Fallen Officers of the Great War

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Attached To

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1915

1

26th April

DOUGHTY-WYLIE

Charles Hotham M

Lt Col

VC, CB, CMG, MiD*

46

KIA

Gallipoli

Staff, HQ MEF

Sedd el Bahr, Cape Helles

Sedd el Bahr Military Grave

1/p195

2

9th May

LOWRY COLE

Arthur Willoughby G

Brig

CB, DSO, MiD***

54

DOW

France

Comd 25th Inf Bde

Aid Post east of Laventie

Le Troe Aid Post Cemetery (E.22)

(1)

3

23rd May

WEBB-BOWEN

Hugh Ince

Capt

MiD

37

KIA

Gallipoli

att to Staff, HQ MEF

Cape Helles

Lancashire Landing Cemetery (B.2)

-

4

25th November

HILLS

Ernest Leslie

Lt

-

23

DOW

Cameroon

1st Bn Nigeria Regt

West of Yaoundé

Limoug-Liho Cemetery

-

5

9th December

LLOYD

Robert Love

Major

MiD

34

DOW

Gallipoli

HQ 158th Brigade

CCS near Lala Baba, south of Suvla Bay

Lala Baba Cemetery (Sp Mem 7)

(2)

Died in 1916

6

26th March

DAVIES

John Wesley

Lt

-

31

KIA

France

113rd TMB

Festubert

Le Touret Military Cemetery (III.E.18)

(3)

7

9th April

THROCKMORTON

Richard Courtenay B

Lt Col

MiD

49

KIA

Mespot

5th Bn Wilts Regt

Near Kut

Basra Memorial (Panel 15)

-

8

11th September

VERNON

Leslie Godfrey Harcourt

2Lt

MC

18 

KIAA

France

23rd Sqn RFC

Near Peronne

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(4)

9

10th September

HILL

Hugh

Lt Col

DSO, MVO, MiD***

41

KIA

France

General Staff

Near Vermelles

Bethune Town Cemetery (III.K.40)

-

10

17th September

REES

Tom

Lt

Capt

21

KIAA

France

11th Sqn RFC

Near Villers-Plouich

Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery (C.2)

2/p171 (5)

11

2nd October

JENKINS

Cyril Donald Thomas

Lt

-

20

KWF

UK

58th Trg Sqn RFC

Near Cramlington

Oystermouth Cemetery (L.365)

(6)

12

29th December

WATSON

George Walker

2Lt

-

22

KWF

Egypt

21st (Res) Sqn RFC

Near Cairo

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (F.177)

(7)

Died in 1917

13

8th January

DUNN

Robert Henry William

Brig

-

60

DOI

UK

Special List

St Thomas' Home, Westminster

Wrexham Cemetery (J.2549)

2/p201  (8)

14

27th January

EVANS

John Arthur

2Lt

-

?

DOW

France

1/2nd Bn London Regt

In German Hands at Fournes

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery (VII.G.3)

(9)

15

10th February

BRADLEY

Horace Walter

2Lt

-

21

KIA

France

168th TMB

Near Laventie

St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (IV.C.2)

(10)

16

21st February

WILLIAMS

Howell

Lt

-

?

DOI

Gold Coast

Gold Coast Regt

Kumasi, Ashanti

Kumasi European Cemetery (23)

(11)

17

28th February

WHITTINGHAM

Lewis Stuart

2Lt

-

35

KIA

France

2nd Bn R Inniskilling Fus

Near Saillisel, Somme

Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery (I.E.6)

-

18

8th April

EVERINGHAM

Guy

2Lt

-

22

KIAA

France

16th Sqn RFC

Southwest of Vimy

Bois Carre British Cemetery (III.B.13)

(12)

19

9th April

THOMAS

Basil Llewelyn Boyd

Lt

-

?

