Fallen Officers of the Great War   |   South Wales Borderers

1

12th January

EVANS

Raymond

2Lt

-

23

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

East of Hai, south west of Kut

(p316)

2

15th January

FAIRWEATHER

Joseph

Major

-

?

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Hai Salient, north of Umm as Saad

(p316)

3

15th January

ROYLE

John Bedward

Major

-

43

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

River Vardar, Doiran Front

(p277)

4

24th January

BLAXLAND

John Bruce

Capt

-

25

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Hai Salient, north of Umm as Saad

(p316)

5

25th January

SMITH

Roger

2Lt

-

26

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Hai Salient, north of Umm as Saad

(p316)

6

30th January

EARLAND

Reginald John

2Lt

-

25

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Meaulte, Albert

(2)

7

4th February

SANDYS-THOMAS

Walter Jones

2Lt

-

24

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Le Transloy, Somme

(p285)

8

13th February

BEST

Frank Harrington

Lt

-

22

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Dahra Bend, River Tigris

(p317)

9

13th February

EVANS

Frew Ferguson

2Lt

-

21

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Dahra Bend, River Tigris

(p317)

10

15th February

DAVIES

Glyn Lloyd

2Lt

-

28

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

Dahra Bend, River Tigris

(p318)

11

22nd February

RAIKES

Frederick Munro

2Lt

-

45

att 135th Coy Machine Gun Corps

KIA

Mespot

River Tigris, Kut

-

12

15th April

OWENS

Charles Percy

Capt

MiD

29

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p296)

13

15th April

SPENCE

Geoffrey Shalders

2Lt

-

22

8th Battalion

DOI

UK

Hospital at London

(3)

14

21st April

MORRIS

Oscar David

Capt

-

30

12th Battalion

KIA

France

"Fifteen Ravine", Gouzeaucourt, Cambrai

(p301)

15

23rd April

CLARKE

Horace Yelverton Chatfield

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

16

23rd April

HARRIES

John Elvet

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

17

23rd April

HILL

Philip Aubrey

Capt

-

43

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

18

23rd April

HOPKINS

Daniel Idwal

2Lt

-

?

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

19

23rd April

NIGHTINGALE

William Bryant

2Lt

-

23

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

20

23rd April

PHILLIPS

Reginald

2Lt

-

22

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

21

30th April

BEST

Stephen Wriothesley

Lt

MiD

28

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

"The Boot", Shatt al Adhaim

(p326)

22

30th April

MITCHELL

Alexander Charles Oswald

Lt

MiD

29

4th Battalion

KIA

Mespot

"The Boot", Shatt al Adhaim

(p326)

23

1st May

GREEN

Harold Syddall

2Lt

-

28

12th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Le Havre

(4)   (p301)

24

6th May

OSBORN

Arthur Guy

Capt

MiD

32

12th Battalion

KIA

France

La Vacquerie, south west of Cambrai

(p302)

25

14th May

CHAMBERLAIN

John

Capt

MC

35

att 14th Battalion Welsh Regiment

KIA

Belgium

Elverdinghe, north west of Ypres

-

26

19th May

DAVIES

Benjamin Jones

Capt

-

31

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

"Arrow Trench", east of Arras

(p299)

27

26th May

WILLIAMS

Leonard Vincent

Capt

-

24

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

"Whaleback Ridge", south west of Doiran

(p375)

28

27th May

WILLIAMS

Charles Ellicombe

Capt

MiD

27

7th Battalion

DOW

Salonika

DS near Chaushitsa

(5)   (p375)

29

28th July

MORGAN

Ronald Charles Wybrow

Lt

-

19

Att 55th Sqn RFC

DOW

Belgium

Hoogstade, north of Poperinghe

(6)

30

31st July

BULLOCK

Gervas Frederick

2Lt

-

36

11th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres

(p333)

31

31st July

DAVIES

Benjamin Evan Stedman

Capt

-

24

11th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres

(p332)

32

31st July

KENT

Lionel Victor

Lt

-

33

5th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"Preston Trench", near Hollebeke

(p334)

33

31st July

MOYNAN

Harold Otho William

2Lt

-

29

Att 1/6th Bn Cheshire Regt

KIA

Belgium

Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres

-

34

31st July

OWEN

Griffith Christmas

2Lt

-

30

11th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres

(p333)

35

1st August

LLOYD

Llewellyn

Lt

-

32

11th Battalion

DOW

Belgium

CCS north west of Poperinghe

(7)   (p333)

36

4th August

KENT

Harold

2Lt

-

?

