Roll of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War

Whilst Serving With

1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)  -  22 Officers
No Date SURNAME Forenames Rank Decs Age Cause Country Location Cemetery/Memorial Notes

1915   (1 officer)
1 20th June SAVILE George Keith 2Lt - 26 KIA Belgium Ploegsteert Wood La Plus Douve Farm Cemetery   (V.A.14) -

1916   (11 officers)
2 13th March CHATTOCK Reginald Harvey 2Lt - 19 KIA France E of Colinchamps, SW of Serre, Somme Sucrerie Military Cemetery, (III.I.11)) -
3 26th June HADINGHAM Roy Matthew Lt - 21 KIA France NE of Hebuterne Loos Memorial   (Panel 60 to 64) -
4 17th July ANDERSON Alexander Douglas Lt - 29 KIA France NW of Ovillers, Somme Thiepval Memorial  (Addenda Panel) -
5 17th July POLACK Ernest Emmanuel Lt - 23 KIA France NW of Ovillers, Somme Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile   (X.G.9) -
6 25th July MASTER George Gilbert Onslow Lt - 23 KIA France Railway line, NW of Pozieres, Somme Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext  (II.F.4) -
7 16th August BIRD Raymond 2Lt - 25 KIA France "Skyline Trench", SE of Thiepval, Somme Pozieres British Cemetery   (IV.A.52) -
8 17th August BAKER Hubert George 2Lt - 22 KIA France "Skyline Trench", SE of Thiepval, Somme Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) -
9 17th August DOWN Robert Hayward Lt - 28 DOW France CCS at Puchevillers, NW of Albert, Somme Puchevillers British Cemetery   (I.C.62) (1)
10 8th November MATTHEWS Edwin Martin Lt - 37 KIA France N of Le Sars, SW of Warlencourt, Somme Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) -
11 9th November CLARK Bruce Lt - 27 KIA France N of Le Sars, SW of Warlencourt, Somme Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) -
12 9th November PHIPPEN Henry George Lt - 24 DOW France DS at Becordel-Becourt, SE of Albert, Somme Becourt Military Cemetery   (I.Y.4) (2)

1917   (9 officers)
13 13th April BEADELL Alfred George 2Lt - 20 KIA France Queuchettes Wood, SE of Lempire, SE of Epehy Unicorn Cemetery, Vend'Huile   (III.F.20) -
14 24th April PARKINSON Leslie Gerard Major MC 28 KIA France Railway line cutting, E of Villers Faucon St Emilie Valley Cemetery,   (IV.C.20) -
15 11th August ANDREWS Frederick Dudley Capt MC 30 KIA Belgium "Steenbeek", NW of St Julien Track 'X' Cemetery, NE of Ypres   (D.21) -
16 9th October FERRIS Henry Norman 2Lt - - KIA Belgium E of "Tweed House", S of Poelcapelle Poelcapelle British Cemetery   (III.C.4) -
17 9th October MACDONNELL Colla Ion 2Lt - 30 KIA Belgium E of "Tweed House", S of Poelcapelle Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 72 to 75) -
18 9th October ORGAN Harold Charles 2Lt - 28 KIA Belgium E of "Tweed House", S of Poelcapelle Poelcapelle British Cemetery   (LI.C.15) -
19 9th October WARD Francis Welsford Capt - 30 KIA Belgium E of "Tweed House", S of Poelcapelle Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 72 to 75) -
20 17th October SAUNDERS Frank 2Lt - 33 DOW Belgium CCS at Proven, NW of Poperinghe Mendinghem Military Cemetery,   (VI.D.14) (3)
21 20th November MORSE Percy Lapper 2Lt - 31 DOW France Hospital at Rouen St Sever Cemetery, Rouen  (Offrs.B.1.23) (4)

1918   (1 officer)
22 1st November WEBSTER Frank Augustus 2Lt MC 23 KIA Italy E of Bosco, NW of Asiago, Asiago Plateau Granezza British Cemetery   (I.F.12) -

Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 1/4th Battalion   (5 officers)
1 9th July 1916 FISHER Hubert Patrick 2Lt - - KIA France SE of Hebuterne, W of Serre, Somme Sucrerie Military Cemetery, (I.I.64) Shropshire LI
2 17th July 1916 KING Edward Gordon MacGregor 2Lt - 18 KIA France NW of Ovillers, Somme Blighty Valley Cemetery,   (III.J.2) Shropshire LI
3 23rd July 1916 MACLEAN Dugald Fitzroy 2Lt - - KIA France Railway line, NW of Pozieres, Somme Thiepval Memorial  (Pier 12A and 12D) Shropshire LI
4 2nd April 1917 McCLELLAND Albert 2Lt - 22 DOW France CCS at Bray, SE of Albert, Somme Bray Military Cemetery   (II.E.61) (5) Highland LI
5 9th October 1917 BURNS Walter Bell Lt - 24 KIA Belgium E of "Tweed House", S of Poelcapelle Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 112 to 113) Shropshire LI
 

Notes:

1.   DOWN was wounded at "Skyline Trench" SE of Thiepval, Somme on 16th August 1916.

2.   PHIPPEN was wounded at Le Sars, Somme on 16th August 1916.

3.   SAUNDERS was wounded at Poelcapelle on 15th October 1917.

4.   MORSE was wounded at Poelcapelle on 16th November 1917.

5.   McCLELLAND was wounded at Villers Faucon on 1st April 1917.

Battalion History
Formed in Bristol in 1908 as the 4th Battalion.   Battalion formed 1st and 2nd Line units in August 1914 at Bristol.   Full Title - 1/4th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force)
Assigned to 144th Infantry Brigade, 48th (1st South Midland) Division in August 1914.   Arrived in France in March 1915.   Served in France and Flanders, and Italy.
Battle Honours, 12 earned at:   France and Flanders 1915 - 1917, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Pozieres, Broodseinde, Poelcapelle, Italy 1917 - 18, Piave, Vittorio-Veneto.
After the war, battalion served at Cornedo via Malo before returning to Bristol in March 1919.

 

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