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Roll of Honour of Officers of the Welsh Regiment

Who Died in the Great War

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Roll of Honour

Surnames   -   G

(23 officers)

 

GALLOWAY, William Ernest

Second Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in Palestine on 6th November 1917.   Age 21.

 

GARNER, Walter Percy

Second Lieutenant.   18th Battalion.   Died of wounds whilst a POW in France on 13th April 1918.   Aged 27.

 

GASKELL, David Lyndsay Stranach

Lieutenant.   16th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 12th January 1916.   Aged 22.

 

GASKELL, Frank Hill

Lieutenant Colonel.   16th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 17th May 1916.   Aged 37.

 

GEORGE, Elmore Wright

Second Lieutenant.   15th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 10th May 1918.   Aged 23.

 

GEORGE, Frank Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 17th October 1918.   Aged 28.

 

GIBBS, John Angel

Major, DSO.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 20th September 1917.   Aged 37.

 

GIFFARD, William Carter

Colonel, DSO, MiD.   Retired List (formerly CO 13th Battalion).   Died of illness in UK on 25th April 1921.   Aged 60.

 

GODFREY, Leonard Powell

Captain.   14th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 23rd August 1917.   Aged 27.

 

GOUGH, Harry Percy Bright

Major, MC*.   18th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 22nd April 1918.   Aged 38.

 

GOWER, John Richard

Captain (QM), MBE, MiD*.   Retired List.   Died of illness in UK on 24th April 1920.   Aged 49.

Died in 1919

GRACIE, Hugh Colin Stuart

Second Lieutenant.   18th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 26th November 1917.   Aged 23.

 

GRAHAM, John Stanley

Second Lieutenant.   14th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30th August 1918.   Aged 23.

 

GREEN, George Owen

Captain.   9th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd August 1915.   Aged 36.

 

GREEN, Hugh Mortimer

Captain.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 10th August 1915.   Aged 33.

 

GREEN, Oswald Robert John

Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 5th July 1916.   Aged 35.

 

GRIFFITH, William Llewellyn

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 22nd September 1917.   Aged 22.

 

GRIFFITHS, Gwyn Arthur

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 35th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action in France on 2nd June 1917.   Aged 24.

 

GRIFFITHS, Reginald Hopkin Hill

Second Lieutenant, MC.   Seconded to 53rd Squadron RAF.   Killed in aerial action in France on 17th October 1918.   Aged 20.

 

GRIFFITHS, William Dillwyn

Second Lieutenant.   24th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th September 1918.   Aged 24.

 

GRIFFITHS, William John

Captain, MC.   17th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 24th November 1917.   Aged 24.

 

GROSSART, Robert Dykes

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 36th (Reserve) Squadron RFC.   Accidentally killed whilst flying in UK on 9th February 1917.   Aged 25.

 

GWYER, Charles Percy

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 8th August 1915.   Aged 32.

 

 

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