KIA

France

27th Coy MGC

North of St Laurent-Blangy

Roclincourt Valley Cemetery (IV.H.3)

(13)

20

13th April

MORRIS

Charles Herbert

Lt

-

25

KIAA

France

59th Sqn RFC

Near Arras

Arras Flying Services Memorial

(14)

21

23rd April

SHAW

Bernard Lynton

Lt

-

35

KIA

France

2nd Bn SWB

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

Arras Memorial (Bay 6)

-

22

3rd May

BEYNON

William Charles

2Lt

-

29

DOW

France

2nd Bn SWB

CCS at Duisans

Duisans British Cemetery (IV.B.30)

( 15)

23

3rd May

WELSH

Alexander Torburn

2Lt

-

35

KIA

France

1/2nd Bn London Regt

Northwest of Vis-en-Artois

Tank cemetery, Guemappe (B.6)

-

24

19th May

JONES

Vavasor

2Lt

-

27

KIA

France

2nd Bn SWB

Monchy le Preux

Dury Crucifix Cemetery (II.H.29)

-

25

25th May

ANTHONY

John Richard

Capt

-

31

DOW

Belgium

1st Sqn RFC

German Hospital near Bousbecque

Mendinghem Military Cemetery (XI.A.6)

(16)

26

7th June

JONES

Ivor Wynne

Lt

-

25

DOW

Belgium

1/24th Bn London Regt

10th CCS, Lijssenthoek

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (XIII.B.6)

(17)

27

18th June

BEAN

Bevis Heppel

Lt

-

27

KIAA

Belgium

9th Sqn RFC

Near Nachtegaal

Strand Military Cemetery (VII.A.41/42)

(18)

28

4th July

DAVIES

John Howard

2Lt

-

22

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn SWB

East of Canal Bank, north of Ypres

Bard Cottage Cemetery (II.J.5)

-

29

7th July

TARDUGNO

Ray

2Lt

-

25

KWF

France

57th Sqn RFC

Near St Omer

Longuenesse Souvenir Cemetery (IV.C.48)

(19)

30

31st July

NICHOLS

Clifford

Capt

-

?

KIA

Belgium

164th Coy MGC

Pilckem

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)

-

31

3rd August

JAMES

Ralph Lionel

2Lt

-

24

KWF

UK

53rd Trg Sqn RFC

Brooklands Aerodrome

Weybridge Cemetery (2115)

(20)

32

11th August

HARRIS

Percy George

2Lt

-

?

KIAA

France

21st Sqn RFC

Over France

Arras Flying Services Memorial

( 21)

33

12th August

WILLIAMS

Rodric Mathafarn

Capt

-

23

KIAA

Belgium

32nd Sqn RFC

Near Houthulst Forest

Arras Flying Services Memorial

3/p24  (22)

34

16th August

PHILLIPS

David Charles

2Lt

-

22

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn SWB

Southwest of Langemarck

Artillery Wood Cemetery (V.A.2)

(23)

35

16th August

WILSON

John Edward Goodwin

2Lt

-

32

KIA

Belgium

1st Bn R Irish Rifles

"Anzac", northwest of Polygon Wood

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panels 63/65)

-

36

4th September

WILLIAMS

Arthur Trevor

2Lt

-

21

DOW

France

25th Sqn RFC

CCS at Lapugnoy

Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (VI.A.2)

(24)

37

14th September

HODKINSON

Leonard

2Lt

-

23

KIAA

France

53rd Sqn RFC

East of Bailleul

Bailleul Communal Cemetery (III.E.194)

(25)

38

2nd October

SUTCLIFFE

Sydney

Lt

MM

24

KIAA

France

11th Sqn RFC

Northeast of Cambrai

Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery (XVI.F.19)

(26)

39

31st October

MORSE

Gerald Ernest

2Lt

-

?

A

France

2nd Sqn RFC

Aerodrome near Bethune

Bethune Town Cemetery (III.J.18)

(27)

40

2nd November

ROWLAND

Stanley Jackson

Lt

-

?