6th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Westhoek Ridge, east of Ypres

(p335)

37

10th August

CRAWFORD

Gerald Shakespear

Major

-

34

6th Battalion

DOW

Belgium

Lijssenthoek

(8)   (p335)

38

16th August

EVANS

Neville Vernon

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Broombeck, near Langemarck

(p338)

39

16th August

FRENCH

The Hon Ernest Aloysius

Lt

-

22

2nd Battalion

DOW

Belgium,

CCS north west of Poperinghe

(9)   (p338)

40

16th August

HAYDON

Geoffrey Miles

Capt

-

22

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Broombeck, near Langemarck

(p338)

41

16th August

ROBERTSON

George Arthur Norris

Capt

-

?

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Broombeck, near Langemarck

(p338)

42

16th August

ROSS

Willie

Capt

-

?

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Broombeck, near Langemarck

(p338)

43

17th August

REID

John Shute

2Lt

-

20

87th Trench Mortar Battery

DOW

Belgium

CCS north west of Poperinghe

(10)   (p338)

44

26th August

JONES

William Orlando

Capt

-

24

10th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Langemarck

(p341)

45

4th September

POWELL

David Bernard

2Lt

-

24

12th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Mannancourt, Cambrai

(11)   (p359)

46

10th September

KERLEY

Bertram Fredrick

2Lt

-

22

6th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Westhoek Ridge, east of Ypres

(p335)

47

29th September

JOYCE

Frederick George

Lt

-

33

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Near Langemarck

(p344)

48

4th October

LOWE

Arthur Denis Worsley

2Lt

MC

22

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"Japan House", near Langemarck

(p344)

49

13th October

JENKINS

Cyril Frank Bingham

Capt

-

23

11th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Wimereux

(12)  (p333)

50

8th November

REES

John Oswald

2Lt

-

28

att 24th Battalion Welsh Regiment

DOW

Egypt

CCS at Kantara

(13)

51

10th November

DAVIES

Harry Harding

2Lt

-

21

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Goudberg, near Passchendaele

(p349)

52

10th November

MASON

Derick Cecil

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Goudberg, near Passchendaele

(p249)

53

10th November

PHILLIPS

Cyril Gordon

Lt

-

25

1st Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Goudberg, near Passchendaele

(p349)

54

21st November

PIERSON

William Henry Maxwell

Capt

MC, CdeG

36

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Near Masnieres, Cambrai

(p356)

55

21st November

ROWLANDS

Franklyn Theodore Rowland

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Near Masnieres, Cambrai

(p356)

56

22nd November

EDWARDS

Eric

Lt

-

24

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

57

22nd November

EDWARDS

Hywel

2Lt

-

24

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Manancourt, Cambrai

(14)   (p355)

58

23rd November

JAMES

Gwilym Christopher Bowring

Lt

-

35

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Manancourt, Cambrai

(15)   (p355)

59

23rd November

MORGAN

Frederick Ernest

2Lt

MC

?

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

60

23rd November

PRICE

Gordon William Bassett

Lt

-

?

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

61

23rd November

SHARPE

Stanley Arthur

Capt

-

23

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

62

23rd November

WEEKS

Herbert Ward Meredith

Lt

-

25

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Tincourt, near Cambrai

(16)   (p355)

63

23rd November

YORATH

Glynne Lougher

Lt

-

22

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

64

24th November

HOOPER

Ernest Jesse Joseph

Lt

-

22

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

65

24th November

LOWE

Alexander

Lt

-

20

10th Battalion

KIA

France

L'Eppinette, north of Festubert

(p387)

66

24th November

REED

Charles Napier

Lt

-

?

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

67

24th November

THOMAS

Reginald Ivor Victor Clifford

2Lt

-

19

12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

68

25th November

JENKINS

John Ernest

Capt

-

?

