Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 14th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	2nd June	THOMPSON	Arthur George	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Mauquissart	Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery (I.A.12)	-
2	5th June	WILLIAMS	Hugh Powell	Capt	-	33	KIA	France	Northwest of Aubers	Wicres Churchyard (Grave 3)	2/p55 (1)
3	10th July	BARRETT	Adrian Hamilton Silverton	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116
4	10th July	HARRISON	Brian	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (VI.Q.3)	2/p116
5	10th July	MILLS	Robert Henry	Major	-	35	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (III.K.9)	2/p116 (2)
6	10th July	ROBERTS	Alan Sheriff	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (III.T.5)	2/p116 (3)
7	11th July	VENMORE	James Frederick	Lt	MC	28	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (VI.R.1)	2/p116 (4)
Died in 1917
8	18th February	JAMES	Enoch Lewis	2Lt	-	27	KIA	Belgium	East of Canal Bank, north of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	2/p215
9	18th February	ORMSBY	Harold Sydney	Capt	-	28	DOW	Belgium	DS near Boesinghe	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.D.3)	2/p215 (5)
10	25th February	CRADDOCK	Percy Frederick	Capt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	Near "Lancashire Farm" north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.A.3)	2/p216
11	25th February	JONES	Stanley	Lt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	Near "Lancashire Farm" north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.A.1)	2/p216
12	25th February	WILLIAMS	William John	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	Near "Lancashire Farm" north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.A.2)	2/p216
13	31st July	NICHOLLS-JONES	Thomas Cyril	Lt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	"Villa Gretchen", bear Pilckem Ridge	Dragoon Camp Cemetery (B.34)	-
14	4th August	APSIMON	Arthur Tryweryn	Lt	-	34	KIA	Belgium	CCS northwest of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (IX.A.10)	3/p23 (6)
15	1st September	EVANS	Rhys Trevor	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 63/65)	3/p30
Died in 1918
16	22nd April	HUXLEY	Joseph	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Aveluy, Somme	Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extn (I.K.5)	3/p146
17	23rd April	RICHARDS	Gwilym Owen	2Lt	-	21	DOW	France	CCS at Warloy-Baillon	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery (IV.G.2)	3/p146 (7)
18	9th May	WEBB	Joseph Gilbert	Lt	MC	27	DOW	France	Netley Military Hospital	Haverfordwest (St Thomas A Beckett) Church	3/p146 (8)
19	27th August	HEYCOCK	Edwin	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Longueval, Somme	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (I.B.1)	3/p182
20	3rd September	JONES	Arthur Lloyd	Capt	MC	31	DOW	France	DS at Contalmaison	Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery (I.C.29)	(9)
21	18th September	DARWELL	Thomas Walter	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (III.C.1)	3/p201
22	18th September	ROBERTS	Thomas Owen	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (IV.F.20)	3/p201 (10)
23	19th September	EVANS	John	2Lt	MC, MiD	29	DOW	France	In German hands near Lesdain, Marcoing	Honnechy British Cemetery (I.C.11)	3/p198 (11)
24	19th September	HANCOCK	Harold	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (III.C.3)	3/p198
25	8th October	EVANS	David William	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Near Villers-Outreaux	Bois des Angles British Cemetery (II.B.19)	3/p231 (12)
26	20th October	ROBERTS	Arthur Howell	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	River Selle, north of Montay	Bertry Communal Cemetery (B.7)	3/p241
27	25th October	PARKER	Colin	2Lt	-	22	POW	France	German hospital at Hautmont, Maubeuge	Hautmont Communal Cemetery (IV.B.6)	(13)
28	27th October	MILLER	Rex De Hochepied Marillier	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	CCS at Maurois	Maurois Communal Cemetery	3/p245 (14)
29	31st October	BARTLEY	John	2Lt	MC	28	KIA	France	Poix-du-Nord, northeast of Le Cateau	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.37)	3/p248
30	31st October	CHARLES	George Harold	2Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Poix-du-Nord, northeast of Le Cateau	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.37)	3/248
31	31st October	JONES	Owen Morris	Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Poix-du-Nord, northeast of Le Cateau	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.37)	3/p248 (15)
32	31st October	ROBERTS	Howel Dilwyn	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Poix-du-Nord, northeast of Le Cateau	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.37)	3/248
33	3rd November	LLEWELLYN	Vivian	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	East of Forest	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.39)
34	4th November	HUNKIN	William Burrows Clement	Lt	MC	22	KIA	France	Northwest of Landrecies	Forest Communal Cemetery (C.39)	3/p255
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. WILLIAMS was leading a raiding party when he lost contact with his men and he was presumed missing when the patrol returned. He is buried in Wicres Churchyard, at the time in enemy territory, presumably by the Germans. 2. MILLS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Mametz Wood and was reburied in Dantzig Alley Cemetery in November 1919. 3. ROBERTS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Mametz Wood and was reburied in Dantzig Alley Cemetery in November 1919. 4. VENMORE was buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Mametz Wood and was reburied in Dantzig Alley Cemetery in November 1919. 5. ORMSBY was wounded at "Caesar's Nose", east of Canal Bank, north of Ypres during a trench raid on 17th February 1917. 6. APSIMON was wounded southwest of Langemarck on 2nd August 1917. 7. RICHARDS was wounded near Aveluy on 22nd April 1918. 8. WEBB was wounded at Aveluy Wood on 22nd April 1918 and evacuated to the UK. 9. JONES was wounded near Sailly-Saillisel on 2nd September 1918. 10. ROBERTS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Gouzeaucourt and reburied in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in July 1919. 11. EVANS J was wounded near Gouzecourt on 19th September 1918 and taken prisoner by the Germans. He died and was buried in the Lesdain German Cemetery and reburied in Honnechy British Cemetery in November 1922. 12. EVANS D W was originally buried in a battlefield grave in Mortho Wood, northeast of Villers-Outreaux, and was reburied in Bois des Angles British Cemetery in May 1923. 13. PARKER was taken POW by the Germans near Gouzecourt on 19th September 1918. It is not recorded by the German POW authorities how he died - wounds or illness. 14. MILLER was wounded east of Vendegies on 27th October 1918. 15. JONES is commemorated by the CWGC under the name of MORRIS-JONES.

