No

Date Died

Surname

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Cause

Country

Location/Sector

Cemetery/Memorial

Notes

Died in 1915

1

30th July

DARWALL

John Randall

2Lt

-

37

A

UK

Hotel in the Strand, London

Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery (161.44789)

(1)

2

10th September

HARRIS

Cecil St John

2Lt

-

24

DOI

UK

Taunton

Staplegrove (St John's) Churchyard (Sp Mem)

(2)

3

21st October

PEPPER

Cedric William

2Lt

-

30

A

UK

Oxford

Redlynch (St Peter) Church

(3)

Died in 1916

4

8th March

ROCHFORT-DAVIES

Wallis Rowland Henry

2Lt

-

20

A

UK

Barracks at Plymouth

Weston-super-Mare Cemetery (2125)

(4)

Died in 1917

5

31st March

DARWALL

Gordon Cecil

Capt

-

31

DOI

UK

Hospital at London

Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery (161.44789)

(5)

Died in 1918

6

15th July

HARFORD

Edward Bridges

Capt

MiD

46

DOI

UK

Eastbourne

Eastbourne (Ocklynge) Cemetery (Y.1246)

(6)

7

14th December

HOLMES

Leslie Stuart

2Lt

-

27

DOI

UK

Hospital at London

Hampstead Cemetery (P4.9)

(7)

Died in 1919

8

1st August

BROWN

William Noel Sneade

Lt

-

24

DOI

UK

Reading, Berks

Maidenhead (All Saints) Cemetery (B.Spec.5C)

(8)

Died in 1920

9

27th April

LLEWELLYN

Arthur

Lt Col

OBE

47

DOI

UK

Hospital at Nottingham

Burrington (Holy Trinity) Churchyard (West)

(9)

Notes:

1.   DARWALL J R was serving with 9th (Reserve) Bn.  He accidentally shot himself in his hotel room and is buried in the same grave in Kensal Green (All Souls) Cemetery as his brother, below.  His name was accepted for CWGC commemoration as late as 10th June 2011.

2.   HARRIS served with 3/5th Battalion TF.   He is commemorated at Staplegrove (St John's) Churchyard by a Special Memorial.

3.   PEPPER was serving with 3rd (Reserve) Bn.   He was accidentally killed during training at Oxford.

4.   ROCHFORT-DAVIES was serving with 3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   He died due to an accidental overdose of medication.

5.   DARWALL G C was serving with 3rd (Reserve) Bn.

6.   HARFORD was serving with 4th (Reserve) Bn TF.

7.   HOLMES was serving with 3rd (Reserve) Bn.

8.   BROWN was attached to 4th (Reserve) Bn TF.

9.   LLEWELLYN was serving with 3rd (Reserve) Bn and was attached to an Army Records Office in Nottingham.

3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   On the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 the 3rd Battalion was based at its peacetime location at Taunton and moved to its war station at Devonport, Plymouth, on 8th August 1914.   It remained here until November 1917 when it was moved to Londonderry and then to Belfast in April 1918, where it remained for the rest of the war.

3/5th Battalion TF.   Formed at Taunton in March 1916 as a depot and training unit from those TF personnel who were unable to be posted to either the 1/5th or 2/5th Battalions.   Moved to Bournemouth in late 1915.   Re-titled as 5th (Reserve) Battalion TF on 8th April 1916 and absorbed by 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF on 1st September 1916.

4th (Reserve) Battalion TF.   Formed from the 3/4th Battalion TF in April 1916 and stationed at Bournemouth.   Absorbed the 5th (Reserve) Battalion on 1st September 1916.   Moved to Sutton Veney, near Warminster, in March 1917 then to Larkhill at the end of 1917.   Moved to Oswestry in April 1918 where it remained for the rest of the war.

9th (Reserve) Battalion.   Formed at Plymouth in October 1914 as a service battalion, part of K4.   Moved to St Austell in December 1914.   Re-organised at a Reserve Battalion in April 1915 and moved to Wareham in May 1915.   Moved to Swanage in August 1915.   On 1st September 1916 it became 45th Training Reserve Battalion and lost the regimental affiliation with the Somerset Light Infantry.

Year

UK

1915

3

1916

1

1917

1

1918

2

1919

1

1920

1

TOTALS

9