Fallen Officers of the Great War   |   South Wales Borderers

Those Officers of the South Wales Borderers

Who Died in 1918

1

3rd February

MORRIS

William Henry

Lt

-

29

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

"Bellevue Spur", near Gravenstafel

(p383)

2

11th February

MAXWELL

Walter

2Lt

-

25

1/1st Brecknock Battalion

DOI

India

Bangalore

-

3

27th February

GRIFFITHS

Edwin Arthur

Lt

-

30

att 115th Trench Mortar Battery

KIA

France

Wez Macquart, near Armentieres

-

4

9th March

KEYZOR

Herbert Louis Abraham

2Lt

-

20

att 25th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers

KIA

Palestine

Mezra esh Sherqiye, Jerusalem

-

5

10th March

YOUNG

Arthur John

2Lt

-

20

att 1/7th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers

KIA

Palestine

Mezra esh Sherqiye, Jerusalem

-

6

25th March

HILLIER

Sydney Napier

2Lt

-

29

6th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Sapignies, north of Bapaume

(p398)

7

26th March

MOORE

Alexander Holland

Lt

-

26

5th Battalion

KIA

France

West of Bapaume

-

8

27th March

ALLEN

Lionel Raymond Whateley

Lt

-

21

att 12th Battalion Machine Gun Corps

KIA

France

Near Albert, Somme

-

9

31st March

LEE

John William

Lt

-

24

att 23rd Training Sqn RFC

KWF

Egypt

Alexandria

-

10

5th April

HESLOP

Walter

Lt

-

27

8th Battalion

DOI

UK

Barnard Castle

-

11

10th April

JONES

Ivor Dryhurst

Lt

-

18

5th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

East of Wytschaete

(p407)

12

11th April

ARNOLD

Hedley Graham

2Lt

-

20

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Le Petit Mortier, near Merville

(p415)

13

11th April

DAVIES

William

Capt

-

29

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Le Petit Mortier, near Merville

(p415)

14

11th April

MORGAN

William Hugh

2Lt

-

?

att 18th Battalion Welsh Regiment

KIA

France

East of Estaires

-

15

12th April

MALINS

Edward Francis

2Lt

-

19

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Hazebrouck

(2)   (p415)

16

13th April

DAVIES

William Thomas

Lt

-

25

6th Battalion

DOW

Belgium

CCS at Locre

(3)   (p416)

17

13th April

JENKINS

Aneurin

2Lt

-

28

6th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Aire-sur-la-Lys

(4)  (p416)

18

16th April

RUMBELOW

Albert

2Lt

-

34

5th Battalion

KIA

Belgium

East of Kemmel

(p416)

19

17th April

MORGAN

Idris Aneurin

Capt

-

28

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Nieppe Forest

(p421)

20

18th April

OXLEY

Harry Chamberlain

Major

-

41

att 17th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers

DOW

Belgium

CCS at Lijssenthoek

(5)   (p416)

21

19th April

RICHARDS

John Hywel

Lt

MC

27

6th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Aire-sur-la-Lys

(6)   (p416)

22

20th April

THOMAS

Evan David

2Lt

-

27

2nd Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Ebblinghem

(7)   (p415)

23

21st April

WATKINS

David John George

Lt

-

21

1st Battalion

KIA

France

"The Keep", near Festubert

(p421)

24

28th April

MORGAN

Alfred

2Lt

MC

35

10th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Varennes, near Albert

(9)   (p425)

25

1st May

BEDBROOK

Ernest Arthur St George

Major

-

39

British Military Mission, New York, USA

DOI

USA

New York

-

26

14th May

GARNONS-WILLIAMS

Alexander Aylmer Curtis

Capt

MC

22

att 112 Sqn Royal Air Force

KWF

UK

Near Horsham, Sussex

-

27

22nd May

DIXON

Leonard Frederick

Lt

-

26

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

Vieux Berquin, near Hazebrouck

(p424)