KIA

Palestine

1/8th Bn Scots Rifles

Gaza

Gaza War Cemetery (XVIII.G.13)

-

41

5th November 

RAYNOR

Hubert William

Lt

-

25

DOW

France

76th TMB

142nd Fd Amb, Favreuil

Favreuil British Cemetery (II.B.10)

(28)

42

10th November

GREGORY

Kenneth Stuart

Lt

--

24

KIA

Belgium

3rd Coy MGC

North of Passchendaele

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 63/65)

-

43

15th November

CAYLEY

Sir George Everard A

Capt

-

56

DOI

UK

Royal Defence Corps

Hospital in Strand, London

Brompton (All Saints) Churchyard (West)

(29)

44

17th November

JONES

William Henry Atherley

Capt

-

49

DOI

UK

General List (Recruiting Offr)

Residence at Richmond, Surrey

Richmond Cemetery (X.5728)

(30)

45

30th November

HOWE

Claude Arthur

Capt

-

21

KIA

France

1/5th Bn Loyal N Lancs Regt

Near Villers-Guislain

Cambrai Memorial (Panel 5)

-

Died in 1918

46

17th February

MORRIS

Arthur Cuhelyn

Lt

-

23

KIA

France

70th Sqn RFC

Near Aire-sur-Lys

Aire Communal Cemetery (I.G.8)

(31)

47

18th March

TREGARTHEN

Ernest William

Lt

-

30

KWF

UK

25th Trg Sqn RFC

Near Thetford

Cardiff Cathays Cemetery (UNC.65)

(32)

48

21st March

WOLFF

Gustav Frederick

Major

MiD

29

KIA

France

25th Coy MGC

Near Beugny

Red Cross Corner Cemetery (II.C.3)

(33)

49

23rd March

BECKTON

William

Lt

-

21

KWF

Egypt

58th Trg Sqn RFC

Near Suez

Suez War Memorial Cemetery (B.9)

(34)

50

24th March

BARNETT-BARKER

Randle

Brig

DSO*, MiD***

48

KIA

France

Comd 99th Inf Bde

Guedecourt, Somme

Albert Communal Cemetery Extn (Sp Mem)

3/p119 (35)

51

27th March

RAMSAY

William James

Lt

-

21

KWF

France

52nd Sqn RFC

Near Amiens

St Pierre Cemetery (XVI.C.4)

(36)

52

28th March

POWELL

Dafydd Emrys

Lt

-

22

KIA

France

2nd Bn MGC

Near Albert, Somme

Acheux British Cemetery (I.B.24)

-

53

28th March

JAMES

Albert John Stanley

Lt Col

DSO, MC

28

KIA

France

CO 8th Bn R Lanc Regt

Near Wancourt

Arras Memorial (Bay 6)

-

54

2nd April

WILLIAMS

Richard

2Lt

-

24

DOW

France

41st Coy MGC

CCS at Gezaincourt

Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extn (II.H.3)

(37)

55

7th April

PRITCHARD

Henry

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

Hood Bn, RND

Near Mesnil, Somme

Pozieres Memorial (Panels 36/37)

-

56

12th April

BARTLETT

Arthur

2Lt

-

32

DOW

France

8th Bn Welsh Regt

German Hospital near Laventie

Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard (I.L.9)

(38)

57

21st April

EVANS

Griffith William

2Lt

-

28

KWF

UK

11th Trg Sqn RAF

Near Gainsborough

Lincoln (Newport) Cemetery (C.D.Red.3)

(39)

58

9th May

THOMAS

Rufus William

2Lt

-

25

KIA

France

113th TMB

Near Bouzincourt, Somme

Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extn (III.D.8)

-

59

24th May

ELLIS

John William

2Lt

-

21

KIA

France

Hood Bn, RND

Near Mesnil, Somme

Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval (VII.B.5)

(40)

60

11th June

GREEN

George Birch

2Lt

-

22

KIA

France

7th Bn Shropshire LI

La Bassee Canal, near Bethune

Sandpits British Cemetery (II.E.2)

-

61

24th June

WILLIAMS

Frederick

Lt

-

?

