South Wales Borderers - Roll of Honour of Officers of the South Wales Borderers Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915
1	9th August	COOPER	Leonard Gosse	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Gallipoli	Near Gillespie Spur, Damakjelik Bair	Helles Memorial (Panel 80 - 84)	(p159)
2	9th August	GILLESPIE	Franklin Macaulay	Lt Col	MiD	42	KIA	Gallipoli	Near Gillespie Spur, Damakjelik Bair	Helles Memorial (Panel 80 - 84)	(p159)
3	10th August	HILLMAN-MILLER	James	Lt	-	40	DOW	Gallipoli	DS near Suvla Bay	Helles Memorial (Panel 80 - 84)	(1) (p159)
4	12th August	BELL	Aveling Francis	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Gallipoli	"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair	Helles Memorial (Panel 80 - 84)	(p162)
5	13th August	ADDAMS-WILLIAMS	Donald Arthur	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Gallipoli	"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (IV.D.14)	(p162)
6	13th August	NAPIER, Sir	William Lennox	Major	-	47	KIA	Gallipoli	"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (Mem A.105)	(p162)
7	21st August	PHILLIPS	Owen Sherwood	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Gallipoli	"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery (IV.A.14)	(p166)
1916
8	6th April	HEMINGWAY	Stewart	Lt	-	35	KIA	Mespot	Fallahiya, near Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p204)
9	9th April	AUSTIN	Thomas Carnelly MacDonald	Capt	MiD	24	KIA	Mespot	Sannaiyat	Amara War Cemetery (XVII.H.10)	(p205)
10	9th April	FARROW	Jack	Capt	MiD*	?	KIA	Mespot	Sannaiyat	Amara War Cemetery (XVI.J.11)	(p205)
11	9th April	MORGAN-OWEN	John Guith	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Mespot	Sannaiyat	Amara War Cemetery (XVI.J.12)	(p205)
12	17th April	BIRCH	Frederick William	Major	-	48	KIA	Mespot	"Twin Pimples", near Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p207)
13	22nd April	POWELL-JONES	Percival Morgan	Capt	-	24	KIA	Mespot	West of Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	-
14	20th December	GOULD	Ralph Bohn	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Mespot	River Tigris, south of Kut	Amara War Cemetery (XXI.L.1)	(p315)
1917
15	12th January	EVANS	Raymond	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Mespot	East of Hai, near Kut	Amara War Cemetery (XXV)	(p316)
16	15th January	FAIRWEATHER	Joseph	Major	-	?	KIA	Mespot	Hai Salient, north of Umm Saad	Amara War Cemetery (XXV)	(p316)
17	24th January	BLAXLAND	John Bruce	Capt	-	25	KIA	Mespot	Hai Salient, north of Umm as Saad	Amara War Cemetery (XVIII.E.3)	(p316)
18	25th January	SMITH	Roger	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Mespot	Hai Salient, north of Umm as Saad	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p316)
19	13th February	BEST	Frank Harrington	Lt	-	22	KIA	Mespot	Dahra Bend, River Tigris	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p317)
20	13th February	EVANS	Frew Ferguson	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Mespot	Dahra Bend, River Tigris	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p317)
21	15th February	DAVIES	Glyn Lloyd	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Mespot	Dahra Bend, River Tigris	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p319)
22	30th April	BEST	Stephen Wriothesley	Lt	MiD	28	KIA	Mespot	"The Boot", Shatt al Adhaim	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p326)
23	30th April	MITCHELL	Alexander Charles Oswald	Lt	MiD	29	KIA	Mespot	"The Boot", Shatt al Adhaim	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(p326)
1918
24	12th November	CRACROFT-WILSON	Clive Winthorpe	Lt	-	35	DOI	India	Military Hospital at Poona	Poona (St Sepulchre's) Cemetery (1648)	(2)
Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers
1	7th January 1916	WILLIAMS	Ivor Phillips	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Gallipoli	Gully Ravine, south west of Krithia	Helles Memorial (Panel 156)	(3) (p197)
2	5th April 1916	BOURNE	Stanley Mackenzie	Lt	-	22	KIA	Mespot	Fallahiya, near Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(4) (p204)
3	5th April 1916	FIELD	Arthur Clarence Henley	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Mespot	Fallahiya, near Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 16 and 62)	(5) (p204)
4	9th April	MACAULAY	Colin Alexander	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Mespot	Sannaiyat	Basra Memorial (Panel 17)	(6) (p205)
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). 1. HILLMAN-MILLER was wounded near Gillespie Spur, Damakjelik Bair, on 9th August 1915. 2. CRACROFT-WILSON died of influenza/pneumonia. 3. WILLIAMS was detached from The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry). 4. BOURNE was detached from the Royal Fusiliers. 5. FIELD was detached from the Royal Fusiliers. 6. MACAULAY was detached from The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).

Battalion History

The Battalion was formed at Brecon on 7th August 1914 as part of "K1".   Full title:   4th (Service) Battalion South Wales Borderers.
The Battalion assembled at Parkhouse Camp on Salisbury Plain at the end of August 1914 and assigned to 40th Infantry Brigade of 13th (Western) Division.   The Battalion then moved to Chiseldon in October 1914 and on to Cirencester in early December 1914.  Moved to Woking in March 1915 for Brigade/Divisional intensive training.   The Battalion embarked at Avonmouth on 29th June 1915 and proceeded to Mudros, arriving on 12th July 1915.   The Battalion then landed at Gallipoli on 15th July 1915.

The Battalion served at Gallipoli, Egypt and Mesopotamia.     At the Armistice the Battalion was based near Kirkuk, Kurdistan.   The Battalion was not selected for Army of Occupation duties and moved to the Daila River, north of Baghdad where demobilisation commenced.   In early February 1919, with the strength of the Battalion at about 14 officers and 200 men, it was moved south to Amara for Garrison duties and continuing demobilisation. The Battalion served temporarily in Karachi and Rawalpindi prior to returning to Brecon on 19th August 1919 for disbandment.

The Battalion lost 24 officers, 4 officers from other Regiments and 558 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.