12th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Ytres, Manancourt, Cambrai

(17)  (p363)

69

1st December

MORRIS

Edwin Alan

2Lt

-

19

att 25th Battalion R Welsh Fusiliers

DOW

Mespot

Gaza

(18)

70

3rd December

GARNETT

Harold Gwyer

Major

CdeG

38

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Marcoing, Cambrai

(p368)

71

22nd December

MOSS

George Percival

2Lt

-

21

12th Battalion

DOW

France

Ficheux, south of Arras

(19)

72

25th December

NETHERCLEFT

Hugh Kirk

2Lt

-

31

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Rouen

(20)   (p369)

Officers of Other Corps and Regiments Who Died in 1917 Whilst Attached to the South Wales Borderers

1

15th January

JARMAN

Harry Love

Capt

-

24

RAMC att 7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

River Vardar, Doiran Front

(p277)

2

12th April

JONES

Thomas Glasfryn

Capt

-

33

A Ch D att 11th Battalion

DOW

UK

Empire Hospital, Westminster

(21)

3

23rd April

SHAW

Bernard Lynton

Lt

-

35

R Welsh Fus att 2nd Battalion

KIA

France

East of Monchy le Preux, Arras

(p298)

4

4th May

BEYNON

William Charles

2Lt

-

29

R Welsh Fus att 2nd Battalion

DOW

France

Duisans, Arras

(22)   (p298)

5

6th May

RAYMONT

William Clifton

Lt

-

26

Monmouth Regt att 5th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Ypres

(p304)

6

8th May

MONTAGUE

Reginald Marcus Henry C

2Lt

-

31

E Kent Regt att 8th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

"Claw Ravine", west of Doiran

(p374)

7

4th July

DAVIES

John Howard

2Lt

-

22

R Welsh Fus att 6th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Ouderom, near Messines

(p309)

8

15th July

SNELSON

Victor Louis

2Lt

-

20

Welsh Regt att 12th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Villers Plouich

(p358)

9

16th August

PHILLIPS

David Charles

2Lt

-

22

R Welsh Fus att 2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Broombeck, near Langemarck

(p338)

10

17th September

ANGUS

James Robert

Lt Col

MiD

45

Welsh Regt att as CO 11th Battalion

A

France

South west of Armentieres

(23)   (p389)

11

21st November

COOPER

Francis Nicholas Nooth

Lt

-

21

ASC att 2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Masnieres, Cambrai

(p357)

12

24th November

GOODMAN

Douglas

Lt

-

27

ASC att 12th Battalion

KIA

France

Bourlon Wood, Cambrai

(p363)

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.   EARLAND was wounded near Le Transloy, Somme on 29th January.

3.   SPENCE was evacuated from Salonika and died of malaria.

4.   GREEN was wounded at "Fifteen Ravine", near Gouzeaucourt, on 21st April.

5.   WILLIAMS C E was wounded at "Whaleback Ridge", near Doiran on 26th May.

6.   MORGAN R C W was shot down and wounded in aerial combat near Hoogstade on 27th July.

7.   LLOYD was wounded at Pilckem Ridge, near Ypres on 31st July.

8.   CRAWFORD was wounded at Westhoek Ridge, near Ypres, on 10th August.

9.   FRENCH was wounded at Broombeck, near Langemarck on 16th August.

10. REID was wounded at Broombeck, near Langemarck on 16th August.

11. POWELL was wounded by a sniper near Villers Plouich  on 3rd September.

12. JENKINS was wounded at southwest of Pilckem, near Ypres on 1st August 1917.

13. REES was wounded at Gaza on 7th November. 

14. EDWARDS was wounded at near Masnieres, Cambrai on 21st November.

15. JAMES was wounded at near Masnieres, Cambrai on 21st November.

16. WEEKS  was wounded at near Masnieres, Cambrai on 21st November.

17. JENKINS was wounded at Bourlon Wood, Cambrai on 24th November.

18. MORRIS was wounded north east of Gaza on 30th November.

19. MOSS was wounded at Bullecourt, near Arras on 21st December.

20. NETHERCLEFT was wounded near Marcoing, Cambrai on 2nd December.

21. JONES was the Battalion Padre.   He was mortally wounded neat Boesinghe, north of Ypres on 24th March 1917 and was evacuated to the UK.

22. BEYNON was wounded at east of Monchy le Preux, Arras on 23rd April.

23. ANGUS accidentally drowned whilst swimming in the River Lys near Armentieres.