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Roll of Honour of Officers of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War |
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Those Officers of The Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd (Garrison) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers |
No |
Date Died |
Surname |
Forenames |
Rank |
Decs |
Age |
Cause |
Country |
Location/Sector |
Cemetery/Memorial |
Notes |
Died in 1919 |
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1 |
25th February |
TOBIAS |
Leslie Mark |
Capt |
- |
22 |
DOI |
Egypt |
Hospital at Alexandria |
Alexandria (Chatby) Jewish Cemetery No 3 (19) |
( ) |
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. TOBIAS died of influenza/pneumonia. |
Battalion History |
The 2nd (Garrison) Battalion was formed at Garswood Park, Wigan on 21st October 1915 from older men of the Regiment and those not considered fit for front line duty. The Battalion was posted to Egypt in March 1916 to perform Garrison and Security duties in the Cairo area. The Battalion was moved to Sallum, in northwest Egypt, on the Mediterranean Coast, in August 1917 remaining there until after the Armistice, when elements of the Battalion returned to Cairo to relieve the 6th (Garrison) Battalion which was about to go to Salonika. |
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. |
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