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Roll of Honour of Officers of Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Who Died in the Great War

Copyright and source:  British Military Badges

Those Officers of Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

 Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With Other Services, HQs, Regiments, Units and Establishments

No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Attached To

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

1914

1

24th October

FILLEUL

Leonard Amauri

2Lt

-

26

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn Ox & Bucks Light Infantry

Near St Julien

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 21)

-

1915

2

10th January

KENNEDY

John Horace

2Lt

-

24

KIA

France

2nd Bn Cameronians

Near Fauquissart

Aubers Ridge British Cemetery (IV.F.2)

(1)

3

20th April

SWABEY

Alan Maurice Eustace

2Lt

-

20

KIA

Belgium

1st Bn KOYLI

West of Ypres

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 21)

-

4

6th June

BENN

Oliver Williams

Capt

-

28

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn Essex Regt

Gully Ravine, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

-

5

6th June

WHITWORTH

James Melville

2Lt

-

26

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn Essex Regt

Gully Ravine, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

-

6

28th June

GEORGE

Laurence Edgar

Capt

-

36

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn R Dublin Fusiliers

Fir Tree Spur, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

-

7

29th June

ROGERS

Herbert George

2Lt

-

24

KIA

Gallipoli

1st Bn R Dublin Fusiliers

Fir Tree Spur, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

-

8

2nd July

WILLETT

John Arnold

2Lt

-

20

KIA

Gallipoli

2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers

Gully Ravine, near Krithia

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

-

9

13th August

FOSTER

James Sloman

2Lt

-

24

SEA

At Sea

2nd Bn Hants Regt

Off Kandelioussa, Aegean Sea

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

(2)

10

13th August

SPURWAY

Richard Popham

2Lt

-

25

SEA

At Sea

2nd Bn Hants Regt

Off Kandelioussa, Aegean Sea

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

(2)

11

13th August

THOMPSON

Edward Homer Boxwell

Lt

-

35

SEA

At Sea

2nd Bn Hants Regt

Off Kandelioussa, Aegean Sea

Helles Memorial (Panel 48 or 218)

(2)

12

20th October

NEWTON

Arthur Victor

Capt

-

22

KWF

Belgium

5th Sqn RFC

Near Lijssenthoek

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (I.A.32)

(3)

13

24th October

FIELDING

Edward Fleming

Lt

-

36

KIA

Cameroon

West African Regiment

Fort Dachang, Cameroon

Freetown Memorial, Sierra Leone

-

14

22nd November

HINDE

Henry Basil Lindesay

Lt

-

25

KIA

Mespot

1st Bn Ox & Bucks LI

Ctesiphon, near Basra

Basra Memorial (Panel 12)

_

15

8th December

CROFT

Cyril Talbot Burney

2Lt

-

24

KWF

UK

5th (Reserve) Aeroplane Sqn

Castle Bromwich

South Cadbury (Thomas A Becket Church)

-

16

26th December

STEER

Gordon Pemberton

Capt

-

31

DOW

France

2nd Bn Wilts Regt

Hospital at Wimereux

Wimereux Communal Cemetery (III.M.3)

(4)

17

27th December

REED

Paul Maurier

2Lt

-

18

DOI

Egypt

67th Sqn Australian FC

Hospital at Cairo

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery (D.234)

(5)

1916

18

31st March

LALONDE

Lionel Victor Pollock

2Lt

-

24

DOI

France

45th Coy Machine Gun Corps

Hospital at Le Treport

Le Treport Military Cemetery (2.O.20)

(6)

19

30th June

BOND

Charles Nesbit

Lt

-

22

KIA

France

1/4th Bn Lincs Regt

Near Gommecourt, Somme

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery (I.G.2)

-

20

1st July

PROWSE

Charles Bertie

Brig

DSO, MiD

47

DOW

France

General Staff, Comd 11th Brigade

CCS at Louvencourt, Somme

Louvencourt Military Cemetery (I.E.9)

(7)

