Fallen Officers of the Great War   |   South Wales Borderers

Ref

Date

SURNAME

Forenames

Rank

Decs

Age

Unit

Cause

Country

Location/Area/Sector

Notes (1)

1

17th January

McNAUGHT-DAVIS

James Walden Fortune

Lt

-

23

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Near Givenchy

-

2

28th March

TRAVERS

Hamilton Henry

Lt

-

22

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Bethune

(2)   (p99)

3

28th March

BILL

John Francis

Capt

-

33

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Port Arthur, Richebourg L'Avoue

(p99)

4

2nd April

GRAHAM

Eric Montrose

Lt

-

21

1st Battalion

DOW

UK

Hospital at London

(3)  (p46)

5

3rd April

SALT

Thomas Frederick Cyril

Lt

-

21

att 3rd Bn Monmouth Regt

DOW

France

CCS at Bailleul

(4)

6

25th April

BEHRENS

Robert Philip

Lt

-

21

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"S" Beach

(p105)

7

25th April

MARGESSON

Edward Cunninghame

Major

-

43

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"S" Beach

(p105)

8

25th April

PALMER

Roland Gaskell

Capt

-

38

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"S" Beach

(p110)

9

5th May

MACGREGOR

Cortlandt Richard

Lt

-

21

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Near Krithia Nullah

(5)

10

9th May

BUNCE

George Owen

2Lt

-

31

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Gully Ravine

(p118)

11

9th May

FRENCH (Lord De Freyne)

Arthur Reginald

Capt

MiD

35

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p139)

12

9th May

FRENCH (The Hon)

George Philip

Lt

-

25

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p138)

13

9th May

GARNETT-BOTFIELD

Alfred Clulow Fitzgerald

Lt

-

22

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p140)

14

9th May

HEAL

Charles Henry

2Lt

-

18

2nd Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

DS at Cape Helles

(6)

15

9th May

LANGLANDS

Alan

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p140)

16

9th May

POLLOCK

Martin Viner

Lt

-

26

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p138)

17

9th May

TURNER

Noel Price James

Lt

MiD

36

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Bethune

(7)  (p140)

18

9th May

WOODWARD

Robert

Capt

-

38

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p140)

19

13th May

STANBOROUGH

Walter Thomas Henry

2Lt

-

42

2nd Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

DS at Cape Helles

(8)  (p116)  

20

25th May

RUMSEY

Charles Gordon

Lt

-

23

att 1st Bn Welsh Regt

KIA

Belgium

Bellewaarde Ridge, near Ypres

-

21

3rd June

DARBY

Ernest

Lt

-

31

10th Battalion

DOI

UK

Colwyn Bay

(9)

22

4th June

PRICKARD

Gerald Thornton

2Lt

-

30

att 1st Bn R Dublin Fusiliers

KIA

Gallipoli

South west of Krithia

-

23

9th June

SILK

Norman Galbraith

Lt

-

20

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Gully Ravine

(p121)

24

15th June

SPARTALI

Michael

2Lt

-

33

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p121)

25

19th June

CASS

Hugh Launcelot

2Lt

-

23

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p123)

26

19th June

JORDAN

John

Lt

-

45

2nd Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(10)  (p123)

27

19th June

RUNDLE

Cubitt Noel

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

-

28

22nd June

JONES

Bertram Ivor Lewis

2Lt

-

18

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p123)

29

28th June

BUDD

Wrinch Joseph Charles

Lt

-

40

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p124)

30

29th June

INGLIS

Rupert Charles

Lt

-

31

2nd Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

DS at Cape Helles

(11)  (p121)

31

2nd July

BRADLY

John Frank

Lt

-

27

2nd Battalion

DOW

Malta

Military Hospital at Pieta

(12)  (p124)

32

6th July

ELGEE

Hugh Francis

Capt

-

35

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p126)

33

6th July

TURNER

Percy Herbert

2Lt

MiD

33

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p126)

34

23rd July

LE THICKE

Gerald Mann

2Lt

-

21

5th Battalion

A

UK

Hounslow

(13)

35

9th August

COOPER

Leonard Gosse

2Lt

-

22

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Near Gillespie Spur, Damakjelik Bair

(p159)

36

9th August

GILLESPIE

Franklin Macaulay

Lt Col

MiD

42

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Near Gillespie Spur, Damakjelik Bair

(p159)

37

10th August

HILLMAN-MILLER

James

Lt

-

40

4th Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

DS near Suvla Bay

(14)

38

12th August

BELL

Aveling Francis

2Lt

-

20

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair

(p162)

