Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 19th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	5th July	DAVIES	Ernest Glyn	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	Fosse Calonne, southeast of Grenay	Loos British Cemetery (XVIII.E.13)	(1)
2	12th July	HARGRAVES	Frank	Lt	MiD	27	KIA	France	Fosse Calonne, southeast of Grenay	Loos British Cemetery (XVIII.E.14)	(2)
3	10th September	PLATTEN	Walter Henry	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Loos	Vermelles British Cemetery (II.C.20)	-
Died in 1917
4	30th June	WILLIAMS	John	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Sorel-le-Grand	Fins New British Cemetery (VIII.K.10)	(3)
5	23rd November	DANIEL	Thomas George	Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
6	23rd November	HOPE-EVANS	Timothy Idwal	Capt	-	28	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
7	23rd November	MORGAN	George Hamilton	Capt	MiD	37	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
8	23rd November	REES	Edgar George	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
9	24th November	HUMPHREY-JONES	Cecil	Capt	-	?	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
10	24th November	JAMES	Wilfred Sydney	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
11	24th November	WILLIAMS	Philip Ernest	Capt	MC	28	France	France	CCS at Grevillers	Grevillers British Cemetery (VIII.E.5)	3/p89
12	25th November	FLETCHER	Joseph Harold	Capt	-	31	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
13	25th November	SHANKLAND	Llewelyn ap Tomos	Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Manancourt	Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery (II.C.28)	3/p89 (4)
14	25th November	THOMAS	Tudor	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Bourlon Wood, near Cambrai	Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)	3/p89
The Battalion was disbanded in France on 6th 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. DAVIES was originally buried in Cite Calonne Military Cemetery and reburied in Loos British Cemetery in February 1925. 2. HARGRAVES was originally buried in Cite Calonne Military Cemetery and reburied in Loos British Cemetery in February 1925. 3. WILLIAMS was originally buried in Fins Churchyard Extension and reburied in Fins New British Cemetery in February 1924. 4. SHANKLAND was wounded at Bourlon Wood on 23rd/24th November 1917.

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

19th (Service) Battalion 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

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

19th (Service) Battalion. The Battalion was formed March 1915 by the Welsh National Executive Committee as a Bantam Battalion at Deganwy, Llandudno and was under command of 38th (Welsh) Division. In September 1915 to complete the intensive individual and collective training required for service with the BEF the Battalion was moved to the Aldershot area and transferred to 119th Brigade, 40th Division. On 2nd June 1916 the Battalion disembarked at Le Havre and were moved to Boureqc, near Lillers, by 8th June. On 10th June the Battalion marched to the Calonne Sector and placed under temporary command of the 1st Division for instruction in trench warfare, returning to billets in Houchin on 14th June. Between 18th and 20th June the Battalion was again in the Calonne Sector with 1st Division units for instruction. On 21st June the Battalion was moved to Bully Grenay and placed under operational command of 119th Brigade, 40th Division and the Battalion remained with the Division until it was disbanded in February 1918. A detailed history of the actions and battles of the 40th Division can be viewed here.

On 15th February 1918 whilst at Bailleuleval, southwest of Arras, the Battalion was disbanded with men joining men of the disbanded 10th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers to form 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 19th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	FR	TOTAL
1916	3	3
1917	11	11
1918
TOTALS	14	14

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