South Wales Borderers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the South Wales Borderers Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	18th August	LEWIS	Charles Vernon	Lt	-	32	DOI	UK	Nursing Home at Weymouth	Bangor (Glanadda) Cemetery (W.NG.1269)	(1)
1916
2	20th February	CULLIMORE	Smart	Capt	-	38	KIA	France	Near Richebourg-L'Avoue Sector	Le Touret Military Cemetery (III.D.14)	(p230)
3	7th July	HAMER	Thomas Pryce	Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier 4A)	(p244)
4	11th July	FLETCHER	Arthur Stanley	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier 4A)	(p244)
5	11th July	LEWIS	Lawrence Reddrop	Capt	-	34	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier 4A)	(p247)
6	11th July	MILLER-HALLETT	Stewart Alexander	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier 4A)	(p244)
7	19th July	SALATHIEL	Ewart Gladstone	2Lt	-	27	DOW	UK	Hospital at London	Rogerstone Baptist Chapelyard (29.31)	(2) (p244)
8	31st August	WILLIAMS	Edward Herbert	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Belgium	St Julien, north east of Ypres	Essex Farm Cemetery (III.F.7)	(p289)
1917
9	31st July	BULLOCK	Gervas Frederick	2Lt	-	36	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	(p333)
10	31st July	DAVIES	Benjamin Evan Stedman	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 22)	(p332)
11	31st July	OWEN	Griffith Christmas	2Lt	-	30	KIA	Belgium	Pilckem Ridge	Sanctuary Wood Cemetery (II.J.11)	(p333)
12	1st August	LLOYD	Llewellyn	Lt	-	32	DOW	Belgium	CCS near Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (II.G.6)	(3) (p333)
13	13th October	JENKINS	Cyril Frank Bingham	Capt	-	23	DOW	France	Hospital at Wimereux	Wimereux Communal Cemetery (IV.N.2)	(4) (p333)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 11th Battalion South Wales Borderers
1	12th April 1917	JONES	Thomas Glasfryn	Capt	-	33	DOW	UK	Empire Hospital, Westminster	Llangeitho (St Ceitho) Churchyard (North Side)	(5)
2	17th September1917	ANGUS	James Robert	Lt Col	MiD	45	A	France	River Lys, near Armentieres	Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard (II.F.8)	(6) (p389)
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. LEWIS C V died of post-operative appendicitis at Weymouth on 18th August whilst attending the Army Signalling School at Blandford. 2. SALATHIEL was wounded at Mametz Wood, Somme on 7th July 1916. 3. LLOYD was wounded at Pilckem Ridge near Ypres on 31st July 1917. 4. JENKINS was wounded near Pilckem, near Ypres on 1st August 1917. 5. JONES was detached from the Army Chaplains' Department. He was wounded near Boesinghe, north of Ypres on 24th March 1917. 5. ANGUS was detached from the Welsh Regiment.

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Brecon on 5th December 1914 by the Welsh National Executive Committee.   Full title:   11th (Service) Battalion South Wales Borders (2nd Gwent).
The Battalion commenced training for active service at Colwyn Bay Camp on 19th 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 the Battalion embarked for Le Havre.   On arrival with the BEF in France the Battalion entrained initially to Aire-sur-la-Lys then marched to Witternesse, 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.   The Battalion was disbanded on 27th February 1918 with officers being transferred mostly to other SWB Battalions and the majority of men forming the 2nd Entrenching Battalion.

The Battalion lost 13 officers, 2 officers from another Regiment and 283 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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