Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	22nd January	WILLIAMS	Bleddyn	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Southeast of Laventie	Loos Memorial (Panels 50/52)	(1)
2	12th February	EVANS	David Owen	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Croix Barbee, southeast of Laventie	St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (II.P.5)	-
3	3rd March	ALLEN	Alfred James Benedict	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Le Touret	Le Touret Military Cemetery (III,D.26)	(2)
4	21st May	WILLIAMS	Gwilym	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.18)	(3)
5	10th July	LEWIS	Llewelyn	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116 (4)
6	10th July	SINNETT-JONES	James Victor	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116 (5)
7	10th July	THOMAS	Thomas Oliver	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116 (6)
8	10th July	WILLIAMS	Hywel	Capt	-	22	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Addenda Panel Pier/Face 4C)	2/p116 (7)
9	10th July	WRIGHT	William Clifford	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 4A)	2/p116 (8)
10	26th July	STYLES	Arthur Horatio	Lt	-	24	DOW	UK	St Thomas' Hospital, London	Hither Green Cemetery (C.321)	(9)
Died in 1917
11	31st July	DANIEL	Ralph Picton	Capt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	"Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem	Artillery Wood Cemetery (IV.C.10)	3/p14 (10)
12	31st July	EDWARDS	Algernon Stuart	Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	"Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p14
13	31st July	HAYES	John Henry (Harry)	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Belgium	"Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p14
14	31st July	JONES	Harold Madoc	Lt	MiD*	38	KIA	Belgium	"Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p14
15	31st July	WHITE	John Stephen Grantham	Lt	-	21	DOW	Belgium	DS west of Elverdinghe	Canada Farm Cemetery (II.B.21)	( 11)
16	1st August	MORGAN	Herbert Glyn Rhys	2Lt	MIS	21	KIA	Belgium	"Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	3/p14
17	2nd August	WILLIAMS	Richard Lloyd	Capt	-	30	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (III.B.17)	3/p14 (12)
18	27th August	ROBERTS	Henry Sheriff	Capt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	Canal Bank, north of Ypres	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 63/65)	-
19	27th August	WILLIAMS	William George	Capt	-	?	DOW	Belgium	CCS east of Proven	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (IV.F.20)	3/p14 (13)
Died in 1918
2	9th May	WILLIAMS	James Morgan	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Bouzincourt Ridge	Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extn (III.E.11)	3/p147
21	22nd June	HOWELL	George Woodburn	2Lt	MSM	26	KIA	France	Near Mesnil, Somme	Acheux British Cemetery (I.E.14)	3/p165
22	27th August	WILLIAMS	James Griffith	Lt	-	39	KIA	France	East of High Wood, Somme	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (XVI.E.34)	3/p182 (14)
23	29th August	HEATON	Lionel James	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Northeast of Ginchy, Somme	Guards' Cemetery Lesboeufs (XI.H.5)	3/p182 (15)
24	2nd September	ROBERTS	Idris	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	CCS at Varennes	Varennes Military Cemetery (III.J.9)	3/p186 (16)
25	4th September	RICHARDS	Llewelyn Thomas	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Canal du Nord, near Manancourt	Morval British Cemetery (B.21)	3/p190
26	4th September	TYRRELL	Walter	2Lt	-	30	DOW	France	CCS at Varennes	Varennes Military Cemetery (III.F.19)	3/p190 (17)
27	8th October	LEWIS	Joseph Henry	Capt	-	?	KIA	France	Near Aubencheul, west of Villers Outreaux	Prospect Hill Cemetery (VI.D.19)	3/p231 (18)
28	8th October	RABY	Donald William	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	West of Villers Outreaux	Prospect Hill Cemetery (VI.D.15)	3/p230 (19)
29	4th November	EVANS	Norman Edward	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Forest of Mormal, Englefontaine	Englefontaine British Cemetery (C.21)	3/p253
30	1st December	PERRETT	Fred Leonard	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	Hospital at Wimille	Terlincthun British Cemetery (XII.A.18)	3/p262 (20)
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 lost contact with his patrol during a trench raid and was never seen again. 2. ALLEN was killed by a sniper. 3. WILLIAMS was wounded southeast of Laventie on 20th May 1916. 4. LEWIS date of death recorded by CWGC is between 10th/12th July 1916. According to the War Diary the Battalion first went into action at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916 and his name is recorded in the list of casualties of that engagement. 5. SINNETT-JONES date of death recorded by CWGC is between 10th/12th July 1916. According to the War Diary the Battalion first went into action at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916 and his name is recorded in the list of casualties of that engagement. 6. THOMAS date of death recorded by CWGC is between 10th/12th July 1916. According to the War Diary the Battalion first went into action at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916 and his name is recorded in the list of casualties of that engagement. 7. WILLIAMS date of death recorded by CWGC is between 10th/12th July 1916. According to the War Diary the Battalion first went into action at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916 and his name is recorded in the list of casualties of that engagement 8. WRIGHT date of death recorded by CWGC is between 10th/12th July 1916. According to the War Diary the Battalion first went into action at Mametz Wood on 10th July 1916 and his name is recorded in the list of casualties of that engagement 9. STYLES was wounded at Mametz Wood on 11th July 1916. 10. DANIEL was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Pilckem and was reburied in Artillery Wood Cemetery in January 1920. 11. WHITE was wounded at "Iron Cross", northeast of Pilckem on 31st July 1917. 12. WILLIAMS R L was wounded to the northeast of Pilckem on 31st July 1917. 13. WILLIAMS W G was wounded at the Canal bank, north of Ypres, on 28th August 1917. 14. WILLIAMS J G was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of High Wood and reburied in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery after the Armistice. 15. HEATON was originally buried in a battlefield grave northeast of Delville Wood and reburied in Guards' Cemetery in August 1919. 16. ROBERTS was wounded near Mesnil-en-Arrouaise on 3rd September 1918. 17. TYRRELL was wounded near Mesnil-en-Arrouaise on 3rd September 1918. 18. LEWIS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Aubencheul, west of Villers-Outreaux, and reburied in Prospect Hill Cemetery after the Armistice. 19. RABY was originally buried in a battlefield grave on the "Beaurevoir Line", west of Villers-Outreaux, and reburied in Prospect Hill Cemetery after the Armistice. 20. PRERRET was wounded at the Forest de Mormal, Englefontaine, on 4th November 1918.

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

17th (Service) Battalion (2nd North Wales) Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

11th July 1916

WALSH

Frederick William

2Lt

DOW

France

CCS at Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme

Heilly Station Cemetery (I.D.12)

2/p116 (1)

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. WALSH was detached from the Gloucestershire Regiment and was wounded at Mametz Wood, Somme on 10th July 1917.

Battalion History

17th (Service) Battalion (2nd North Wales). The Battalion was formed at Llandudno on 2nd February 1915 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 4th December 1915 the Battalion marched from Winchester to Southampton Docks and embarked on three vessels for Le Havre, arriving there early the next day. The Battalion concentrated there and then entrained for Aire-sur-la-Lys. On 25th December the Battalion was moved to Laventie and placed under temporary command of the Guards Division for instruction in trench warfare. By 3rd January 1916 the Battalion was in the Robecq 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 stationed at Aulnoye, south of Valenciennes, and remained in billets in the general area undergoing military and physical training and educational instruction until late December 1918 when the Battalion 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 17th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	UK	TOTAL
1916		9	1	10
1917	9			9
1918		11		11
TOTALS	9	20	1	30

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