Roll of Officers Who Died In The Great War Whilst Serving With 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

No	Date	SURNAME	Forenames	Rank	Decs	Age	Cause	Country	Location/Sector	Cemetery/Memorial	Notes
1915 (3 officers)
1	30th May	YOUNG	Wilfrid Henry	2Lt	-	26	DOW	Belgium	AP near Le Gheer, Ploegsteert Wood	Lancashire Cottage Cemetery (II.A.10)	(1)
2	22nd November	SCHWALM	Charles Edward	Lt	-	23	KIA	France	E of Hebuterne, NW of Serre	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.24)	-
3	26th November	IRVINE	Paget George	Capt	-	39	KIA	France	E of Hebuterne, NW of Serre	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.23)	-
1916 (9 officers)
4	24th March	BRINDAL	Gladstone	2Lt	-	32	DOW	France	Hospital at Le Havre	St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre (Div.19.U.4)	(2)
5	27th April	NOTT	Henry Paton	Lt	MiD	21	KIA	France	E of Hebuterne, NW of Serre	Hebuterne Military Cemetery (I.L.17)	-
6	21st July	ELLIOTT	Gerald Ewen	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	N of Ovillers, W of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
7	22nd July	SMITH	Arthur Roughton	2Lt	-	23	DOW	France	DS at Warloy-Baillon, W of Albert, Somme	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext (I.D.8)	(3)
8	23rd July	COATES	Cecil Evelyn	Major	-	31	KIA	France	E of Railway Line, W of Pozieres, Somme	Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.F.52)	-
9	23rd July	DILLON	George Charles Tracey	2Lt	-	29	KIA	France	E of Railway Line, W of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
10	27th July	BIRD	Ernest Walter	Capt	-	27	DOW	France	CCS at Gezaincourt, SW of Doullens, Somme	Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext (I.D.12)	(4)
11	22nd August	GILMORE	John Kenneth	Capt	-	26	KIA	France	"Hindenburg Trench", NW of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
12	22nd August	WOODFORD	Charles Basil Stanley	2Lt	-	39	KIA	France	"Hindenburg Trench", NW of Pozieres, Somme	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial	(5)
1917 (9 officers)
13	24th February	PETERS	Gerard	2Lt	-	25	DOI	France	DS at Meharicourt, SW of Barleux, N of Roye	Fouquescourt British Cemetery (III.J.5)	-
14	18th April	KING	Leonard	Lt	MC	27	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.51)	-
15	18th April	NOTT	Louis Cameron	Capt	MC	23	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.53)	-
16	18th April	NOTT	Thomas Walker	Lt Col	DSO, MiD	28	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.55)	-
17	24th April	BROWN	James Ferguson	2Lt	-	-	KIA	France	"The Knoll", E of Tombois Farm, NE of Lempire	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
18	24th April	PEARS	Norman	2Lt	-	25	KIA	France	"The Knoll", E of Tombois Farm, NE of Lempire	Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B)	-
19	15th August	FULLERTON	John Kenneth	Capt	-	20	DOW	Belgium	DS at DuHallow Camp, N of Ypres	DuHallow ADS Cemetery, N of Ypres (I.B.8)	(6)
20	9th October	HILL	Alexander Sidney	2Lt	-	26	KIA	Belgium	"Vacher Farm", SE of Poelcapelle	Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75)	-
21	17th October	TITLEY	Richard Guy	Capt	MC	24	DOW	Belgium	CCS at Krombeke, NW of Poperinghe	Dozinghem Military Cemetery (XII.F.17)	(7)
1918 (3 officers)
22	16th June	WILKINS	Mervyn Sydney	Lt	-	25	KIA	Italy	"Cesuna Switch", Magnaboschi, Asiago Plateau	Magnaboschi British Cemetery (2.C.1)	-
23	19th June	MILES	Jesse Samuel	2Lt	-	30	DOW	Italy	CCS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago Plateau	Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cem (8.C.2)	(8)
24	25th October	GARNHAM	Percival	2Lt	-	28	DOI	Italy	CCS at Montecchio Precalcino, Asiago Plateau	Montecchio Precalcino Communal Cem (8.C.2)	-
Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 1/6th Battalion (7 officers)
1	23rd July 1916	BALDERSON	Henry Leslie Paxton	2Lt	-	24	KIA	France	E of Railway Line, W of Pozieres, Somme	Pozieres British Cemetery (IV.G.43)	Devon Regt
2	23rd July 1916	CORBETT	Harry	2Lt	-	-	KIA	France	E of Railway Line, W of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 1C)	Devon Regt
3	23rd July 1916	PARAMORE	Robert Edward Pynsent	Lt	-	19	KIA	France	E of Railway Line, W of Pozieres, Somme	Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 1C)	Devon Regt
4	18th April 1917	BURDESS	Rev Matthew Forster	Capt	-	39	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.50)	AChD
5	18th April 1917	GERRARD	Robert Finlay	Major	-	29	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.54)	Royal Scots
6	18th April 1917	HARRISON	Everard	Capt	-	37	KIA	France	Villers-Faucon, NW of St Quentin	Villers-Faucon Communal Cemetery (D.52)	RAMC
7	27th June 1917	DODSON	Henry Howard	2Lt	-	30	KIA	France	E of Hermies, E of Bapaume	Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Ext (IV.B.10)	Hants Regt

Notes: 1. YOUNG was wounded near Le Gheer on 3oth May 1915. 2. BRINDAL was wounded during a German attack at Hebuterne on 18th March 1916. 3. SMITH was wounded near Ovillers on 21st July 1916. 4. BIRD was wounded near Pozieres on 23rd July 1916. 5. WOODFORD should be commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. 6. FULLERTON was wounded NE of Ypres on 14th August 1917. 7. TITLEY was wounded at Vacher Farm, SE of Poelcapelle, on 9th October 1917. 8. MILES was wounded at "Cesuna Switch", NE of Magnaboschi on 16th June 1918.

Battalion History

Formed in Bristol in 1908 as the 6th Battalion. Battalion formed 1st and 2nd Line units in August 1914 at Bristol. Full Title - 1/6th 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, 11 earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1917, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Somme 1916, Albert 1916, Pozieres, Broodseinde, Poelcapelle, Italy 1917 - 18, and Piave, Vittorio-Veneto.

After the war, the battalion served in Albania, Montenegro and Egypt for Garrison duties before returning to Bristol in March 1920.

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