South Wales Borderers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the South Wales Borderers Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 10th Battalion South Wales Borderers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	3rd June	DARBY	Ernest	Lt	-	31	DOI	UK	Colwyn Bay	Colwyn Bay (Bronynant) (B.342)	(1)
Died in 1916
2	7th February	SEAGER	William Henry	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Moated Grange, Neuve Chapelle	St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (II.O.11)	(p229)
3	24th April	HUGGETT	Wyndham Henry	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at La Gorgue	La Gorgue Communal Cemetery (II.A.14)	(2) (p229)
4	7th July	WILKINSON	Sidney John	Lt Col	DSO	38	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier 4A)	(p244)
5	10th July	EVERTON	Maryon Jeffreys	2Lt	-	31	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (II.I.1)	(p247)
6	19th July	ROBERTS	David Charles	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Colincamps, Somme	Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps (I.D.43)	(p247)
7	6th October	CHARLTON	George Fenwick Hedley	Capt	MiD	24	KIA	Belgium	Poelcapelle, east of Ypres	Bedford House Cemetery, S of Ypres (4.XIII.H.5)	(3) (p289)
Died in 1917
8	26th August	JONES	William Orlando	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	East of Langemarck	Bard Cottage Cemetery (IV.F.3)	(p341)
9	24th November	LOWE	Alexander	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	L'Epinette, north of Festubert	Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery (I.A.42)	(p387)
Died in 1918
10	28th April	MORGAN	Alfred	2Lt	MC	35	DOW	France	CCS at Varennes, north of Albert	Varennes Military Cemetery (II.D.4)	(4) (p425)
11	2nd July	EVANS	Arthur John	Capt	-	24	KIA	France	East of Aveluy Wood, Somme	Varennes Military Cemetery (III.E.2)	(p440)
12	24th August	HUGHES	William Price	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Near La Boisselle, Somme	Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuille (I.H.14)	(p443)
13	24th August	THOMAS	Reginald Percy	Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Aveluy, River Ancre, Somme	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 6)	(p442)
14	29th August	LOXTON	Lionel D'Estelle	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	West of Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (B.20)	(p444)
15	1st September	JEWELL	William John	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Sailly-Saillisel, Somme	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 6)	(p447)
16	2nd September	HORNSBY	John Philip Skipworth	Capt	-	29	KIA	France	Near Sailly-Saillisel, Somme	Sailly-Saillisel British Cemetery (VI.H.7)	(p445)
17	12th September	SILBY	Thomas Stanley	Lt	MC	23	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (II.B.13)	(p448)
18	12th September	SIMPSON	George	2Lt	MC	34	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (II.B.12)	(p448)
19	12th September	WILLIAMS	Walter Frank	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (II.B.15)	(p448)
20	8th October	JONES	David	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai	Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy (A.17)	(p465)
21	8th October	JONES	James Arthur	Capt	MiD	28	KIA	France	Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai	Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy (B.32)	(p465)
22	8th October	JONES	Rhys Harris	Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai	Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy (B.16)	(p465)
23	28th October	KANE	James Gabriel	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Troisvilles, near Le Cateau	Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau (I.C.6)	-
24	4th November	JONES	Herbert Thomas	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	Military Hospital at Boulogne	Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille (VIII.AC.10)	(5) (p477)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 10th Battalion South Wales Borderers
1	10th July 1916	TAYLOR	Ralph Paton	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery (V.Q.4)	(6) (p247)
Notes: (Those numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page in "The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914 - 1918" by C T Atkinson,where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. DARBY died of illness in the UK prior to the Battalion proceeding overseas for active service. 2. HUGGETT was wounded at Neuve-Chapelle on 24th April 1916. 3. CHARLTON was originally buried at Poelcapelle German Cemetery and re-buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, in 1921. 4. MORGAN was wounded near "Lone Tree", River Ancre on 27th April 1918. 5. JONES H T was wounded at Englefontaine, east of Cambrai on 3rd November 1918. 6. TAYLOR was detached from the Northamptonshire Regiment.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Brecon on 31st October 1914 by the Welsh National Executive Committee.   Full title:   10th (Service) Battalion South Wales Borders (1st Gwent).
The Battalion commenced training for active service at Colwyn Bay Camp on 1st January 1915, and was assigned to 115th Infantry Brigade of the 38th (Welsh) Division on 29th April 1915.   The Battalion moved to Winchester in August 1915 where it remained until 3rd December 1915 when it embarked for Le Havre.   On arrival in France with the BEF the Battalion entrained initially to Aire-sur-la-Lys then marched to Quernes, to the south-west of Aire, to commence training for trench warfare.

The Battalion served in France and Flanders throughout the war and a detailed list of engagements and operations can be viewed in the history of the 38th (Welsh) Division.   At The Armistice on 11th November 1918 the Battalion was at Aulnoye, south-west of Maubeuge. The 38th Division was not chosen for the Army of Occupation in Germany so its units were gradually demobilised and disbanded.   By the end of February 1919 the Battalion was at cadre strength and finally returned to the UK in late May 1919 where it formally disbanded at Brecon.

The Battalion lost 24 officers, 1 officer from another Regiment and 457 other ranks.

Regimental History

The South Wales Borderers was formed on 1st July 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms, which saw the two separate Battalions of the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot become the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the retitled Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at The Barracks, Brecon.

The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) within the Regimental District as numbered Battalions of the Regiment - the 3rd (Militia) Battalion was formed from the Royal South Wales Borderers Militia and the 4th (Militia) Battalion from the Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles. The four (later five) Rifle Volunteer Corps, the 1st Brecknockshire RVC, 1st Monmouthshire RVC, 2nd Monmouthshire RVC, 3rd Monmouthshire RVC and 1st Montgomeryshire RVC were retitled as 4th to 8th Volunteer Battalions respectively.

The 1908 Haldane Reforms reorganised the Regimental Militia and Volunteer Battalions, with the 3rd Militia Battalion forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion. The 4th (Militia) Battalion was transferred to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers with the Montgomeryshire Volunteer Battalion. The three Monmouthshire Volunteer Battalions were reorganised as the newly formed Monmouthshire Regiment of the Territorial Force (TF). The 4th Volunteer Battalion became the 1st Brecknockshire Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force (TF). After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st July 1918, the South Wales Borderers had formed, disbanded, reorganised or reconstituted 20 Regular, Territorial Force, Service, Reserve, Graduated and Young Soldier Battalions.

A detailed history of the South Wales Borderers can be viewed here.

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