28

22nd May

WILLIAMS

Gwilym

2Lt

-

28

NA List formerly 4th Battalion

DOI

UK

Sennybridge, Brecknockshire

-

29

28th May

KITCHEN

Fred Tudor

2Lt

-

27

6th Battalion

KIA

France

West of Trigny, near Rheims

(p430)

30

29th May

DEANE

Lancelot Colin William

Lt Col

DSO, MC, MiD*

26

6th Battalion

KIA

France

Rosnay, near Soissons

(p429)

31

29th May

PRANCE

Arthur Christopher Norman

Lt

MC

20

att 8th Sig Coy RE

KIA

France

Near Soissons

-

32

30th May

BENCE-TROWER

Edward

Major

MC

27

5th Battalion

KIA

France

South east of Chambrecy

(p430)

33

16th June

McCOWAN

James

2Lt

-

20

att 7th Battalion King's Shropshire LI

KIA

France

Near Bethune

-

34

24th June

KANE

Augustine George

2Lt

-

22

att 47th Sqn RAF

KIAA

Salonika

Pobrogue, Salonika

-

35

2nd July

EVANS

Arthur John

Capt

-

24

10th Battalion

KIA

France

East of Aveluy Wood , Somme

(p440)

36

16th July

AUSTER

Norman Conway Littlewood

2Lt

-

23

att 27th Sqn RAF

KIAA

France

North east of Dormans, Marne

-

37

24th July

JONES

David

2Lt

-

28

att 1st Battalion King's Shropshire LI

KIA

Belgium

South east of Abeele

-

38

30th July

WERNET

William Edward

Capt

-

38

att 40th Bde Lt Trench Mortar Battery

AK

Mespot

Near Baghdad

(?)

39

17th August

LLEWELLIN

William Mervyn Johnes

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Vermelles

(p434)

40

18th August

MATTHEWS

William Frederick

Capt

-

31

att 1st Battalion East Lancs Regt

KIA

France

Thiennes, near Merville

-

41

18th August

THOMAS

Cyril Raymond

2Lt

-

20

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

North of Oultersteene

(p437)

42

19th August

RENWICK

Hugh Archibald

Capt

-

26

att RAF (Munitions Branch)

KWF

UK

Farnborough, Hants

-

43

24th August

HUGHES

William Price

2Lt

-

?

10th Battalion

KIA

France

West of La Boisselle, Somme

(p443)

44

24th August

THOMAS

Reginald Percy

Lt

-

24

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Aveluy, River Ancre, Somme

(p442)

45

26th August

EVANS

Roy Galloway

Lt

-

25

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

North of Oultersteene

(p452)

46

28th August

DICKINSON

Digby Cecil Caleb

2Lt

-

20

2nd Battalion

KIA

France

North of Oultersteene

(p437)

47

29th August

LOXTON

Lionel D'Estelle

2Lt

-

24

10th Battalion

KIA

France

West of Morval, Somme

(p444)

48

1st September

JEWELL

William John

2Lt

-

27

10th Battalion

KIA

France

East of Sailly-Saillisel, Somme

(p447)

49

2nd September

HORNSBY

John Philip Skipworth

Capt

-

29

10th Battalion

KIA

France

East of Sailly-Saillisel, Somme

(p445)

50

12th September

SILBY

Thomas Stanley

Lt

MC

23

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai

(p448)

51

12th September

SIMPSON

George

2Lt

MC

34

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai

(p448)

52

12th September

WILLIAMS

Walter Frank

2Lt

-

29

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai

(p448)

53

14th September

DAVID

Arthur Walter

2Lt

-

31

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Near Villecholes

(p449)

54

17th September

DICKINSON

Francis John Twysden

Capt

-

21

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Tortoise Hill, west of Doiran

(p486)

55

18th September

DAVID

Frederick John Louis

2Lt

-

23

att 15th Battalion Welsh Regiment

KIA

France

Gouzeaucourt, near Cambrai

-

56

18th September

JONES

Geoffrey Brian

2Lt

-

22

att 13th Battalion Welsh Regiment

KIA

France

North of Epehy, near Cambrai

-

57

18th September

DICK

Watson Tulloch

Capt

MC

24

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

58

18th September

GOTELEE

Geoffrey Harris

Capt

-

25

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

59

18th September

JONES

Emyr Griffith

2Lt

MM

22

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

60

18th September

LUCAS

Ernest

Lt

-

33

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

61

18th September

MILLS

Edgar Edward

Capt

MC, MiD

27

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

62

18th September

ROBERTS

William

2Lt

-

?