KIAA

France

62nd Sqn RAF

Near Lille

Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery (XI.H.3)

(41)

62

22nd August

JENKINS

Sidney Oswald

2Lt

-

28

KIA

France

10th Bn KSLI

Near Beaupre, south of Lys Canal

Loos Memorial (Panel 50/52)

-

63

28th August

CARTER

Harold Major

2Lt

-

21

KIA

France

13th Bn E Lancs Regt

East of Vieux Berquin

Borre British Cemetery (II.H.24)

-

64

2nd September

THOMPSON

Walter Downing

Lt

-

23

DOW

France

1/6th Bn HLI

Hospital at Rouen

St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.C.1.3)

(42)

65

3rd September

ARNOLD

Joseph Vincent

Lt

-

26

KWF

UK

38th TD Sqn RAF

Tadcaster, Yorks

Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery (CRC 481)

(43)

66

6th September

CAMPBELL

Victor Robert Wilkie

2Lt

-

31

KIA

France

23rd Bn Cheshire Regt

Pont de Nieppe, Armentieres

Pont de Nieppe Communal Cemetery (II.E.2)

-

67

19th September

FENN

Edward Gerald Palmer

2Lt

-

24

KIA

Palestine

1/5th Bn Essex Regt

Rafat salient, east of Jaffa

Ramleh War Cemetery (U.75)

-

68

20th September

HUGHES-DAVIES

Arthur Gwynne

Lt

MC

36

KIA

Palestine

53rd Bn MGC

Near El Muyheir

Jerusalem War Cemetery (Y.19)

-

69

2nd October

FOXALL

Thomas William

2Lt

-

3

KIA

France

25th Bn K (Liverpool) Regt

East of Rue Petillon

Laventie Military Cemetery (IV.D.10)

-

70

3rd October

EVANS

Thomas Richard

Lt Col

DSO

34

KIA

France

1/6th Bn N Staffs Regt

Near Sequehart

Bellicourt British Cemetery (III.D.5)

-

71

3rd October

HUGHES

Percy Caynton

2Lt

-

28

DOW

Salonika

7th Bn SWB

Hospital at Karasouli

Karasouli Military Cemetery (C.623)

(44)

72

22nd October

GRIFFITHS

Edwin Harold

2Lt

-

21

DOW

Italy

22nd TMB

CCS at Tezze

Tezze British Cemetery (I.C.13)

(45)

73

29th October

MORGAN

John Towlson

Capt

-

19

KWF

France

70th Sqn RAF

Near Armentieres

Pont-de-Nieppe Com Cemetery (II.H.16)

(46)

74

30th October

EVANS

Arthur Frederic

Lt

-

34

A

France

100th Sqn RAF

Longres

Charmes Military Cemetery (I.D.12)

3/p246 (47)

75

5th November

EDRIDGE-GREEN

Henry Allen

Lt

-

24

DOI

UK

16th Kite Balloon Sect RAF

Folkestone

Dover (St James') Cemetery (G.X.7)

(48)

76

18th November

RUSSELL

Henry Thornbury Fox

Capt

MC

21

KWF

UK

4th TD Sqn RAF

Hooton Park Aerodrome, Birkenhead

Holyhead (St Seiriol) Churchyard (Northeast)

(49)

77

9th December

MANDERS

Stanley George

Capt

-

25

DOI

France

3rd Balloon Wing RAF

CCS at Solesmes

Solesmes British Cemetery (I.F.7)

(50)

Died in 1919

78

16th February

JONES

Arthur Vernon

Capt

MiD

24

DOI

France

GHQ Staff

Hospital at Etaples

Etaples Military Cemetery (XLV.B.11)

(51)

79

20th February

AUBERTIN

William Aldworth

Major

-

38

DOI

Egypt

OCB Egypt

Hospital at Cairo

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (P.94)

(52)

80

13th April

CROSLAND

John Herbert

Lt

-

?

DOI

SEA

6th Bn KAR

Off British East Africa (now Kenya)

Mombasa British Memorial

(53)

81

7th August

COVENTRY-DAVIES

Charles

Capt

-

57

DOI

France

General List (RTO)

Nice, France

Nice (Caucade) British Cemetery (H.5.4)

(54)

81

29th October

BATTERSBY

George Lefroy

Major

-

56

DOI

UK

Labour Corps

Dublin

Mount Jerome Cemetery (133.C12953)

(55)

83

12th December

EVANS

John Harold

Lt

-

27

DOI

France

Labour Corps

Hospital at Valenciennes

Valenciennes (St Roch) Comm Cem (II.D.6)

(56)

Died in 1921

84

30th April

COMPTON-SMITH

Geoffrey Lee

Major

DSO, MiD**

31

M

Ireland

Special List

Donoughmore

Fort Carlisle Military Cemetery

(57)

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.   LOWRY COLE was wounded northwest of Fromelles, Aubers Ridge, on 9th May1915.