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

14th (Service) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

10th July 1916

STAGG

Alfred Charles

2Lt

DOW

France

CCS at Morlincourt, Somme

Morlincourt British Cemetery No. 1 (A.22)

( )

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. STAGG was detached from the Gloucestershire Regiment and was wounded at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916.

Battalion History

14th (Service) Battalion. Formed at Llandudno on 2nd November 1914 by the Welsh National Executive Committee and placed under command of 128th Brigade, 43rd Division. On 28th April 1915 the Brigade/Division became the 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division respectively. 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 Winchester to Southampton Docks and embarked on two vessels for Le Havre, arriving there the next day after a rough crossing in bad weather. The Battalion concentrated there and then entrained for Rebecq, northeast of Lillers. On 18th December the Battalion was moved to Laventie under temporary command of the Guards Division for instruction in trench warfare. By 27th December 1915 the Battalion was in the Merville area 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 Dimont, near Wattignies, in the Le Cateau area and remained in billets in the general area undergoing military and physical training with educational instruction until 26th December 1918 when the Battalion was moved to the Warloy area, northwest of Albert. Demobilisation began in mid-January 1919 with the Battalion remaining at Warloy 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 April 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 16th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916		7	7
1917	8		8
1918		119	18
TOTALS	8	26	34

Page last updated: 9th April 2024

| Royal Welsh Fusiliers Officers Regimental Rolls of Honour by Surname |

| Royal Welsh Fusiliers Officers Regimental Roll of Honour By Unit |

| 1st (Garrison) Battalion | 2nd (Garrison) Battalion |

| Detached Officers | Non-Active List/Former Service Officers | Attached Officers |

| Fallen Officers of WW1 of Other Corps and Regiments |