Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 13th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (2nd Rhondda)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	23rd December	EVANS	Percy Charles David	Capt	-	42	DOW	France	CCS near La Croix Barbet	St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (II.J.1)	(1)
Died in 1916
2	9th July	BOND	Charles Edward	Major	-	48	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p109)
3	10th July	CROSSMAN	Guy Danvers Mainwaring	2Lt	-	31	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz (VI.D.3)	2/p116 (2)
4	10th July	HARVEY	William Mitchell	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p116
5	10th July	JEFFREYS	William Stanley Goldsmith	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p116
6	10th July	PURDIE	Thomas Paterson	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p116
7	10th July	REES	Laurence Sinclair	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p116
8	28th October	EVANS	Frederick William	2Lt	-	21	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Lijssenthoek	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (IX.B.13)	(3)
Died in1917
9	14th January	MORGAN	Ralph Lewis	2Lt	-	29	KIA	Belgium	"Irish Farm", near St Jean	Essex Farm Cemetery (III.H.11)	-
10	10th June	STOTHERT	George Melvyn	2Lt	-	20	DOW	Belgium	12th CCS at Proven, near Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military Cemetery (I.E.1)	(4)
11	23rd August	THOMAS	Thomas	Capt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	"Alouette Farm", north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (IV.F.1)	-
Died in1918
12	27th June	de LACY WHITE	Cyril	Capt	-	36	DOI	France	8th General Hospital, Rouen	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen (Offrs.B.7.7)	(5)
13	27th August	LEECH	Percy Leonard	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	East of High Wood, Somme	Caterpillar Valley cemetery (XI.D.40)	3/p182 (6)
14	30th August	BOULTON	Clifford John	Capt	MC	30	KIA	France	Near Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (A.3)	3/p183
15	30th August	MORRIS	Allan Duncan	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near Morval, Somme	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	3/p182
16	31st August	JONES	Evan Gwilym	2Lt	-	24	DOW	France	CCS at Gezaincourt	Bagneux British Cemetery (V.D.6)	3/p184 (7)
17	1st September	BURTONWOOD	Ernest	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Morval, Somme	Morval British Cemetery (A.2)	3/p185
18	1st September	ROWE	Edwin Vivian	2Lt	-	37	KIA	France	Near Morval, Somme	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	3/p185
19	3rd September	TORNEY	Thomas Frederick Hastings	Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Canal-du-Nord, west of Mesnil	Vis-en-Artois Memorial (Panel 7)	3/p188
20	18th September	DUGUID	Clarence Donald	2Lt	MM	23	KIA	France	South west of Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (IV.F.8)	3/p202 (8)
21	18th September	THOMAS	Eric Lawrence (Dick)	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	South west of Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (IV.E.16)	3/p202 (9)
22	18th September	TUGBY	Leslie Andrew	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	South west of Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (I.C.6)	3/p202 (10)
23	28th September	SESSIONS	John Herford Vivian	Lt	-	25	DOW	France	CCS at Beaulencourt	Thilloy Road Cemetery (E.3)	(11)
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. EVANS, who was the 114th Brigade Machine Gun Officer, was wounded Near Croix Barbee, near Neuve Chapelle on 23rd December 1915. 2. CROSSMAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave south west of Mametz Wood and was reburied at Flatiron Copse Cemetery in July 1919. 3. EVANS was wounded northwest of St Jean on 27th October 1916. 4. STOTHERT was wounded near Boesinghe on 9th June 1917. 5. de LACY WHITE died of bronco-pneumonia. 6. LEECH was originally buried in a battlefield grave east of High Wood and reburied in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery after the Armistice. 7. JONES was wounded near Morval on 31st August 1918. 8. DUGUID was originally buried in a battlefield grave south west of Gouzeaucourt and reburied in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in July 1919. 9. THOMAS was originally buried in a battlefield grave south west of Gouzeaucourt and reburied in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in June 1919. 10. TUGBY was originally buried in a battlefield grave south west of Gouzeaucourt and reburied in Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in July 1919. 11. SESSIONS was wounded near "Heather Trench" south west of Gouzeaucourt on 18th September 1918.

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

13th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (2nd Rhondda)

Ref	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	10th July 1916	EDWARDES	George D'Arcy	Major	-	28	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz (V.O.3)	p 2/109 (1)
2	18th September 1918	JONES	Geoffrey Brian	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	South west of Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (IV.E.4)	3/p202 (2)
3	8th October 1918	SCOTT	William	2Lt	-	26	DOW	France	CCS at Magny la Fosse	Bellicourt British Cemetery (V.A.9)	3/p231 (3)
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. EDWARDES was the Commanding Officer of the Battalion and detached from 1st (Royal) Dragoons. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south of Mametz Wood and reburied at Dantzig Alley Cemetery in May 1919. 2. JONES was detached from the South Wales Borderers. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave southwest of Gouzeaucourt and reburied at the Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in June 1919. 3. SCOTT was detached from the South Wales Borderers and was wounded southeast of Villers Outreaux on 8th October 1918.

Battalion History

The 13th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (2nd Rhondda) was formed at Cardiff on 23rd October 1914 and assembled at Rhyl. Initially assigned to 129th Brigade, 43rd Division, which became 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division on 29th April 1915. The Battalion was moved to Winchester in August 1915 to complete individual, unit and formation training prior to proceeding to the BEF, departing Southampton on 2nd December 1915 on HMT Marguarite and HMT Architect landing at Le Havre the same day. The Battalion remained with114th Brigade, 38th Division in France and Flanders for the duration of the War. Demobilisation began on 4th December 1918 with miners being the first to be returned to UK and all personnel were demobilised and returned by June 1919.

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 13th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1915		1	1
1916	1	6	7
1917	3		3
1918		12	12
TOTALS	4	19	23

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