Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 15th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	2nd February	HINDS	William Pugh	Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.5)	(1)
2	7th February	MORGAN	Emlyn Thomas	Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.6)	(2)
3	8th May	OSBORNE-JONES	Noel	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Fauquissart	Loos Memorial (Panels 50/52)	2/p52
4	8th May	TAGGART	Herbert	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Fauquissart	Loos Memorial (Panels 50/52)	2/p52
5	10th July	REES	Robert Griffith	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Mametz Wood	Serre Road Cemetery No. 2 (XXXIX.M.12)	2/p166 (3)
6	11th July	FLEMING	Reginald Henry	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Mametz Wood	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116
7	19th July	ELLIS	Ceredig	2Lt	-	34	DOW	France	Hospital at Abbeville	Abbeville Communal Cemetery (IV.E.10)	2/p116 (4)
8	2nd October	PORTER	Graham Hawksworth	Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Canal bank south of Boesinghe	Essex Farm cemetery (III.H.15)	(5)
Died in 1917
9	7th May	WOOD	William Leslie	Capt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	Canal bank south of Boesinghe	Essex Farm Cemetery (III.F.2)	-
10	5th July	GRIFFITH	William Henry	2Lt	MC	23	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven, northwest of Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (I.F.4)	(6)
11	25th July	LLOYD	James Percival	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	East of Canal bank, north of Ypres	Welsh Cemetery (Caesar's Nose) (I.B.10)	(7)
12	28th July	DAVIES	Evan	Major	MiD	?	POW	Belgium	In German hands near Pilckem	Dragoon Camp Cemetery (B.1)	2/p9 (8)
13	31st July	BROWN	Ernest James	2Lt	MiD	34	KIA	Belgium	Near Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p11
14	31st July	KING	David	2Lt	-	32	KIA	Belgium	Near Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p11
15	31st July	RADCLIFFE	Ernest Charles Derwentwater	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near Pilckem	Artillery Wood Cemetery (VI.A.14)	3/p15 (9)
16	2nd August	JONES	Clifford	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p15
17	5th August	BOWES	Roy	Capt	MC	23	DOW	Belgium	CCS northwest of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (II.C.18)	3/p22 (10)
18	27th December	NEWMAN	Leslie Cambridge	Lt	-	20	POW	France	German Field Hospital near Lille	Lille Southern Cemetery (III.D.2)	(11)
The Battalion was disbanded in France on 27th 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. HINDS was wounded by a sniper near "Boar's Head", east of Richebourg L'Avoue on 30th January 1916. 2. MORGAN was wounded at ? on ? (WO 339/4261). 3. REES was originally buried in an isolated battlefield grave at the south of Mametz Wood and reburied in Serre Road Cemetery in March 1931. On page 116 of the book "The Welsh at War", the name of this officer is given as Roland Gwyn Rees. 4. ELLIS was wounded at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916. 5. PORTER, according to the Battalion War Diary, was killed on 3rd October 1916. 6. GRIFFITH was wounded east of the Canal Bank, Boesinghe on 21st June 1917 whilst on a patrol in German forward trenches. 7. LLOYD may well have died in German hands (according to Battalion War Diary). 8. DAVIES was reportedly wounded and taken by the Germans on 27th July 1917 (as described in unit War Diary). 9. RADCLIFFE was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Villa Gretchen, to the southwest of Pilckem, and was reburied in Artillery Wood Cemetery in September 1919. 10. BOWES was wounded northeast of Pilckem Ridge on 3rd August 1917. 11. NEWMAN was wounded and taken by the Germans on 21st December 1917 during a trench raid southeast of Armentieres.

Battalion History

15th (Service) Battalion (1st London Welsh). The Battalion was formed at London on 20th October 1914 and concentrated at Llandudno in December 1914 to commence training for combat operations. The Battalion was 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 La Gorgue, near Estaires. On 19th December the Battalion was placed 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 until disbandment in February 1918 and a history of the actions and battles of the Division can be viewed here.

On 6th February 1918, whilst in the Guarbecque area, 8 officers and 150 men from each of the four Companies were transferred to the 13th, 14th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with any remaining men posted to the 1st Entrenching Battalion on 27th February 1918 when the Battalion was disbanded.

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 15th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916	1	7	8
1917	9	1	10
TOTALS	10	8	18

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