Royal Welsh Fusiliers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 24th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1918
1	8th September	ROBINSON	James Thompson	Lt	-	25	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Bailleul	Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extn (III.F.16)	(1)
2	31st October	EDWARDS	John Ivon Jones	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Near River Scheldt, Tournai	Harlebeke New British Cemetery (IV.B.2)	3/p248 (2)
3	11th November	COSTER-EDWARDS	John Francis	Capt	-	21	DOW	France	Hospital at Wimille	Terlincthun British Cemetery (X.D.2)	(3)
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. ROBINSON was wounded to the north of Ploegsteert on 7th September 1918. 2. EDWARDS was originally buried near Tournai and reburied in Harlebeke New British Cemetery in July 1920 3. COSTER-EDWARDS was wounded near Deerlyck, northeast of Courtrai on 31st October 1918 and was evacuated to Wimille. He later contracted influenza/pneumonia which was fatal.

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

24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	3rd July 1917	SANDBACH	Gilbert Robertson	Capt	-	24	DOW	Egypt	Hospital at Cairo	Cairo War Cemetery (F.271	(1)
2	27th December 1917	THOMAS	Llewelyn	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Palestine	Near Beitunia, north of Jerusalem	Jerusalem War Cemetery (E.25)	3/p72 (2)
3	29th September 1918	THOMAS	Arthur Tudor	Capt	-	34	KIA	Belgium	North of Ploegsteert Wood	Pont D'Achelles Military Cemetery (III.D.1)	(3)
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. SANDBACH was detached from the 1/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry and was wounded in the Sheikh Abbas area on 16th June 1917. 2. THOMAS L was detached from the 1/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry. 3. THOMAS A T was detached from the 1/1st Glamorgan Yeomanry.

Battalion History

24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion. Formed in Egypt on 1st March 1917 from the dismounted 1/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry and came under command of 231st Brigade, 74th (Yeomanry) Division. Fought in Egypt and Palestine until deployed to France to join the BEF in May 1918. The Battalion was transferred to 94th Brigade, 31st Division on 21st June 1918 and fought in France and Flanders with this Division for the rest of the war.

At the Armistice the Battalion was stationed at Avelghem, southeast of Courtrai, then moved east to the Renaix/Orroir area and by 30th November 1918 had moved west to Tatinghem area, near St Omer, via Poperinghe, undertaking salvage and repair work. Demobilisation commenced on 11th December 1918 and continued at pace throughout January 1919. On 29th January 1919 the battalion was moved to the Hondeghem Staging Camp, north of Hazebrouck, and took over camp duties from 26th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. On 4th February 1919 the Battalion was moved to St Omer and took over at the POW Camp there until 30th April 1919 when the Battalion was shut down and 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.

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