Welsh Regiment - Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment Serving On Non-Active Lists Who Died In The Great War

No	Date Died	Surname	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location	Status/Former Unit	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
Died in 1916
1	25th January	CORBET	George Frederick Francis	2Lt	-	19	DOW	UK	Lady Ridley's Hospital, London	1st Battalion	Brookwood Cemetery (Z.177036)	(1)
2	27th November	PRITCHARD	Osborn Brace	Lt Col	MiD	48	D	UK	Lewisham, London	CO 2nd Battalion	West Norwood Cemetery (121.17592)	(2)
Died in 1917
3	5th May	JONES	Cledwyn Owen	Lt	-	36	DOI	UK	TB Hospital Llangefni, Anglesey.	12th (Res) Battalion	Bangor (Glanadda) Cemetery (Grave 13393)	(3)
Died in 1919
4	21st September	WINFIELD	Herbert Ben	Lt	-	41	A	UK	King Edward VII Hospital, Cardiff	16th Battalion	Whitchurch (St Mary's) Churchyard	(4)
5	26th December	AERTS	Francis Robert	2Lt	MC	26	DOI	UK	Beckenham, SE London	13th Battalion	Beckenham Cemetery (P7.8097)	(5)
Died in 1920
6	24th April	GOWER	John Richard	Capt	MBE, MiD*	49	DOI	UK	Wandsworth	23rd Battalion	Merthyr Tydfil (Ffrwd) Cemetery (R.5.17)	(6)
7	28th October	BOWEN	Parcell Rees	Capt	MC, DFC*, MiD	27	M	UK	Merrion Street, Dublin	1/5th Battalion	Abergwlli (St David's) Churchyard	(7)
Died in 1921
8	25th April	GIFFARD	William Carter	Colonel	DSO, MiD	60	DOI	UK	Residence, Main Street, Keswick	CO 13th Battalion	Crosthwaite (St Kentigern) Churchyard (D.270)	(8)
Notes: 1. CORBET was severely wounded at Ypres on 7th May 1915 serving with 1st Battalion and was eventually evacuated to UK in June 1915. 2. PRITCHARD was invalided in September 1916 after injuries sustained on the Somme serving with 2nd Battalion. He took his own life at the home of a relative. He was "Mentioned in Despatches" in the London Gazette, Number 29890, on page 231. 3. JONES died of TB contracted whilst on active service, He relinquished his commission on account of ill health on 15th August 1916. 4. WINFIELD saw active service with 16th Battalion. He was wounded in mid 1916 and evacuated to UK. He relinquished his commission on account of ill health on 14th September 1916 and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He died after a motorcycle accident. He was a Welsh international rugby player. 5. AERTS died of ? (War Office Personal File WO 339/111241). 6. GOWER retired from the Army on 24th February 1920 due to ill health contracted whilst on active service. He had seen active service in Salonika with 23rd Battalion Welsh Regiment and 7th Battalion South Wales Borderers. 7. BOWEN transferred to the RFC on 10th January 1918 and was finally discharged from the Service on 29th October 1919. He accepted a Government post in July 1920 and was sent to Dublin for undercover work. He was murdered by persons unknown on 28th October 1920. 8. GIFFARD commanded 13th Battalion from 19th June 1915 up to 19th February 1918 when he left the Army on retirement.

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.

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