Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 15th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Carmarthenshire)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	10th July	ANTHONY	Percy	Major	-	36	KIA	France	"Hammerhead", Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	p2/110
2	10th July	HALL	John Reginald	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Hammerhead", Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	p2/116
Died in1917
3	12th February	LORD	Arthur	Capt	-	19	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Proven, near Poperinghe	Mendinghem Military cemetery (II.A.5)	(1)
4	27th July	DAVID	Thomas William	Capt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near "Caesar's Nose", north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (III.G.31)	3/p9
5	27th July	JAMES	Evan	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Near "Caesar's Nose", north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (III.G.32)	3/p9
6	27th July	ROBERTS	Victor George	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	Near "Caesar's Nose", north of Ypres	Bard Cottage Cemetery (III.G.33)	3/p9
7	31st July	HUMPHREY	Percy Lloyd	Capt	-	35	KIA	Belgium	"Kiel Cottage" Canal Bank, north of Ypres	Welsh Cemetery (Caesar's Nose) (I.A.1)	-
8	16th August	DAVIES	Percy Hier	Capt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	Near Au Bon Cite, near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 93/94)	3/p36
9	19th August	MORGAN	George Elton	2Lt	-	31	DOW	Belgium	CCS north west of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (IV.I.1)	(2)
10	9th November	JONES	Cecil Norman	2Lt	-	24	D	France	East of La Boutillerie	Anzac Cemetery, Sailly-sur-la-Lys (II.K.4)	(3)
Died in1918
11	14th March	POSTLETHWAITE	William	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS at Merville	Merville Community Cemetery Extn (Sp Mem IV.F.8)	(4)
12	22nd April	WATTS	Albert Edward	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Warloy, west of Albert	Contay British Cemetery (VIII.A.18)	-
13	10th May	GEORGE	Elmor Wright	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Near Aveluy Wood, Somme	Martinsart British Cemetery (I.E.3)	3/p148
14	10th May	JAMES	Charles Llewellyn	2Lt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Aveluy Wood, Somme	Martinsart British Cemetery (I.E.3)	3/p148
15	10th May	LLOYD	Thomas Glyn	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	Near Aveluy Wood, Somme	Martinsart British Cemetery (I.E.3)	3/p148
16	24th August	EVANS	Robert Charles	2Lt	-	36	KIA	France	North west of Pozieres	Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.T.21)	3/p177 (5)
17	30th August	BOWEN	William	2Lt	-	30	DOW	France	CCS at Fienvillers	Fienvillers British Cemetery (C.33)	3/p183 (6)
18	1st September	BLADON	Henry James	2Lt	-	28	DOW	France	CCS near Morval	Morval British Cemetery (B.22)	3/p185 (7)
19	8th October	HUGHES	Thomas	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Near Montecouvez, west of Malincourt	Moulin De Pierre British Cemetery (B.6)	3/p231
20	12th October	RICHARDS	William John	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Ytres	Rocquigny-Equancourt Road Cemetery (XII.B.8)	3/p230
21	20th October	MINSHULL	George Henry	2Lt	MC	26	KIA	France	River Selle, north east of Montay	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (III.A.22)	3/p241 (8)
22	28th October	LOWE	George Ernest	2Lt	MC	34	KIA	France	River Selle, north east of Montay	Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery (III.A.22)	3/p241 (9)
23	4th November	ROBERTS	Arthur Hosbury Starkey	Lt	-	?	DOW	France	CCS north east of Le Cateau	Forest Communal Cemetery (B.11)	3/p254 (10)
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. LORD was wounded at "Gowthorpe Trench" near Wieltje on 9th February 1917. 2. MORGAN was wounded near Langemarck on 19th August 1917. 3. JONES died of unrecorded causes. No mention of his death in the Battalion War Diary. According to the Welsh Regiment BWM/AVM Medal Rolls, his death was self-inflicted. 4. POSTLETHWAITE was wounded near "Cambridge Avenue", north east of Houplines on 13th March 1918. 5. EVANS was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north west of Pozieres and was reburied at Pozieres British Cemetery in June 1920. 6. BOWEN was wounded near Flers on 27th August 1918. 7. BLADON was wounded near Morval on 31st August 1918. 8. MINSHULL was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north east of Montay and was reburied in Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in November 1918. 9. LOWE was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the north east of Montay and was reburied in Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery in November 1918. 10. ROBERTS was a South African.

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

15th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Carmarthenshire)

Ref	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1	10th July 1916	LUCAS	Clifton Malet	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Panel/Face 4A)	2/p116 (1)
2	14th September 1918	LANCASTER	Gerald William	Capt	MC	29	DOW	France	Hospital at Boulogne	Terlincthun British Cemetery (IV.A.16)	3/p196 (2)
3	18th September 1918	DAVID	Frederick John Louis	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	South west of Gouzeaucourt	Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery (IV.B.4)	3/p202 (3)
4	18th September 1918	BAINBRIGGE	Philip Gillespie	2Lt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Lechelle, west of Gouzeaucourt	Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle (B.24)	3/p202 (4)
5	8th October 1918	JONES	Tom Wason	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	Gard Wood, near Walincourt	Moulin-de-Pierre British Cemetery (A.13)	4/p231 (5)
Notes: 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. LUCAS was detached from the South Wales Borderers. 2. LANCASTER was detached from the Monmouthshire Regiment and was wounded south west of Lesboeufs on 1st September 1918. 3. DAVID was detached from the South Wales Borderers. He was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the south west of Gouzeaucourt and reburied at the Gouzeaucourt New British Cemetery in July 1919. 4. BAINBRIGGE was detached from the Lancashire Fusiliers. He was wounded to the south west of Gouzeaucourt on 18th September 1918. 5. JONES was detached from the South Wales Borderers.

Battalion History

The 15th (Service) Battalion (Carmarthenshire) was formed at Carmarthen in October 1914, by the County Committee. The Battalion assembled at Rhyl and was paced under command of 129th Brigade, 43rd Division. On 28th April 1915 this formation became 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division and moved to Winchester in August 1915 for intensive individual, collective and unit training. The Battalion departed Folkestone for Boulogne on 4th December 1915 landing the same day and first saw action at Richebourg St Vaast on 14th December 1915. The Battalion fought with 114th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division in France and Flanders throughout the war. During December 1918, 400 miners were demobilised and throughout January and February 1919 demobilisation continued. On 27th February 1919, 6 officers and 86 men departed for 1/6th Battalion Welsh Regiment, serving in Occupied Germany. The unit then became a cadre with a strength of 11 officers and 56 men and on 23rd May 1919 the remaining cadre of 3 officers and 18 men departed Le Havre for Southampton and then moved to Newmarket. The cadre was finally disbanded on 31st May 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 15th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916		2	2
1917	7	1	8
1918		13	13
TOTALS	7	16	23

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