Fallen Officers of the Great War   |   South Wales Borderers

1

14th September

JOHNSON

Mervyn Taylor

Lt

-

28

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p24)

2

15th September

YEATMAN

Marwood Edwards

Capt

-

30

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p27)

3

26th September

BLACKALL-SIMONDS

George Prescott

Lt

-

33

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p30)

4

26th September

COKER

John Cadwallader

Lt

MiD

27

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p30)

5

26th September

SILLS

Charles Caldwell

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p30)

6

26th September

WELBY

Glynne Everard Earle

Major

-

41

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Chivy Valley, Chemin des Dames, Aisne

(p30)

7

21st October

CURGENVEN

William Charles

Capt

-

37

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

East of Langemarck

(p38)

8

21st October

WATKINS

Horace Holmes

2Lt

-

23

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

East of Langemarck

(p39)

9

31st October

HADLEY

Reginald Bracebridge

Lt

-

23

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Gheluvelt

(p43)

10

31st October

LAWRENCE

William Lyttleton

Major

DSO. MiD

41

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Gheluvelt

(p47)

11

31st October

MAXWELL

Ian Bouverie

Capt

-

24

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Gheluvelt

(p50)

12

1st November

PATERSON

Charles James

Capt

MiD

26

1st Battalion

DOW

Belgium

DS at Ypres

(2)   (p44)

13

11th November

HOMFRAY

John Richards

Lt

-

21

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

South east of Zillebeke

(p52)

14

17th November

PEEL

Alan Ralph

Capt

-

28

att 5th Bn Nigeria Regt, WAFF

KIA

Cameroon

North east of Banyo

  -

15

23rd December

SPARROW

George Lewis

Lt

-

31

att 2nd Bn KOSB

DOW

France

CCS at Bailleul

(3)

16

29th December

FARRIER

Archibald Manaton

2Lt

-

26

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Gorre

(4)   (p92)

17

31st December

PRYCE-JENKIN

Richard Douglas

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

KIA

France

East of Festubert

(p93)

Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in 1914 Whilst Attached to the South Wales Borderers

1

21st December

OWEN

Ernest Haddon

Lt

-

28

Lincs Regt attached to 1st Battalion

KIA

France

East of Festubert

(p92)

Notes:

1.   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.

2.   PATERSON was wounded at Gheluvelt on 31st October 1914.

3.   SPARROW was wounded in the Laventie area on 22nd December 1914.

4.   FARRIER was wounded east of Festubert on 28th December 1914.