Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 3th (Reserve) Battalion Welsh Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	11th October	MATHIAS	John Edmund	2Lt	-	37	A	UK	Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl	Llanfabon (St Mabon) Churchyard (NW of Church)	(1)
Died in 1917
2	2nd February	REESE	William	Lt	-	32	DOI	UK	Rhyl	Carmarthen Cemetery (1.101)	(2)
3	14th March	MARTIN	Arthur William	2Lt	-	30	DOAW	UK	Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl	Bodelwyddan (St Margaret) Churchyard (G.8)	(3)
4	13th August	JONES	John Lewis	2Lt	-	32	DOW	UK	Bedford House Hospital, Cardiff	Llanegwad (St Egwad) Churchyard, N of tower	(4)
Died in 1918
5	19th October	RUTTLEY	Percy Kemp	Capt	-	29	DOI	UK	Sandringham Avenue, Rhyl	Treorchy Cemetery (C.B.2.18)	(5)
6	3rd November	RADMILOVIC	John	Lt	-	26	DOI	UK	Hospital at Redcar	Cardiff (Cathays) Cemetery (D.RC.971A)	(6)
7	4th November	HARDY	Reginald Herbert William	Lt	-	29	DOI	UK	Bangor Military Hospital	Caldicot (St Mary) Churchyard (NE Part)	(7)
Died in 1919
8	23rd February	WILLIAMS	Fawcett Thomas	Capt	-	27	DOI	UK	Residence in Lowestoft	Swansea (Danygraig) Cemetery (I.14)	(8)
9	9th April	POPE	Edward Alexander	Lt Col	DSO, MiD	43	DOI	UK	Hospital in London	Stratton (St Mary) Churchyard, Dorset (South Wall)	(9)
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. MATHIAS was found drowned in an unfenced pond in Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl which an inquest verdict found to be an accident. He was commissioned into the 5th Battalion Welsh Regiment on 10th September 1915. 2. REESE died of ? 3. MARTIN was injured during training at Kinmel Park Camp, Rhyl. He had enlisted into the Canadian Army in October 1914, served in France and Flanders with 28th Battalion CEF and was commissioned into the Welsh Regiment on 25th January 1917. 4. JONES originally served with ? Battalion until he was gassed and evacuated to UK in ? His condition worsened and he died at Bedford House Hospital, Cardiff on 13th August 1917. 5. RUTTLEY died of influenza/pneumonia. He had previously seen active service with 17th Battalion Welsh Regiment and had been severely wounded in July 1916 on the Somme. 6. RADMILOVIC died of influenza/pneumonia. He had previously seen active service with 15th Battalion and was seriously wounded on 10th May 1918 and was evacuated to UK. He was recovering from these wounds when he contracted influenza. 7. HARDY died of influenza/pneumonia at Bangor Military Hospital. 8. WILLIAMS died of influenza/pneumonia. 9. POPE died of bronchitis.

Battalion History

The Militia unit of the Regiment was the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia, formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms. The Battalion was reorganised and restructured in 1908, part of the Haldane Reforms, as the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion Welsh Regiment based at Maindy Barracks, Cardiff. Its duties were to supply trained reinforcements to the 1st and 2nd Battalions and to deploy on mobilisation to its war station as a Home and Coastal Defence unit.

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, formed in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms. 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.

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