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Roll of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With |
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14th (Service) Battalion |
| No | Date | Surname | Forenames | Rank | Decs | Age | Cause | Country | Location/Sector/Area | Cemetery/Memorial | Notes |
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1916 (5 officers) |
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| 1 | 8th June | BUTT | Harry Alfred | Capt | - | 40 | KIA | France | "Pope's Nose", SE of Neuve Chapelle, Bethune | Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (I.C.11) | - |
| 2 | 8th June | ROBERTS | Gerald Chipchase | Lt Col | MiD | 42 | KIA | France | "Pope's Nose", SE of Neuve Chapelle, Bethune | Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue (I.B.12) | - |
| 3 | 18th July | STAGG | Edward Christopher | 2Lt | - | 26 | KIA | France | Trones Wood, SW of Guillemont, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 4 | 30th August | CRAWLEY-BOEVEY | Thomas Russell | Capt | - | 36 | DOW | France | CCS at La Neuville, Corbie, Somme | La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie (II.B.11) | (1) |
| 5 | 25th October | COLTHURST | Arthur Beadon | Capt | - | - | KIA | France | "J3 Sub-Sector", Arras | Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras (I.H.14) | - |
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1917 (5 officers) |
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| 6 | 21st August | PARSONS | Hardy Falconer | 2Lt | VC | 20 | KIA | France | "The Knoll", NE of Lempire, Epehy | Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (A.16) | - |
| 7 | 25th August | TRATMAN | Francis Victor | 2Lt | - | 20 | KIA | France | E of Tombois Farm, NE of Lempire, Epehy | Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (A.14) | - |
| 8 | 22nd October | WALLER | Thomas Henry Whalley | Lt | - | 21 | KIA | Belgium | "Panama House", S of Houlthulst Forest, Ypres | Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) | - |
| 9 | 22nd October | WOMAR | Frederick | 2Lt | - | 29 | KIA | Belgium | "Panama House", S of Houlthulst Forest, Ypres | Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) | - |
| 10 | 23rd October | BAKER | Walter | Capt | MC | 21 | DOW | Belgium | CCS at Krombeke, NW of Poperinghe, Ypres | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinghe (IX.C.17) | (2) |
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Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 14th Battalion (1 officer) |
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| 1 | 19th July 1916 | LEES | Percival Booth | 2Lt | - | 28 | KIA | France | Trones Wood, SW of Guillemont, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 7C and 7B) | Hants Regt |
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Notes: 1. CRAWLEY-BOEVEY was wounded at Lamb Trench, near Guillemont, Somme on 23rd August 1916. 2. BAKER was wounded at Houlthulst Forest, N of Ypres on 22nd October 1917. |
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Battalion History |
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| Formed as a Bantam Service battalion on 22nd April 1915 at Bristol by the Citizens' Recruiting Committee. Accepted by War Office August 1915. Full Title - 14th (Service) Battalion (West of England). | |||||||||||
| Assigned to 105th Infantry Brigade of the 35th Division in June 1915. Arrived in France on 30th January 1916. Served in France and Flanders (Neuve Chapelle, Somme, Arras, Roye, St Quentin, Ypres). | |||||||||||
| Battalion was disbanded on11th February 1918, personnel being transferred to 13th Bn Glos Regt and 12th Entrenching Bn. | |||||||||||
| Battle Honours, 5 earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Somme 1916, Bazentin, Passchendaele. | |||||||||||
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