Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With 8th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1915
1	8th August	DIGGES LA TOUCHE	Dennis	Capt	-	20	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
2	8th August	GWYER	Charles Percy	Capt	-	32	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
3	8th August	HARDING	William Arthur	Capt	-	39	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
4	8th August	JONES	Arthur Ewart	2Lt	-	28	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
5	8th August	JONES	Sydney Everard	2Lt	-	23	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
6	8th August	LEWIS	John Nicholas	Lt	-	22	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
7	8th August	MARSON	John Charles	2lt	-	19	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
8	8th August	MORRIS	John Child	Lt	-	23	KIA	Gallipoli	Apex Ridge, Chailak Dere	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226
9	10th August	HOWELLS	William John	Capt	-	27	DOW	Sea	HMHS Valdivia in Aegean Sea	Helles Memorial (Panel 140/144)	1/p226 (1)
10	26th September	SPENCER	Alfred de Courvoisier	2Lt	-	?	KIA	Gallipoli	North-east of Suvla Bay	Azmak Cemetery (II.G.22)	-
11	6th November	REES	John Cyril	2Lt	-	24	DOI	Egypt	Hospital at Alexandria	Alexandria (Chatby) War Cemetery (K.19)	(2)
12	9th November	JONES	Ernest William	2Lt	-	22	DOI	Malta	Hospital at Pieta	Pieta Military Cemetery (D.IV.5)	(3)
13	21st December	HOLMES	Cyril	Capt	-	33	DOI	Greece	Hospital at Lemnos Island	Portianos Military Cemetery (V.D.179)	(4)
Died in1917
14	11th January	JOHNS	Harold William	2Lt	-	19	KIA	Mespot	Hai Triangle, River Tigris	Basra Memorial (Panel 24)	2/p205
15	20th January	BAGGS	Harold Frank	Lt	-	26	DOW	Mespot	CCS at Amara	Amara War Cemetery (XXIII.L.16)	p2/206 (5)
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. HOWELLS was wounded at "Apex Ridge", Chailak Dere on 8th August 1915 and died of wounds on the Hospital Ship HMHS Valdivia on 10th August 1915 and was buried at sea. 2. REES died of dysentery. 3. JONES died of dysentery. 4. HOLMES died of ? 5. BAGG was wounded at the "Hai Triangle", Shatt el Hai, on 25th January 1917.

Battalion History

The 8th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers) was formed at Cardiff in August 1914, part of K1. The Battalion assembled at Parkhouse Camp, Salisbury Plain, and was paced under command of 40th Brigade, 13th Division and moved to Chiseldon in October 1914. In December 1914 the Battalion was moved to the Bournemouth area and was later reassigned as the Pioneer Battalion of 13th Division, moving to Aldershot in February 1915. On 15th June 1915 the Battalion sailed from Avonmouth for Mudros and then on to Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, landing on 5th August 1915. The Battalion's withdrawal from Gallipoli for Egypt started in December 1915 and by February 1916 the 13th Division had moved to Mesopotamia where it where it was based for the remainder of the war. After the Armistice with the Turks on 31st October 1918 the Division returned to Egypt where the gradual demobilisation of its units began.

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 8th Battalion Officer Casualties

Year	EG	GA	GR	MA	ME	SEA	TOTAL
1915	1	9	1	1		1	13
1917					2		2
TOTALS	1	9	1	1	2	1	15

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