Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 16th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Cardiff City)

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	12th January	GASKELL	David Lyndsay Stranach	Lt	-	22	DOW	France	CCS at St Venant	St Venant Communal Cemetery (II.D.6)	2/p11 (1)
2	9th April	WILLIAMS	Oswald Morgan	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	La Bassee Canal, east of Givenchy	Loos Memorial (Panel 77/78)	2/p50
3	17th May	GASKELL	Frank Hill	Lt Col	-	37	DOW	France	No.2 CCS, Merville	Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.17)	2/p53 (2)
4	5th July	WILLIAMS	Wilfrid Brynmor	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near "Queen's Nullah", Mametz Wood	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz (IX.L.5)	2/p100 (3)
5	6th July	WADDINGTON	James Hubert	2Lt	-	20	DOW	France	CCS at Morlancourt	Morlancourt British Cemetery No. 1 (A.6)	2/p102 (4)
6	7th July	HOWELL	John Edwin	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p107
7	7th July	TREGASKIS	Arthur	Lt	-	32	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery (VI.G.1)	2/p106 (5)
8	7th July	TREGASKIS	Leonard	Lt	-	33	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Flatiron Copse Cemetery (VI.G.2)	2/p106 (6)
9	11th July	HARRIS	Lyn Arthur Philip	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz (V.Q.12)	2/p116 (7)
10	12th July	WILLIAMS	John Lewis	Capt	-	34	DOW	France	CCS at Corbie, Somme	Corbie Communal Cemetery Extn (I.C.31)	2/p118 (8)
Died in1917
11	6th June	JONES	John Owen	2Ly	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Yser Canal, east of Boesinghe	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 37	-
12	27th August	NEILSON	Richard Clark	2Lt	-	25	KIA	Belgium	"Eagle Trench", near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 93/94)	3/p29
13	27th August	NOTTON	Frank Gwyer	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	"Eagle Trench", near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 93/94)	3/p29
14	27th August	RICHARDS	William Jenkin	Capt	-	21	KIA	Belgium	"Eagle Trench", near Langemarck	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 93/94)	3/p29
15	28th August	HACKETT	Harry Osbourn	Lt	-	22	DOW	Belgium	CCS north west of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (IV.E.17)	3/p29 (9)
Battalion was disbanded in France on 7th February 1918
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. GASKELL was wounded when a grenade exploded prematurely during training at Robecq, north west of Bethune, on 11th January 1916. 2. GASKELL, Frank Hill, was wounded near Colvin Crater, south west of Mauquissart on 16th May 1916. 3. WILLIAMS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near "Bottom Wood", west of Mametz Wood, and reburied in Dantzig Alley Cemetery in November 1919. 4. WADDINGTON was wounded near "Queen's Nullah", south of Mametz Wood, on 5th July 1916. 5. TREGASKIS, Arthur was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Mametz Wood. He was reburied in Flatiron Corpse Cemetery, next to his brother, in August 1919. 6. TREGASKIS, Leonard was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the east of Mametz Wood. He was reburied in Flatiron Corpse Cemetery, next to his brother, in August 1919. 7. HARRIS was originally buried in a battlefield grave near to the railway line south of Mametz Wood. He was reburied in Dantzig Alley Cemetery in November 1919. 8. WILLIAMS was wounded at Mametz Wood on 7th July 1916. 9. HACKETT was wounded at "Eagle Trench", east of Langemarck, on 27th August 1917.

Battalion History

The 16th (Service) Battalion (Cardiff City) was formed at Cardiff in November 1914 by the Lord Mayor and City Corporation. The Battalion assembled at Colwyn Bay and was placed under command of 130th Brigade, 43rd Division. On 28th April 1915 these formations were re-titled 115th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division and in August 1915 the Divisional units had moved to the Winchester area for intensive individual, unit and formation training. On 4th December 1915, 30 officers and 995 men of the Battalion embarked at Southampton on HMT La Marguerite and landed at Le Havre the next day. The Battalion remained with 115th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division until it was disbanded on 7th February 1918 with personnel being transferred to 15th Battalion Welsh Regiment, 19th Battalion Welsh Regiment and No 1 Entrenching Battalion.

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 16th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1916		10	10
1917	5		5
TOTALS	5	10	15

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