2.   LLOYD is believed to be buried in the Lala Baba Cemetery but his actual grave could not be identified.

3.   DAVIES was killed, according to a report in the Liverpool Echo, whilst escorting a General on a reconnaissance mission.  His death is reported in the 113rd Brigade War Diary.

4.   VERNON was killed with his pilot, 2Lt G B Firbank, when their aircraft, a FE2b, was brought down and crashed.

5.   REES was killed with his pilot, 2Lt L B T Morris, when their FE2b was brought down and crashed.

6.   JENKINS was killed during a training flight when his aircraft an Avro 504A , lost speed in a turn and nose dived into the ground.

7.   WATSON, with his pilot, 2Lt D Taylor, were killed when their aircraft, an MF S11 Shorthorn, side-slipped into a nose dive to the ground.

8.   DUNN was commanding a Reserve Brigade whilst serving in the Reserve of Officers.

9.   EVANS was wounded near "Irma Post" Fauquissart on 17th January 1917 and taken by the Germans.   He was originally buried in Fournes German Cemetery and reburied in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery in August 1923.

10.  BRADLEY had previously been attached to 1/4th Battalion London Regiment and further detached to 168th Trench Mortar Battery.

11.  WILLIAMS died of ? (WO 339/60563) in what is now Ghana.

12.  EVERINGHAM was the observer in FE2 serial A2815 when he and his pilot, 2Lt K MacKenzie were shot down in aerial action.   He was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Vimy and reburied in Bois Carre Cemetery in June 1919.

13.  THOMAS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north of St Laurent-Blangy and reburied at Roclincourt Valley Cemetery in October 1919.

14.  MORRIS was an observer in an RE8 piloted by Capt G Hodgson on a recce mission when the aircraft was brought down by enemy aircraft.

15.  BEYNON was wounded east of Monchy le Preux on 23rd April 1917.

16.  ANTHONY was shot down on 25th May 1917 by Lt Strahle of Jasta 18 and was seriously wounded.   He was taken to a German Field Hospital near Bousbecque and died later that evening and buried.   He was reburied at Mendinghem Cemetery in 1923.

17.  JONES was wounded during a trench raid near the Ypres Canal, east of St Eloi, on 7th June 1917.

18.  BEAN and his co-pilot, 2Lt E T Phillip, were killed when their aircraft an RE8, on a reconnaissance mission, was brought down near Nachtegaal northeast of the Houlthulst Forest.   They were originally buried in Nachtegaal German Military Cemetery and reburied in Strand Military Cemetery in August 1930.

19.  TARDUGNO was killed when his aircraft, a DH4, crashed to the ground during a training flight.

20.  JAMES was on a solo training flight when his aircraft, a BE2c, was flying low when caught by the wind resulting in it crashing to the ground.

21.  HARRIS was killed somewhere over France when his aircraft, an RE8, was brought down in an unknown location and declared "missing".

22.  WILLIAMS, solo pilot of a DH5, serial A9398 was shot down in aerial combat over the Houlthulst/Poelcapelle area by Lnt Julius Schmidt of Jasta 3.

23.  PHILLIPS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southwest of Langemarck and reburied in Artillery Wood Cemetery in September 1919.

24.  WILLIAMS was solo pilot in a DH4 and wounded in aerial action near Bethune.

25.  HODKINSON was an observer in an RE8 on an artillery recce patrol when it was brought down by anti-aircraft fire.   The pilot, 2Lt H W Westaway was wounded.

26.  SUTCLIFFE and his pilot, 2Lt J M McKenna, were killed when their aircraft, an FE2b fighter, was brought down in aerial combat.   He was originally buried in the Bouchain German Cemetery and reburied in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery in January 1924. 

