ( )

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. EVANS was detached from the RAMC as Battalion Medical Officer. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the northwest of Devil Wood, near Tilloy, and was reburied in Beaurains Road Cemetery in March 1920.

Battalion History

10th (Service) Battalion. Formed at Wrexham on 16th October 1914 as part of K3 and concentrated at Codford St Mary, near Warminster, and placed under command of 76th Brigade, 25th Division. The Battalion was moved to Bournemouth in November 1914 and to Romsey on 29th April 1915. To complete the intensive individual and collective training required for service with the BEF the Battalion was moved to the Aldershot area on 3rd June 1915.
The Battalion, at a strength of 27 officers and 832 other ranks, was moved by rail to Folkestone on 27th September 1915 and embarked on SS "Victoria for Boulogne, arriving there during the same evening. The Battalion concentrated at a local camp before moving by rail to the Hazebrouck area where the 25th Division was concentrated. By 7th October 1915 the Battalion was under instruction in trench warfare in the Ploegsteert area and on 14th October the Battalion was transferred, with the 76th Brigade, to under command of the 3rd Division. A detailed history of the battles and operations undertaken by the 3rd Division during the war can be viewed here.

On 8th February 1918 the Battalion disbanded in France with personnel being initially posted to the 8th Entrenching Battalion.

Regimental History

The Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw the 2 separate Battalions of the 23rd (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot re-titled to become the regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Hightown Barracks, Wrexham.

The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) and Militia units within the Regimental District of Anglesey, Carnarvonshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire and Merionethshire (and later in 1908, Montgomeryshire) as numbered Battalions of the Regiment - the 1st Denbighshire Volunteers becoming the 1st Volunteer Battalion and the 1st Flintshire & Carnarvon Volunteers becoming the 2nd Volunteer Battalion.

The Militia units of the Regiment were the Royal Denbigh and Merioneth Rifles and the Royal Carnarvon Rifle Corps. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalions were reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the RVC Battalions (which were re-organised in the late 1890s when the 3rd Volunteer Battalion was formed) were retitled. The 1st Volunteer Battalion became the 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion TF, the 2nd Volunteer Battalion became the 5th (Flintshire) Battalion TF, the 3rd Volunteer Battalion became the 6th (Carnarvonshire & Anglesey) Battalion TF and the 4th Volunteer Battalion became the 7th (Merioneth & Montgomery) Battalion TF of the Regimental Territorial Force.

After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st June 1918, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers had formed, disbanded or reconstituted 45 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Garrison and Reserve Battalions.

Analysis of 10th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	UK	TOTAL
1914			1	1
1915			1	1
1916	11	21		32
1917	3	8	1	12
TOTALS	14	29	3	46

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