21

30th July

LAINE

Charles Janion

2Lt

-

40

KIA

France

89th Coy Machine Gun Corps

Near Trones Wood, Somme

Thiepval Memorial (Panel 5c and 12c)

-

22

9th August

GUNTON

John Welby

2Lt

-

21

KIAA

France

70th Sqn RFC

East of Cambrai

Arras Flying Services Memorial

-

23

9th September

BOWERMAN

Arthur James

Lt

-

20

KIAA

France

22nd Sqn RFC

Contalmaison, Somme

Allonville Communal Cemetery (A.11)

-

24

15th September

COOK

Charles Stanley Blannin

2Lt

-

39

KIA

France

1/8th Bn London Regt

Near High Wood, Somme

Aveluy Wood Cemetery (I.K.11)

(8)

1917

25

19th January

PRIDEAUX

Geoffrey Archer

Capt

MC

25

KIA

France

Staff, Bde Maj, 11th Brigade

Near St Quentin

Hem Farm Military Cemetery (I.E.1)

-

26

22nd January

KELLETT

William

2Lt

MiD

30

KIAA

France

10th Sqn RFC

East of Bethune

Chocques Military Cemetery (I.F.23)

-

27

9th April

STEAD

Aubrey Arthur

2Lt

-

20

KIA

France

13th Trench Mortar Battery

"Telegraph Hill", near Beaurains

Tilloy British Cemetery (C.III.12)

(9)

28

21st April

SHEPPARD

Lewis Charles Burford

2Lt

-

20

KIAA

France

32 Sqn RFC

West of Bapaume

Varennes Military Cemetery (I.K.36)

-

29

3rd May

WATSON

William

Lt Col

-

36

KIA

France

2/5th Bn KOYLI

Bullecourt

Arras Memorial (Bay 4)

-

30

9th May

GAYNOR

William John

2Lt

-

23

KWF

France

70th Sqn RFC

East of Cambrai

St Aubert British Cemetery (V.D.14)

-

31

22nd June

DAWES

Arthur Irwin

Capt

-

38

POW

Turkey

10th Gurkha Rifles

POW compound near Istanbul

Haidar Pasha Cemetery (II.F.9)

-

32

2nd July

SAMUDA

Cecil Markham Annesley

Maj

-

38

DOW

France

13th Bn Royal Fusiliers

CCS at Bailleul

Bailleul Communal Cemetery (III.D.147)

(10)

33

13th July

OLIVER

Frank Lambton

2Lt

-

19

KIAA

Belgium

55th Sqn RFC

Over Audenaarde, near Ghent

Audenaarde Comm Cemetery (East Part)

-

34

5th August

STRONG

Oswald Lucking

2Lt

-

22

DOW

Salonika

2nd Bn KSLI

Kalamaria

Mikra British Cemetery (1770)

(11)

35

16th August

CRISP

Cyril Bright

Lt

-

37

KIA

Belgium

2nd Bn KRRC

Near Pilckem

Artillery Wood Cemetery (III.A.14)

(12)

36

25th August

BUSH

John Stewart de Lisle

Capt

-

21

KIAA

France

41st Sqn RFC

Over Selvigny, near Honnechy

Honnechy British Cemetery (I.A.16)

-

37

20th September

SMERDON

John Geoffrey

2Lt

-

24

KIA

Belgium

2/5th Bn Lancs Fusiliers

Near Gravenstafel

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 41 and 42)

-

38

4th October

COLES

Albert Edward

2Lt

-

20

KIA

Belgium

11th Trench Mortar Battery

Near Langemarck

Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 41 and 42)

-

39

28th October

RAWLING

Cecil Godfrey

Brig

CMG, CIE, DSO, MiD*

47

KIA

Belgium

General Staff, Comd 62nd Brigade

Hooge Crater

The Huts Cemetery, Dikkebusse (VII.C.20)

(13)

40

4th November

BUTTON

Norman Frederick

Lt

-

23

KIA

France

11th Trench Mortar Battery

Monchy-le-Preux

Monchy British Cemetery (II.A.3)

-

41

30th November

PRICE

Herbert Allen

Lt

MC

20

DOW

Palestine

20th Sqn Machine Gun Corps (Cav)

