Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1/4th Battalion Wellsh Regiment TF

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	10th August	GREEN	Hugh Mortimer	Capt	-	33	KIA	Gallipoli	Near Abrikja, Scimitar Hill	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p230
2	10th August	HOWARD	Alfred Heywood	Capt	-	47	KIA	Gallipoli	Near Abrikja, Scimitar Hill	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p230 (1)
3	10th August	RODERICK	Allan Whitlock Nicholl	Lt	-	19	KIA	Gallipoli	Near Abrikja, Scimitar Hill	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p230
Died in 1916
4	23rd June	MATTHYSSENS	Francis Alexander	Capt	-	29	DOI	Egypt	Hospital at Alexandria	Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery (B.1)	(2)
Died 1917
5	26th March	BRYANT	Frederick James Mansell	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Palestine	"Clay Hill", southeast of Gaza	Jerusalem Memorial (Panels 29/32)	2/p227
6	27th March	PEADON	Harold Thomas	2Lt	-	25	DOW	Palestine	CCS at Deir el Balah, near Gaza	Deir el Balah War Cemetery (A.11)	(3)
7	21st April	THOMAS	Frederick Spriggs	Capt	-	26	DOW	Palestine	CCS at Deir el Balah, near Gaza	Deir el Balah War Cemetery (A.122)	(4)
8	3rd November	WILLIAMS	Arthur Jones	2Lt	-	31	KIA	Palestine	Near "Horse Shoe Hill", near Beersheba	Beersheba War Cemetery (C.23)	3/p67
9	6th November	GALLOWAY	William Ernest	2Lt	-	21	KIA	Palestine	Near Khuweilfe, near Beersheba	Beersheba War Cemetery (C.28)	3/p68
Died in 1918
10	13th September	EVANS	Richard William Picton	Major	TD, MiD	46	DOI	Palestine	Hospital at Gaza	Gaza War Cemetery (XXXII.G.2)	(5)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page within the trio of Books "The Welsh At War" - (Book 1) - From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy, (Book 2) - The Grinding War :The Somme and Arras and (Book 3) - Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives, by Steven John, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. HOWARD's body, according to contemporary reports, was buried on Chocolate Hill but was subsequently lost. 2. MATTHYSSENS died of typhus fever. 3. PEADON was wounded near "Clay Hill", southeast of Gaza on 26th March 1917. 4. THOMAS was wounded southwest of Gaza on 19th April 1917. 5. EVANS died of inflammation of the pancreas.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With

1/4th Battalion Welsh Regiment TF

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	19th April 1917	WILLIAMS	Owen Edgar	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Palestine	Near Deir el Balah, SW of Gaza	Gaza War Cemetery (XIII.B.5)	(1)
2	7th March 1919	HOHLER	Arthur Preston	Lt Col	DSO*, MiD	32	DOI	UK	Chelsea, London	Long Crendon (St Mary) Churchyard (South Part)	(2)
Notes: (The numbers marked with a "p" in the Notes column refers to the page within the trio of Books "The Welsh At War" - (Book 1) - From Mons to Loos and the Gallipoli Tragedy, (Book 2) - The Grinding War :The Somme and Arras and (Book 3) - Through Mud to Victory: Third Ypres and the 1918 Offensives, by Steven John, where the death of the officer is mentioned or indicated). 1. WILLIAMS was detached from the Worcestershire Regiment. 2. HOHLER was detached from the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) as Commanding Officer of the composite 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions (4/5th Battalion) in August 1918. He was serving with 2/10th Battalion Middlesex Regiment at the time of his death. He died of influenza/pneumonia.

Battalion History

The 4th Battalion Welsh Regiment TF was formed on 1st April 1908 as a result of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907, and was based at The Barracks, Carmarthen, part of the South Wales Infantry Brigade TF, Welsh Division TF. On the Declaration of War on Tuesday 4th August 1914 the Battalion was at Annual Camp and orders to mobilise, and to break camp and return all personnel, stores and equipment to Carmarthen, were received on 5th August 1914, After going through the mobilisation processes, elements of the Battalion were deployed to the Pembroke Dock area on guard duties. Remaining personnel then went with the Battalion to the Welsh Division to the Bedford and Northampton concentration area to complete the individual and unit training for war. In September 1914 the Battalion was split and reorganised into the 1/4th Battalion TF (personnel who were medically fit and had signed up for Imperial Service (embodied)) and the 2/4th Battalion (personnel who were unfit for war service or who could not sign up for Imperial Service). On 17th April 1915 the South Wales Brigade TF and The Welsh Division TF were renamed/renumbered the 159th Brigade/53rd (Welsh) Division respectively, based at Bedford. The Division sailed from Devonport on 17th July 1915, arrived at Mudros on 5th August 1915 and landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 8th August 1915. After receiving many battle casualties the Battalion was amalgamated with 1/5th Battalion Welsh Regiment FT on 8th October1915 to form the 4th Welsh Composite Battalion. On 11th December 1915 this Battalion was withdrawn from Gallipoli and sent to Egypt for reconstitution and refitting and on 10th February 1916 the Composite Battalion reformed into the 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions. At this time the Division was involved as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) in what is known as the Defence of the Suez Canal. In July 1916 the EEF began its move through the Sinai and into Palestine from early 1917, and was involved in the First, Second and Third Battles of Gaza and the capture of Jerusalem in early December 1917. Further operations were conducted in the Jordan Valley in 1918 and on 30th July 1918 the 1/4th and the 1/5th Battalions were again amalgamated, due to manpower shortages, into the 4/5th Battalion Welsh Regiment. After the Armistice with the Turks on 31st October 1918 the Division returned to Egypt where the gradual demobilisation of its units began.

After formation, the 2/4th Battalion was posted to the Bedford area for individual and collective training and was absorbed by 2/4th King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) in November 1915.

The 3/4th Battalion was formed at Carmarthen in March 1915 and was posted to the Milford Haven Garrison for Home and Coastal defence duties. It was renamed the 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF Welsh Regiment on 8th April 1916 before amalgamating with the 5th and 6th (Reserve) Battalions TF Welsh Regiment on 1st September1916 at Milford Haven, retaining its title as the 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF.

Regimental History

The Welsh Regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms which saw an amalgamation of the 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot and the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot. These two units became the Regular 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Regiment, with the Regimental Depot based at Maindy Barracks, Cardiff. The 1881 reforms also redesignated the Militia and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVC) units within the Regimental District of Carmarthenshire, Glamorgan and Pembrokeshire as Battalions of the Welsh Regiment (1st Pembrokeshire RVC, 1st Glamorganshire RVC, 2nd Glamorganshire RVC and the 3rd Glamorganshire RVC). The Militia unit of the Regiment was the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia. In 1908, as part of the Haldane Reforms, the Militia Battalion was reorganised and restructured forming the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion and the four RVC Battalions formed the 4th Battalion, 5th Battalion, 6th Battalion and 7th (Cyclist) Battalion of the Regimental Territorial Force. After the Declaration of War on 4th August 1914 and up to 1st June 1918, the Welsh Regiment had formed 17 Service/Reserve Battalions, a further 9 Territorial Force Battalions and 3 Graduated/Young Soldier Battalions.

Analysis of 1/4th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	Egypt	Gallipoli	Palestine	Total
1915		3		3
1916	1			1
1917			5	5
1918			1	1
TOTALS	1	3	6	10

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