Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1914
1	14th September	BIRCH	George Owen	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Cerny-en-Laonnois, near Vendresse	London Cemetery and Extn, Longueval (II.L.17)	1/p57 (1)
2	14th September	KERRICH	John Herbert	Major	-	40	KIA	France	Beaulne, near Soissons	Vendresse British Cemetery (II.J.1)	1/p57
3	14th September	FITZPATRICK	Gabriel Roy	Capt	-	29	KIA	France	Near Tordoir, Chivy	Le Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial	1/p48
4	15th September	HAGGARD	Mark	Capt	-	38	DOW	France	Dressing Station near Chivy	Vendresse British Cemetery (I.G.11)	1/p49 (2)
5	26th September	DAVIES	Harold Casamajor	Capt	-	35	KIA	France	Vendresse Ridge	Vendresse Churchyard (1)	1/p57 (3)
6	29th October	NICHOLL	John William Harford	2Lt	-	22	KIA	Belgium	Menin Road, southwest of Gheluvelt	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	-
7	31st October	MORLAND	Charles Bernard	Lt Col	MiD	47	KIA	Belgium	Menin Road, southwest of Gheluvelt	Ypres Town Cemetery (E.1.11)	1/p89
8	31st October	FERRAR	Walter Hughes	Capt	-	36	KIA	Belgium	Menin Road, southwest of Gheluvelt	Ypres Town Cemetery (E.1.14)	1/p91
9	31st October	MOORE	Waldo Alington Gwennap	Capt	-	38	KIA	Belgium	Menin Road, southwest of Gheluvelt	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	1/p89
10	3rd November	PARTRIDGE	Geoffrey Dorman	Lt	-	23	KIA	Belgium	Near Herenthage Wood, east of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	1/p93
11	10th November	CORNELIUS	Cecil Victor Powell	Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Sanctuary Wood, east of Ypres	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 37)	1/p95
12	22nd December	WEEDING	John Richard Baggallay	2Lt	MiD	32	KIA	France	West of Le Plantin, near Festubert	Brown's Road Military Cemetery (II.B.5)	1/p103
13	27th December	HERD	Horace Falkland	Capt	-	31	KIA	France	Near Festubert	Brown's Road Military Cemetery (I.C.1)	1/p148
Died in 1915
14	9th May	BETTS	John William	2Lt	MiD	27	KIA	France	Northeast of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 23/24)	1/p208
15	9th May	CORDER	Hugh Gerald Annersley	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Northeast of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 23/24)	1/p208
16	9th May	CROFTS	George Robert Murray	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Northeast of Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 23/24)	1/p208
17	9th May	VINCENT	James Trevor Crawley	2Lt	-	19	KIA	France	Northeast of Richebourg L'Avoue	St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (I.B.2)	1/p208
18	9th May	WELLS	Frank Irving Pascoe	Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Northeast of Richebourg L'Avoue	St Vaast Post Military Cemetery (I.B.1)	1/p208
19	24th August	MILES	Alfred Crosfield Vernor	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Cuinchy	Cambrin Churchyard Extn (G.11)	-
20	25th September	MILES	Cyril Vernor	Capt	-	23	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulluch	Loos Memorial (Panels 77/78)	-
21	26th September	STEVENSON	George Herbert	Major	-	39	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulluch	Loos Memorial (Panels 77/78)	-
22	26th September	JENKINS	Sydney Randell	Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Southwest of Hulloch	Loos Memorial (Panels 77/78)	-
Died in 1916
23	15th July	MOORE	Henry	2Lt	-	?	KIA	France	Mametz Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	-
24	18th July	NICHOLLS	Reginald Mortimer	Lt	-	30	DOW	France	CCS at Mericourt-L'Abbe	Heilly Station Cemetery (I.E.16)	(4)
25	26th July	BEWICKE	Calverley George	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	"Munster Trench", Contalmaison	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p150
26	24th August	REEVES	Harry Charles	2Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Near High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p154 (5)
27	8th September	BROCKINGTON	Conrad Clive	Lt	-	18	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p158
28	8th September	HAYMAN	Alfred George	Capt	MC	32	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval	2/p158 (6)
29	8th September	PRICE	David Eleazer	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p158
30	8th September	SEAR	Eric John Cecil	2Lt	-	23	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p158
31	8th September	TURNBULL	John Oswin	Capt	-	27	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p158
32	8th September	WHITE	Henry Thompson	Lt	-	36	KIA	France	High Wood, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p158
33	13th September	KNAPP	Oswald Reed	2Lt	-	30	DOW	France	CCS at Mericourt-L'Abbe	Heilly Station Cemetery (IV.F.7)	(7)
34	23rd September	ARNOTT	Euan Anthony	2Lt	-	19	DOW	France	CCS west of Flers, Somme	Warlencourt British Cemetery (II.L.23)	(8)
35	23rd September	JONES	Basil Gordon Dawes	Lt	MC	19	KIA	France	Near Flers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	2/p180
36	8th December	TYSON	Percy Eldin	2Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Near Flers, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier/Face 7A/10A)	-
Died in1917
37	10th November	VAWDREY	Gilbert Lloyd	2Lt	-	20	KIA	Belgium	"Inch Houses", near Passchendaele	Duhallow ADS Cemetery (III.B.24)	3/p60
38	16th November	SWIFT	Humphrey Morris	2Lt	-	24	KIA	Belgium	Near Passchendaele	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 93/94)	-
Died in 1918
39	18th April	LEWIS	Gordon	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	Near Festubert	Gorre British and Indian Cemetery (VI.C.24)	-
40	23rd May	THOMAS	John Meurig	2Lt	-	28	KIA	France	Near Cuinchy	Chambrin Churchyard Extension (T.1A)	(9)
41	15th September	HOWELL	Richard David	2Lt	MC	29	KIA	France	Near Maissemy, northwest of St Quentin	Marteville Communal Cemetery (B.22)	3/p196
42	24th September	ROBINSON	John Singleton Henry	Lt	-	26	KIA	France	Fresnoy le Petit, northwest of St Quentin	Marteville Communal Cemetery (C.9)	3/p217
43	23rd October	BROWN	Geoffrey Hubert	Lt	-	22	KIA	France	Oise Canal, east of Wassigny Copse	Highland Cemetery, Le Cateau (VI.C.10)	3/p244 (10)
44	23rd October	SUTTON	William Henry	Lt	-	25	KIA	France	Oise Canal, east of Wassigny Copse	Vaux-Andigny British Cemetery (C.16)	3/p2454 (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. BIRCH was originally buried in a battlefield grave near Cerny-en-Laonnois, north of Vendresse, and reburied in London Cemetery, Longueval in December 1955. 2. HAGGARD was wounded near Chivy on 14th September 1914. He was originally buried near Chivy and reburied in Vendresse British Cemetery in February 1920. 3. DAVIES' grave and remains were identified at Vendresse Churchyard on 7th December 1920. 4. NICHOLLS was wounded at High Wood, Somme on 16th July 1916. 5. REEVES was originally thought to be buried in Delville Wood Cemetery but his grave was subsequently lost. 6. HAYMAN was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the southwest of High Wood and was reburied in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery after the Armistice. 7. KNAPP was wounded at High Wood, Somme on 8th September 1916. 8. ARNOTT was wounded on 22nd September 1916 and died of wounds in a Dressing Station west of Flers. He originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of Flers and was reburied at Warlencourt British Cemetery in June 1920. 9. THOMAS may well have been killed on 22nd May 1918 (according to 2nd Battalion War Diary) 10. BROWN was originally buried in a battlefield grave to the west of the Oise Canal near Wassigny Copse and was reburied at Highland Cemetery after the Armistice. 11. SUTTON was originally buried in Vaux-Andigny Communal Cemetery and was reburied in the Vaux-Andigny British Cemetery in 1921.