27.  MORSE was accidentally killed by an explosion on the ground at his aerodrome.

28.  RAYNOR was gassed near Bullecourt on 5th November 1917 and subsequently died of gas poisoning at 142 Field Ambulance RAMC based at Favreuil, northeast of Bapaume.

29.  CAYLEY died of ?   (WO 374/12968)

30.  JONES died of lung congestion.  Details of previous service and service in the General List are being researched.

31.  MORRIS was an observer in a DH4 and was shot in the head by ground forces during a bombing mission.

32.  TREGARTHEN was piloting his aircraft, an RE8 serial D4972, when it failed to recover a flying position after spinning out of control.

33.  WOLFF was originally buried in a battlefield grave southwest of Beugny and reburied at Red Cross Corner in October 1920.

34.  BECKTON was killed when his aircraft, an Avro 504, crashed to the ground during pilot training.

35.  BARNETT-BARKER was originally buried in Albert Communal Cemetery but the grave was later lost due to shellfire.   He is commemorated on a Special Memorial". 

36.  RAMSAY was killed when his aircraft, an RE8, piloted by 2Lt R D Turnell, crashed to the ground by accident.

37.  WILLIAMS was wounded near the St Quentin Canal on ?

38.  BARTLETT was wounded and taken by the Germans most probably on 9th April 1918 and died in German hands on 12th April 1918.   He was originally buried to the south of Laventie and reburied in RIR Graveyard in after the Armistice.

39.  EVANS was killed along with his co-pilot, Lt F G Lewtas, when their aircraft, an Avro 504, stalled whilst turning after an engine failure and crashed on a river bank near Gainsborough.

40.  ELLIS was originally buried in a battlefield grave northwest of Thiepval and reburied in Connaught Cemetery in October 1919.

41.  WILLIAMS and his observer, 2Lt E Dunville, were in aerial combat over Lille in a Bristol 2b fighter when shot down.   He was originally buried in Thumeries German Cemetery and reburied in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery in September 1922.

42.  THOMPSON was wounded northwest of Fontaine-Croisilles on 25th August 1918.

43.  ARNOLD's aircraft, Avro 504 was involved in a mid-air collision with Lt G F Woollard's Avro 504 whilst formation flying over the Tadcaster aerodrome.   Both pilots were killed.

44.  HUGHES was wounded northwest of Grand Couronne on 25th September 1918.

45.  GRIFFITHS was wounded at the River Piave on 21st October 1918.

46.  MORGAN was an observer in a DH4 on a bombing mission when he was shot through the head by enemy ground action.

47.  EVANS was serving with 100th Sqn RAF, part of the RAF Independent Force, as a pilot when his aircraft, a Handley Page 0/400 heavy bomber, crashed on landing at Longres.   Evans was killed and two other crew members were injured.

48.  EDRIDGE-GREEN was an airship pilot attached to the Capel Airship Station, Folkestone.   He died of natural causes.

49.  RUSSELL was flying a Dolphin, serial C4011, at Hooton Park Aerodrome when the aircraft went into a spin and crashed to the ground.

50.  MANDERS died of influenza/pneumonia.

51.  JONES died of influenza/pneumonia.

52.  AUBERIN died of influenza/pneumonia.

53.  CROSLAND died of illness at sea on board SS ?  of the coast of east Africa. (WO 339/61748).

54.  COVENTRY-DAVIES died of ?   He was appointed to the General List (RTO) in June 1919.   He had previously served in the South African Horse during the Boer War and had been appointed as Captain in the 11th Bn RWF on 15th September 1914.

55.  BATTERSBY died of pneumonia.   He had previously served with 2/6th Battalion RWF and was seconded to the Labour Corps in May 1917.

56.  EVANS died of ?   He may well have been seconded to the Labour Corps at the time of his death.

57.  COMPTON-SMITH was kidnapped by the IRA on 16th April 1921 at Blarney Railway Station and was murdered by them on 30th April 1921.   His body was discovered 5 years later and is buried in Fort Carlisle Military Cemetery.

Analysis of Detached Regimental Officer Casualties By Unit and Year