Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment TF

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	2nd October	CRICHTON-STUART	Lord Ninian Edward	Lt Col	-	32	KIA	France	"Little Willie", Hohenzollern Redoubt	Bethune Town Cemetery (III.M.10)	1/p277
2	2nd October	BROWNING	Reginald Gordon Snell	Capt	-	29	KIA	France	"Little Willie", Hohenzollern Redoubt	Loos Memorial (Panels 77/78)	1/p277
3	2nd October	BURNIE	Donald	2Lt	-	32	KIA	France	"Little Willie", Hohenzollern Redoubt	Loos Memorial (Panels 77/78)	1/p276
Died in 1916
4	14th March	ELLISON	Theodore Tarleton	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	"Southern Crassier", east of Maroc	Maroc British Cemetery (I.A.36)	-
5	1st April	MORRIS	John William Gibson	Capt	-	20	KIA	France	"Harrison's Trench", east of Loos	St Patrick's Cemetery, Loos (III.J.31)	-
6	21st September	MORRIS	John Herbert	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Bazentin-le-Grand	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (II.H.9)	2/p175 (/)
Died in1917
7	22nd July	BUCKNELL	Harry Hill	2Lt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	North of Ypres	Essex Farm Cemetery (II.H.13)	(?)
Died in1918
8	17th October	GEORGE	Frank Alfred	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Near Le Vallee-Mulatre, Wassigny	Le Vallee-Mulatre Communal cemetery (Plot 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. CRICHTON-STUART was Commanding Officer of the Battalion. He was elected MP for the United Boroughs of Cardiff, Cowbridge and Llantrisant in December 1910. 2. MORRIS was originally buried in Plot 1, Row E, Grave 36 in Flatiron Copse Cemetery but was reburied into Plot II., Row H, Grave 9 in July 1919.

Battalion History

The 6th (Glamorgan) 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 Swansea, 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 Swansea, 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. In September 1914 the Battalion was split and reorganised into the 1/6th Battalion TF (personnel who were medically fit and had signed up for Imperial Service (embodied)) and the 2/6th Battalion (personnel who were unfit for war service or who could not sign up for Imperial Service). On 29th October 1914 the 1/6th Battalion was deployed to the BEF in France for Lines of Communication duties under command of GHQ. On 5th July 1915 the Battalion was placed under command of 84th Brigade, 28th Division and then on 23rd October 1915 to 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. The Battalion became the Pioneer Battalion of the 1st Division 15th May 1916. The 1st Division remained in France and Flanders for the duration of the war.

The brass “collar dog” insignia worn by men of Pioneer Battalions in the British Expeditionary Force. The design is of a crossed rifle and pick, representing the battalion's dual fighting and labouring role.

After formation the 2/6th Battalion was posted to the Bedford area for individual and collective training and was absorbed by 2/5th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers in November 1915.

The 3/6th Battalion was formed at Swansea in March 1915 and was posted to the Milford Haven Garrison. It was renamed the 6th (Reserve) Battalion TF Welsh Regiment on 8th April 1916 before amalgamating with the 4th and 5th (Reserve) Battalions TF on 1st September1916 at Milford Haven to form the 4th (Reserve) Battalion TF Welsh Regiment.

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 1/6th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1915		3	3
1916		3	3
1917	1		1
1918		1	1
TOTALS	1	7	8

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