CCS at Ramleh

Ramleh War Cemetery (C.14)

(14)

42

30th November

ROBINSON

John Henry

2Lt

-

29

KIA

France

2/6th Bn N Staffordshire Regt

Bourlon Wood, west of Cambrai

Cambrai Memorial (Panel 4 and 5)

-

1918

43

15th February

REED HARDING

Clarence Henry

Lt

-

21

KWF

Egypt

?? Sqn RFC

Near Alexandria

Alexandria (Hadra) War Cemetery (B.52)

-

44

26th March

POWELL

Wilfred Guy

2Lt

-

35

KIA

France

61st Trench Mortar Battery

Rosieres, near St Quentin

Pozieres Memorial (Panel 25 and 26)

-

45

2nd April

MATTHEWS

Ernest Alan

Lt

-

22

KIAA

France

11th Sqn RAF

Over Fricourt

Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt (I.E.8)

-

46

16th April

BISSET

Fenton

Capt

-

40

DOW

France

1/5th Bn South Staffs Regt

23rd CCS at Lapugnoy

Lapugnoy Military Cemetery (VII.D.21)

(15)

47

24th April

SOMERS-COCKS

Reginald

Capt

MC, MiD

23

KIA

Belgium

HQ 26th Inf Bde

West of Ypres

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (XXVII.H.21)

-

48

6th May

WHALL

Walter Edward

Capt

MC, MSM

44

KIA

Salonika

11th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers

"O2" Sector, Doiran Front

Doiran Military Cemetery (II.B.33)

-

49

27th May

ADAMS

Philip Rockey

2Lt

-

21

KIA

France

2nd Bn Devon Regt

West of Rheims

Soissons Memorial

-

50

6th August

WALLINGTON

Frank Courtney

2Lt

-

25

KIA

France

1/5th Bn S Lancs Regt

Givenchy

Houchin British Cemetery (II.C.23)

-

51

12th August

HILL

Richard Alexander G

Lt

-

21

KIAA

Belgium

204th Sqn RAF

North of Ypres

Arras Flying Services Memorial

-

52

15th August

HOSEGOOD

William Leman

Lt

-

27

DOI

Africa

3/4th King's African Rifles

Hospital at Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam Cemetery (VIIi.C.5)

(16)

53

18th August

TRASK

Charles William Trevor

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

24th Bn Welsh Regt

East of Merville

St Venant-Robecq Rd Cemetery (IV.B.23)

-

54

30th August

STOCKEN

Kenneth Edgar

2Lt

-

19

KIA

France

1st Bn Devon Regt

West of Bapaume

Adanac Military Cemetery (II.I.6)

-

55

4th October

HAYNES

Samuel

2Lt

-

28

DOW

France

58th Coy Machine Gun Corps

Military Hospital at Rouen

St Sever Cemetery Extn (S.V.D.4)

(17)

56

29th October

GRAVES-KNYFTON

Reginald Benett

Major

-

45

DOI

India

1st (Gar) Bn Ox & Bucks LI

Trimulgherry, Secunderabad

Trimulgherry Canton Cemetery (A.5.18)

(18)

57

26th November

SADLEIR

John Raymond

2Lt

-

25

DOI

UK

Depot Machine Gun Corps

Grantham, Lincs

Grantham Cemetery (3.J.12)

(19)

58

12th December

FOX

Thomas Noel

Lt

-

21

DOI

Bulgaria

79th Bn Machine Gun Corps

Hospital at Rustchuck (Ruse)

Sofia War Cemetery (III.C.7)

(20)

59

18th December

DICKINSON

Hugh Carey

Lt Col

-

34

DOI

Africa

3/3rd King's African Rifles

Hospital at Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam Cemetery (VII.A.1)

(21)

1919

60

3rd March

WATSON

William

Lt Col

CMG

50

DOI

UK

Formerly att GHQ France

No 3 Gen Hosp, Wandsworth

Golders Green Crematorium

(22)