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

63

18th September

WHITEHORN

William Joseph

Lt

-

36

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

64

18th September

WOOLLEY

William Lawton

2Lt

-

19

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

65

22nd September

DAVIES

Charles Albert

2Lt

-

?

7th Battalion

KIA

Salonika

Grand Couronne, west of Doiran

(p487)

66

29th September

DAVIES

George Price

2Lt

-

37

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Kruiseick, near Ypres

(p462)

67

29th September

KING

Robert

2Lt

-

?

1st Battalion

KIA

France

East of Pontruet, near St Quentin

(p458)

68

29th September

MARTIN

Harry Forster

2Lt

-

19

1st Battalion

KIA

France

East of Pontruet, near St Quentin

(p458)

69

29th September

PARKER

Leslie Rowland

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

KIA

France

East of Pontruet, near Quentin

(p458)

70

29th September

SHERER

Stephen Frank

2Lt

-

23

2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

Kruiseick, near Ypres

(p462)

71

5th October

LLOYD

Ewan Christian

2Lt

-

20

1st Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Vadencourt, Maissemy

(10)   (p459)

72

5th October

TOWLER

Frederick Stuart

2Lt

-

18

att 110th Sqn RAF

KIAA

Germany

Trippstadt, west of Saarbrucken

(11)

73

8th October

BURMESTER

Charles Mansel

Capt

-

43

att 1st Battalion KSLI

DOW

France

CCS at Magny la Fosse

(12)

74

8th October

JONES

David

2Lt

-

32

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai

(p465)

75

8th October

JONES

James Arthur

Capt

MiD

28

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai

(p465)

76

8th October

JONES

Rhys Harris

Lt

-

32

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai

(p465)

77

8th October

JONES

Tom Watson

2Lt

-

24

att 15th Battalion Welsh Regiment

KIA

France

Villers-Outreaux, near Cambrai

-

78

8th October

SCOTT

William

2Lt

-

26

att 13th Battalion Welsh Regiment

DOW

France

CCS at Magny la Fosse

(13)

79

10th October

WARD

Thomas Pryce

2Lt

-

21

att 1/1st Battalion Herefordshire Regt

DOW

France

CCS at Poperinghe

(14)

80

18th October

BENNETT

Herbert Sydney

Lt

-

26

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Rejet de Beaulieu, Sambre Canal

(p467)

81

23rd October

TAYLOR

Edward Roy

Capt

MC

32

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Near  Ors, Sambre Canal

(p474)

82

26th October

BAILEY

The Hon. John Lancelot

Capt

-

39

1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion

DOI

India

Mhow, south west of Indore

-

83

28th October

KANE

James Gabriel

2Lt

-

24

10th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Troisvilles, near Le Cateau

-

84

29th October

HOLDEN

Norman

2Lt

-

?

5th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS south of Beugny

(15)

85

29th October

TALBOT

Arthur Aston

Lt

-

37

att Special List East Africa Force

DOI

Africa

Nairobi

(16)

86

1st November

JAMES

Frank

Lt

-

22

1st Battalion

KIA

France

Catillon, Vaux Andigny

(p475)

87

4th November

JONES

Herbert Thomas

2Lt

-

28

10th Battalion

DOW

France

Hospital at Boulogne

(17)   (p477)

88

12th November

CRACROFT-WILSON

Clive Winthorpe

Lt

-

35

4th Battalion

DOI

India

Hosp at Poona

-

89

5th December

DAVEY

Hubert Burgoyne

Lt

-

28

Formerly 12th Battalion

DOI

UK

Worcester

(18)

90

8th December

MORGAN

Matthew

Lt

-

?

att 4th Bn Monmouthshire Regiment

DOI

UK

Liverpool

(?)