Those Officers of Other Regiments Who Died in the Great War

Whilst Serving With 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Buried/Commemorated	Notes
1	22nd December 1914	BRADLEY	Geoffrey Montagu	Lt	MiD	21	KIA	France	Festubert	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 44)	(1)
2	25th January 1915	HAWKESWORTH	Francis Henry Stanley	2Lt	-	20	KIA	France	Near Givenchy	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 19/20)	(2)
3	9th May 1915	WOODROFFE	Kenneth Herbert Clayton	Lt	MiD	22	KIA	France	Near Richebourg L'Avoue	Le Touret Memorial (Panel 44)	1/p208 (3)
4	25th September 1915	HARTNELL-SINCLAIR	St John Leslie	2Lt	-	21	KIA	France	Near Chalk Pit Wood, Loos	Loos Memorial ( Panels 65/67)	(4)
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. BRADLEY was detached from the Rifle Brigade. 2. HAWKESWORTH was detached from the Border Regiment. 3. WOODROFFE was detached from the Rifle Brigade. 4. HARTNELL-SINCLAIR was detached from the East Surrey Regiment.

Battalion History

The 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment was formed on 1st July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, from the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment. The 2nd Battalion then performed Garrison and Security duties overseas in Egypt, Sudan, India and Ireland and was based at Bordon, part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Division at the outbreak of the Great War on 4th August 1914. The 3rd Brigade moved from Bordon to Southampton on 12th August 1914 in preparation for embarkation on HMT Braemar Castle, landing at le Havre on 13th August 1914. The Brigade concentrated in the Leschelles area, southeast of Le Cateau in preparation for operations against an advancing German Army. The 1st Division remained in France and Flanders throughout the war and a detailed history of the major actions of the Division in the Great War can be viewed here. At the Armistice the Battalion was in rest billets at Fresnoy-le-Grand and moved to Bazuel, southeast of Le Cateau in preparation for 1st Division's march to the Rhine. The march commences on 15th November 1918 and the German frontier, east of Braunlauf, is reached on 18th December. Flamersheim, southwest of Bonn is reached on 24th December where the Battalion remains until 29th March 1919 carrying out Garrison and Local Security duties, military training, educational lectures and sport. Demobilisation commences on 28th December 1918 with 8 men, all miners, leaving for the UK. Men begin to leave now at regular intervals and the strength of the unit at 31st January 1919 is 24 officers and 494 men. On 3rd March 1919 a draft of 9 officers and 136 men arrive from the disbanded 13th and 14th Battalions Welsh Regiment and on 24th March 1919, 24 officers and 314 men are posted to 1/6th Battalion Welsh Regiment, the remaining personnel, 4 officers and 56 men, forming the cadre of the 2nd Battalion. The cadre departed for Fermeries, near Mons, on 29th March 1919 to take over the duties and equipment of 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment in the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division area. The Battalion is later reconstituted and re-equipped as a regular Battalion in the UK in 1920, brought up to strength and posted to Ireland.

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 2nd Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	BE	FR	TOTAL
1914	6	7	13
1915		9	9
1916		14	14
1917	2		2
1918		6	6
TOTALS	8	36	44

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