Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 13th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	30th May	HUGHES	Maurice Thomas	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near "Bird Cage", Laventie	Rue-de-Bacquerot No 1 Military Cemetery (II.G.5)	2/p54
2	8th July	SWAIN	Robert Ernest	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	East side of Mametz Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Face/Pier 4A)	(1)
3	10th July	JONES	Harold Vivian	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz	2/p115 (2)
4	12th July	FLOWER	Oswald Swift	Lt Col	MiD	45	DOW	France	CCS at Morlancourt	Morlancourt British Cemetery No 1 (B.21)	2/p110 (3)
5	15th July	AYER	Leonard Sayer	Capt	-	25	DOW	France	CCS at Mericourt-L'Abbe	Heilly Station Cemetery (I.C.27)	(4)
Died in 1917
6	1st May	EVANS	William Edward	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	Near Canal Bank, north of Ypres	Essex Farm Cemetery (III.H.8)	-
7	31st July	DAVIES	William Lloyd	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Dragoon Camp Cemetery (B.4)	3/p15
8	31st July	MARTIN	William Howard	2Lt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Ypres Menin gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p15 (5)
9	4th September	PRITCHARD	John	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Belgium	East of Langemarck	Bard Cottage Cemetery (IV.E.45)	3/p32
10	5th September	LLOYD	Frank Stuart	Major	-	?	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (V.A.1)	(6)
Died in 1918
11	22nd April	EVANS	Bertram Trevor	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 36/37)	3/p146
12	22nd April	HEATON	Harold Sinclair	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery (II.G.20)	3/p146 (7)
13	22nd April	HUTCHINS	Frederick Charles	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Pozieres Memorial (Panel 36/37)	3/p146
14	22nd April	SAMUEL	James Frederick	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery (II.D.2)	3/p146 (8)
15	22nd April	THOMAS	David John	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Ancre British cemetery (VIII.E.21)	3/p146 (9)
16	22nd April	WINTER	Thomas Barron	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery (II.D.1)	3/p146 (10)
17	8th May	EDWARDS	Kenneth Grenville	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near Bouzincourt, Somme	Harponville Communal Cemetery (B.3)	-
18	23rd August	DAVIES	Robert Humphrey	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	East of Albert	Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery (Sp Mem 1)	3/p177 (11)
19	27th August	ALLISON	Harry	Lt	-	30	KIA	France	East of Delville Wood, Somme	Delville Wood Cemetery (XX.L.3)	3/p182 (12)
20	2nd September	BRASH	Edmund	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Varennes	Varennes Military Cemetery (III.I.17)	3/186 (13)
21	8th October	JAMES	Gwilym	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS at Manancourt	Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery (XIII.C.17)	3/p231 (14)
22	8th October	JAMES	William David	2Lt	MM	24	KIA	France	Near Motho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Moulin de Pierre British Cemetery (B.2)	3/p231
23	8th October	JONES	John Humphrey	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Near Motho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Moulin de Pierre British Cemetery (A.3)	3/p231
24	8th October	OWEN	Thomas Starr	2Lt	-	34	KIA	France	Near Motho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Moulin de Pierre British Cemetery (B.22)	3/p231
25	8th October	WINDSOR	Harold George	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Motho Wood, Villers Outreaux	Moulin de Pierre British Cemetery (B.21)	3/p231
26	9th October	WILLIAMS	Arthur Ifor Meakin	Capt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS near Lechelles	Five Points cemetery (A.26)	3/p231 (15)
27	4th November	JONES-BATEMAN	Francis	Capt	-	22	KIA	France	Foret-de-Mormal, southeast of Englefontaine	Cross Road Cemetery (III.D.23)	3/p254 ( )
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. SWAIN, according to Battalion War Diary, was killed on 7th July 1916. 2. JONES was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of Mametz Wood and reburied at Flatiron Copse Cemetery in July 1919. 3. FLOWER was wounded at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916. 4. AYER was wounded at Mametz Wood on 12th July 1916. 5. MARTIN was thought to be buried in Artillery Wood Cemetery but his body could not found when the cemetery was searched in March 1923. 6. LLOYD was wounded near Alouette Farm, southeast of Langemarck on 4th September 1917. 7. HEATON was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Dragon Trench", east of Bouzincourt, and was reburied in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery in February 1919. 8. SAMUEL was originally buried in a battlefield grave west of Aveluy and reburied in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery in February 1919. 9. THOMAS was originally buried in a battlefield grave north of St Pierre-Divion and reburied in Ancre British Cemetery in October 1919. 10. WINTER was originally buried in a battlefield grave west of Aveluy and reburied in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery in February 1919. 11. DAVIES was originally buried in a battlefield grave east of Albert but the grave was subsequently lost. He is commemorated by a Special Memorial in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery. 12. ALLISON was originally buried in a battlefield grave at the eastern end of Delville Wood and was reburied in Delville Wood Cemetery after the Armistice. 13. BRASH was wounded at Sailly-Sailliset on 2nd September 1918. 14. JAMES was wounded near Mortho Wood on 8th October 1918. 15. WILLIAMS was wounded near Mortho Wood on 8th October 1918. 16. JONES-BATEMAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave southeast of Englefontaine and reburied in Cross Road Cemetery in November 1920.

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

13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales) Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	10th July 1916	LAWRENCE	Edward William	Capt	-	28	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4C)	2/p115 (1)
2	17th March 1918	HUGHES	Benjamin Thomas	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near Armentieres	Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extn (II.H.10)	(2)
3	20th October 1918	HUGHES	Edward John	2Lt	MC, MM	29	KIA	France	River Selle, north of Montay	Montay Communal Cemetery (1.A)	(3/p240) (3)
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. LAWRENCE was detached from the RAMC as the Battalion Medical Officer. 2. HUGHES B J was detached from the Welsh Regiment. 3. HUGHES E J was detached from The King's (Liverpool Regiment).

Battalion History

13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales). The Battalion was formed at Rhyl on 3rd September 1914 by the Denbigh and Flint Territorial Force (TF) Associations, but was transferred to the Welsh National Executive Committee on 10th October 1914. In November 1914, whilst the Battalion was at Llandudno, it was placed under command of 128th Brigade, 43rd Division. On 28th April 1915 these formations became the 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. To complete the intensive individual and collective training required for service with the BEF the Battalion was moved to the Winchester area in August 1915. On 1st December 1915 the Battalion marched from Winnall Down Camp Winchester to Southampton Docks and embarked on four vessels for Le Havre, arriving there the next day after a rough crossing in bad weather. The Battalion concentrated there and then entrained for St Omer. On 11th December the Battalion was moved to Laventie under temporary command of the Guards Division for instruction in trench warfare. By 3rd January 1916 the Battalion was at Le Touret fully under command of 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. The Battalion remained with the Division for the duration of the war and a history of the actions and battles of the Division can be viewed here.

At the Armistice the Battalion was at Wattignies, in the Le Cateau area and remained in billets in the general area undergoing military and physical training and educational instruction until 18th December 1918 when the Battalion was moved to Franvillers, north of Amiens. Demobilisation began in mid-January 1919 with the Battalion remaining at Franvillers until 18th March 1919 when it was moved to Blangy-Tronville, east of Amiens where units of 113rd Brigade were concentrated. Demobilisation continued up to 30th March 1919 when the remaining personnel were returned to the UK and the Battalion ceased to exist.

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 13th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916		5	5
1917	5		5
1918		17	17
TOTALS	5	22	27

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