Officers of Other Corps and Regiments Who Died in 1918 Whilst Serving With The South Wales Borderers

1

12th January

BREWER

Edmund

2Lt

-

33

Glamorgan Yeomanry att 12th Battalion

DOW

France

CCS at Achiet-le-Grand

(19)   (p391)

2

23rd April

FIELD

John Alan Francis

Lt Col

-

42

Cheshire Regt, former CO 13th battalion

DOI

UK

Cheriton, Kent

(20)

3

30th May

WILLIAMS

William Henry

Capt

-

?

Monmouth Regt att 5th Battalion

KIA

France

West of Chambrecy

(p430)

4

1st June

MORRIS

Leslie Townsend

2Lt

-

19

Cheshire Regiment att 5th Battalion

KIA

France

Bois de Courmont, Aisne

-

5

2nd July

FOSTER

William Lee Gorrice

Capt

-

30

ASC att 10th Battalion

KIA

France

Near Aveluy, Somme

(p440)

6

1st September

BOWEN

William Lloyd

Lt

MC

36

Monmouth Regt att 6th Battalion

DOW

France

Near Westoutre, north of Bailleul

(21)

7

15th September

KING

Reginald

2Lt

-

25

Monmouth Regt att 1st Battalion

DOW

France

DS at Proyart

(22)   (p449)

8

3rd October

HUGHES

Percy Caynton

2Lt

-

28

R Welsh Fus att 7th Battalion

DOW

Salonika

DS south west of Lake Doiran

(23)   (p487)

9

5th October

DOLD

Cedric Lewis

Capt

MC

29

RAMC att 1st Battalion

KIA

France

Bellenglise, north of St Quentin

(p459)

10

15th October

DENDY

Ralph

Capt

MC

25

ASC att 2nd Battalion

KIA

Belgium

North west of Courtrai

-

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.     MALINS  was wounded south west of Merris on 12th April.

3.     DAVIES W T was wounded at Neuve Eglise on 13th April.

4.     JENKINS was wounded at Neuve Eglise on 13th April.

5.     OXLEY was wounded near Wytschaete on 16th April.

6.     RICHARDS was wounded at Neuve Eglise on 13th April.

7.     THOMAS E D was wounded south west of Le Petit Mortier, near Merville on 11th April.

8.     FIELD was CO of the 13th Battalion when it became 59th Training Reserve Battalion.

9.     MORGAN A was wounded near "Lone Tree", River Ancre on 27th April.

10.   LLOYD was wounded near Montbrehain, north east of St Quentin on 5th October.

11.   TOWLER was shot down and killed with Lt Ripley, over Saarbrucken.   110th Sqn RAF was part of the Independent Air Force, engaged in the bombing offensive against Germany

12.   BURMESTER was wounded near Pontruet on 5th October.

13.   SCOTT was wounded near Pontruet on 6th October.

14.   WARD was wounded south east of Ypres on 8th October.

15.   HOLDEN was wounded north west of Le Cateau on 28th October.

16.   TALBOT died of pneumonia/influenza whilst attached on the Special List to HQ East Africa Force.

17.   JONES H T was wounded at Englefontaine, east of Cambrai on 3rd November.

18.   DAVEY retired from the Army on health grounds on 18th July 1918 and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

19.   BREWER was wounded near Bullecourt on 12th January.

20.   FIELD retired from the Army on health grounds on 4th November 1917 and was awarded a Silver War Badge.

21.   BOWEN was wounded near Westoutre on 1st September 1918 and died in a dressing station near Terdeghem.   He was originally buried in Terdeghem French Military Cemetery and reburied in Cabaret Rouge Cemetery in April 1924.

22.   KING was wounded east of Villecholes, near Vermand on 14th September.

23.   HUGHES was wounded at Grand Couronne, west of Doiran on 18th September.