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

Whilst Serving With

2/5th Battalion (TF)   -   18 officers
No Date SURNAME Forenames Rank Decs Age Cause Country Location/Sector Cemetery/Memorial Notes

1916   (1 officer)
1 19th June COLE Clifford Spearing Lt - 20 KIA France Fauquissart, SE of Laventie Royal Irish Rifles Graveyard, Laventie   (II.J.5) -

1917   (6 officers)
2 5th April MEADE Cyril 2Lt - 20 KIA France Bihecourt, NE of Vermand Vermand Communal Cemetery   (Civ Sec 1) -
3 4th May WORTHINGTON Richard Fitzpatrick Capt MiD 36 DOW UK Hospital at Birmingham Lower Cam (St Bartholomew's) Churchyard (1)
4 22nd August DAVIS Sidney Alfred 2Lt - 25 KIA Belgium "Pond Farm", SE of St Julien Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 72 to 75) -
5 22nd August TUBBS Seymour Burnell Capt - 28 KIA Belgium "Pond Farm", SE of St Julien Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 72 to 75) -
6 10th November DODGSHON Angus John Charles Lt - 22 KIA France "Chemical Works", Fampoux,  Arras Sunken Road Cemetery, Fampoux   (I.D.27) -
7 2nd December PEARCE William James Lt - 33 KIA France "Welsh Ridge", NW of La Vacquerie Villers-Plouich Communal Cemetery (Sp Mem 1) -

1918   (11 officers)
8 22nd March ARNOT Colin 2Lt - 21 KIA France Holnon Wood, W of St Quentin Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) (2)
9 22nd March NURSE Reginald John Cecil 2Lt - 22 KIA France Beauvois, W of Holnon Wood Pozieres Memorial   (Panel 40 and 41) -
10 22nd March RICKERBY John Harold Ellerson Capt MC 22 KIA France Beauvois, W of Holnon Wood Savy British Cemetery   (I.U.15) -
11 24th March LAKE Noel Graham Lt - 23 KIA France Buverchy, Canal du Nord, SE of Nesle Pozieres Memorial   (Panel 40 and 41) -
12 2nd April BUGLER Leonard Herbert 2Lt - 24 DOW UK Hospital at London Bristol (Shirehampton) Cemetery   (P.895) (3)
13 23rd April GRIFFITHS John Enos 2Lt - 25 KIA France SE of Bacquerolles Farm, Robecq St Venant-Robecq British Cemetery   (IV.C.21) -
14 24th April MILLER Frederick Charles Lt - 35 KIA France SE of Bacquerolles Farm, Robecq St Venant-Robecq British Cemetery   (IV.C.14) -
15 2nd May EDMONDS Albert Henry Lt - 26 DOW France Hospital at Rouen St Sever Cemetery, Rouen   (Offrs.B.9.2) (4)
16 30th September HARVEY Eric Howard Capt MC* 28 KIA France "Junction Post", SE of Fleurbaix Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension  (V.H.1) -
17 30th September JACKSON Daniel Talbot 2Lt - 22 KIA France "Junction Post", SE of Fleurbaix Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue -
18 25th October WYATT John 2Lt - 26 KIA France E of Bermerain, SW of Vendegies Vertain Communal Cemetery Extension   (C.4) -

Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 2/5th Battalion   (7 officers)
1 27th July 1916 WILKINSON Frank 2Lt - 21 KIA France "Duck's Bill Crater", Fauquissart Rue-Du-Bacquerot No 1 Mil Cemetery  (I.L.17) Dorset Regt
2 19th August 1916 JACKSON John Lt - 24 KIA France Fauquissart Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue   (II.F.3) Dorset Regt
3 23rd August 1917 BLYTH Alick Frederick Lt - 20 KIA Belgium "Pond Farm", SE of St Julien Tyne Cot Memorial   (Panel 154) Northern Cyclist Bn
4 24th April 1918 GALE Robert Grafton Lt - 26 KIA France SE of Bacquerolles Farm,  Robecq St Venant-Robecq British Cemetery   (IV.C.7) Army Service Corps
5 30th May 1918 HOWELL Reginald Lt - 24 POW Germany Hospital at Heilbronn Niederzwehren  Cemetery   (II.B.11) (5)   Hereford Regt
6 1st June 1918 BLANCHARD Frederick John Capt MiD 26 KIA France Bacquerolles Farm, NE of Robecq Aire Communal Cemetery   (III.B.8) DCLI
7 24th June 1918 LAWSON Arthur Bertram Lt Col DSO* 35 KIA France Bacquerolles Farm, NE of Robecq St Venant-Robecq British Cemetery   (III.C.12) 11th Hussars
 

Notes:

1.   WORTHINGTON was wounded at Bihecourt on 7th April 1917.

2.   ARNOT is currently commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial but should properly be commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.

3.   BUGLER was wounded at Buverchy on 25th March 1918.

4.   EDMONDS was wounded at Bacquerolles Farm on 23rd April 1918.

5.   HOWELL was wounded near Holnon Wood and captured by the Germans on 22nd March 1918.

Battalion History
Formed as the Second Line of the 5th Battalion in September 1914 at Gloucester.   Full Title - 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force)
Assigned to 184th Infantry Brigade, 61st (2nd South Midland) Division in January 1915.   Arrived in France in May 1916.   Served in France and Flanders.
Battle Honours, 13 earned at:   France and Flanders 1916 - 1918, Ypres 1917, Langemarck 1917, Somme 1918, Cambrai 1917, St Quentin, Rosieres, Avre, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bethune, Selle, Valenciennes
Battalion disbanded in Catterick in October 1919.
 

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