61

1st September

DALLAS

George Barnes

Lt

-

20

KIA

Russia

8th Bn Machine Gun Corps

Bolshoi Ozerki, east of Onega

Archangel Allied Cemetery (Sp Mem B31)

(23)

1920

62

30th March

CURRIE

Ryves Alexander Mark

Brig

CMG, DSO, MiD***

44

DOI

Poland

HQ Allied Troops, East Prussia

Danzig (Gdansk)

Malbork  War Cemetery (8.A.7)

-

63

13th August

BRADFIELD

James Thomas

Capt

-

25

KIA

Mespot

Special List (Asst Political Officer)

Shahroban, near Baghdad

Baghdad War Cemetery (VIII.M.3)

(24)

Notes:

1.   KENNEDY was originally buried in a battlefield grave on "Winchester Road" west of Fauquissart and reburied in Aubers Ridge Cemetery in January 1925.

2.   FOSTER, SPURWAY and THOMPSON were lost at sea aboard HMT Royal Edward which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-41 near the island of Kandelioussa, Aegean Sea.

3.   NEWTON was on observer training and was killed when his aircraft, a BE2c, nosedived into the ground soon after take-off.   2Lt A T Tallentire was also killed in the accident.

4.   STEER was wounded near Givenchy on 25th November 1915.

5.   REED died of pneumonia at a Military Hospital in Cairo and was attached to 67th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.

6.   LALONDE died of ?

7.   PROWSE was wounded at Beaumont Hamel on 1st July 1916.

8.   COOK was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of High Wood and reburied in Aveluy Cemetery in May 1923.

9.   STEAD was originally buried in a battlefield grave on "Telegraph Ridge", to the east of Beaurains and reburied in Tilloy British Cemetery in August 1919.

10. SAMUDA was mortally wounded by a shell near Messines on 1st July 1917.

11. STRONG was serving with 80th Trench Mortar Battery at the time of his death.   He was originally buried in Stravros Cemetery and was reburied at Kalamaria in September 1921.

12. CRISP was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south east of "Galwitz Farm" near Pilckem and reburied in Artillery Wood Cemetery in August 1919.

13. RAWLING was a former CO of 6th Bn Somerset LI.

14. PRICE was wounded at ? on ?

15. BISSET was wounded at ? on ?

16. HOSEGOOD died of ?

17. HAYNES was wounded near Solesmes on 1st October 1918.        .

18. GRAVES-KNYFTON died of influenza/pneumonia.

19. SADLEIR (who served as SADLIER) took his own life as described in his War Office personal File (WO 374/60074).

20. FOX died of influenza/pneumonia in Ruse (Rustchuk) and buried in the Military Cemetery there until 1960 when all burials at this cemetery were removed to Sofia War Cemetery.

20. DICKINSON died of influenza/pneumonia in Tanzania (Tanganyika).

21. WATSON died of influenza/pneumonia.

22. DALLAS is buried in the Obozerskaya Burial Ground but commemorated by a Special Memorial at the Archangel Allied Cemetery.

24. BRADFIELD was killed during an uprising of Arab rebels.

 

Analysis of Detached Officer Casualties By Unit and Year

Year

Staff

Inf

MGC

TMB

Colonial

RFC/RAF

Spec L

TOTAL

1914

 

1

 

 

 

1

1915

 

12

 

 

1

3

16

1916

1

2

2

 

 

2

7

1917

2

7

1

3

 

5

18

1918

1

7

3

1

2

3

17

1919

1

 

1

 

 

2

1920

1

 

 

 

 

1

2

TOTALS

6

29

7

4

3

13

1

63

 

Analysis of Detached Officer Casualties By Year and Location

Year

AF

BE

BUL

FR

GA

IND

ME

PA

POL

RU

SA

SEA

TU

UK

TOTAL

1914

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1915

2

2

 

2

5

 

1

 

 

 

 

3

 

1

16

1916

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

1917

 

5

 

10

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

1

 

18

1918

3

2

1

8

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

17

1919

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

2

1920

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

TOTALS

5

10

1

27

5

1

2

1

1

1

2

3

1

3

63

 

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