39

12th August

BURRELL

Percy Edmund

2Lt

-

33

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Scimitar Hill

(p165)

40

13th August

ADDAMS-WILLIAMS

Donald Arthur

2Lt

-

19

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair

(p162)

41

13th August

NAPIER, Sir

William Lennox

Major

-

47

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"Kabak Kuyu", Damakjelik Bair

(p162)

42

18th August

LEWIS

Charles Vernon

Lt

-

32

11th Battalion

DOI

UK

Nursing Home at Weymouth

(15)

43

21st August

NEVILE

Hugh George

Lt

-

36

2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Scimitar Hill

(p165)

44

21st August

PHILLIPS

Owen Sherwood

2Lt

-

23

4th Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

"Kaiajik Aghala", Damakjelik Bair

(p166)

45

28th August

LEWIS

Trevor Edward

Capt

-

27

5th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Merville

(16)  (p144)

46

29th August

HARMOOD-BANNER

Walcot

Capt

-

33

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Near Cambrin

(p142)

47

11th September

WILLIAMS

Leonard

Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

DOW

France

DS at Vermelles Chateau

(17)  (p142)

48

22nd September

HALL

John Edward Kenyon

2Lt

-

37

2nd Battalion

DOW

Gallipoli

DS near Suvla Bay

(18)

49

26th September

SAUNDERS

Louis Desormeaux

2Lt

-

25

1st Battalion

KIA

France

West of Hulluch, near Loos

(p149)

50

28th September

PLAYFORD

Anthony Boydell

2Lt

-

26

1st Battalion

KIA

France

West of Hulloch, near Loos

(19) (p148)

51

10th October

FORSTER-MORRIS

Herbert Gloyne Forster

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

DOW

France

Military Hospital at Le Treport

(20)  (p150)

52

12th October

LEWIS

Arthur Glanmor

2Lt

-

19

att 1st Bn Monmouth Regt

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Loos

-

53

20th October

ROBINSON

Claude Gladstone

2Lt

-

22

7th Battalion

KIA

France

South of Cappy, Assevillers

(p173)

Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in 1915 Whilst Serving With the South Wales Borderers

1

9th May

JACKSON

Edward Phillips

Lt

-

21

R Warks Regt att 1st Battalion

KIA

France

Richebourg L'Avoue

(p140)

2

6th July

KERR

Daniel

Lt

-

23

Cheshire Regt att 2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

East of Gully Ravine

(p126)

3

21st August

McSHANE

Vincent

Lt

-

21

N'land Fus att 2nd Battalion

KIA

Gallipoli

Scimitar Hill

(p165)

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.     TRAVERS was wounded at Port Arthur, Richebourg L'Avoue on 28th March and died the same day.

3.     GRAHAM was wounded at Gheluvelt on 31st October 1914.

4.     SALT was wounded at Neuve Chapelle on 15th March, serving as a Private soldier with 3rd Bn Monmouth Regt, awaiting return to UK for commission with 11th Battalion SWB.  Gazetted 9th March 1915 (Third Supplement to LG 29130) dated 14th April 1915.

5.     MACGREGOR may well have been killed on 2nd May 1915.

6.     HEAL was wounded at Gully Ravine, Gallipoli on 8th May.

7.     TURNER was wounded at Richebourg L'Avoue on 9th May.

8.     STANBOROUGH was wounded at Gully Ravine, Gallipoli on 8th May.

9.     DARBY died of illness in the UK prior to the 10th Battalion proceeding overseas for active service.

10.   JORDAN was wounded at "Turkey Trench", near Gully Ravine, Gallipoli on 19th June.

11.   INGLIS was wounded at Gully Ravine, Gallipoli on 15th June.

12.   BRADLY was wounded at "Turkey Trench", near Gully Ravine, Gallipoli on 28th June.

13.   LE THICKE was killed in a motor cycle accident at Hounslow on 23rd July.

14.   HILLMAN-MILLER was wounded at Damakjelik Bair, Salonika on 9th August.

15.   LEWIS C N died of illness at Weymouth on 18th August whilst attending the Army Signalling School at Blandford.

16.   LEWIS T E was wounded in the Festubert area in a training accident with bombs on 28th August.

17.   WILLIAMS was wounded near Cambrin on 10th September.

18.   HALL was wounded at "The Horseshoe" east of Chocolate Hill, Gallipoli on 18th September.

19.   PLAYFORD was killed leading a patrol during the evening of 25th September according to the book  "The History of the South Wales Borderers", on page 148.

20.   FORSTER-MORRIS was wounded at Hulloch on 26th September.