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

Whilst Serving With

7th (Service) Battalion   -   26 officers
No Date Surname Forenames Rank Decs Age Cause Country Location Cemetery/Memorial (Plot/Panel) Note

1915 (12 officers)
1 5th August BURNABY Eustace Hotham Capt - 35 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey Near Anzac Cove Helles Memorial (101/104) -
2 7th August JOHNSON Geoffrey Robert 2Lt - 22 DOW Gallipoli, Turkey DS near Anzac Cove Helles Memorial (101/104) (1)
3 7th August VASSALL Phillips Saumarez Capt MiD* 39 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey Rhododendron Spur, W of Chunuk Bair Helles Memorial (101/104) -
4 8th August RUCK John Egerton Major - 31 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) -
5 8th August TOMKINS Frank Savill Lt - 28 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) -
6 8th August VENABLES Charles John Major DSO, MiD 50 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) -
7 8th August WILLOUGHBY Edwin Charles Capt - 34 DOW Gallipoli, Turkey Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) (2)
8 9th August PHILLPOTTS Fitzroy Charles Lt - 20 DOW Gallipoli, Turkey Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) (3)
9 9th August SQUIRE Stanley Charles Lt - 22 KIA Gallipoli, Turkey W of Chunuk Bear, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) -
10 1st November PICKERING Thomas 2Lt - 22 DOI Egypt Hospital at Alexandria Alexandra (Chatby) Mem Cemetery (Q.540) -
11 2nd November HASLOCK John Charles Simeon 2Lt - 29 DOW Gallipoli, Turkey CCS at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli Helles Memorial (101/104) (4)
12 9th December FORREST Evelyn Arthur Atherley Lt - 23 DOI Malta Hospital at Pieta Pieta Military Cemetery (D.XII.6) -

1916 (8 officers)
13 20th April BOULTON Wallace Dawson 2Lt - 21 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
14 20th April BROWNING Edwin Ormonde 2Lt - 23 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
15 20th April FYSON George Du Milo 2Lt - 21 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
16 21st April RATHBONE Guy Benson Capt - 32 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
17 21st April SCAMELL Reginald Frank Capt - 32 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
18 22nd April TRESSIDER Charles Tolmie Capt - 28 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (17) -
19 18th December CAUNTER Richard Lawrence Luscombe 2Lt - 25 DOW Mesopotamia (Iraq) Hospital at Amara Amara War Cemetery (XV.D.7) (5)
20 29th December STONE Frederick James Capt - 24 DOW Mesopotamia (Iraq) Hospital at Amara Amara War Cemetery (XIV.J.15) (6)

1917 (6 officers)
21 3rd February BAINES Henry Parkyn Bridge 2Lt - 25 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) N of Kala-Hafi-Fahan, S of Kut-el-Amara Basra Memorial (Panel 17) -
22 3rd February BARNES John Edward Templeman Capt - 21 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) N of Kala-Hafi-Fahan, S of Kut-el-Amara Basra Memorial (Panel 17) -
23 3rd February HARRIS William Gregory 2Lt - 27 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) N of Kala-Hafi-Fahan, S of Kut-el-Amara Basra Memorial (Panel 17) -
24 25th February CROSS Frank Alan 2Lt - 21 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) W of Nahr al Massag, Shumran bend, R Tigris Basra Memorial (Panel 17) -
25 2nd March ROBERTSON Eustace James Capt - 26 DOW Mesopotamia (Iraq) Hospital at Amara Amara War Cemetery (Shaik Saad Old Cem) (7)
26 29th March STANWAY Frank 2Lt - - KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) N of Mara, N of Baghdad, River Tigris Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery (XIX.E.8) -

Officers Attached to 7th Battalion
1 20th April CLARK Arthur Vivian 2Lt MiD 24 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Amara War Cemetery (XXI.D.2) General List
2 21st April YOUNGHUSBAND Harold Lt Col DSO, MiD 39 KIA Mesopotamia (Iraq) Sannaiyat, near Kut, River Tigris Basra Memorial (Panel 12) Beds Regt

 

Notes:

1.   JOHNSON was wounded near Aghyl Dere on 7th August 1915.

2.   WILLOUGHBY was wounded at Chunuk Bair on 8th August 1915.

3.   PHILLPOTTS  was wounded at Chunuk Bair on 9th August 1915.

4.   HASLOCK was wounded near Suvla Bay on 1st November 1915.

5.   CAUNTER was wounded at "Pointed Ruin", S of Kut, on 14th December 1916.

6.   STONE was wounded at  "Pointed Ruin", S of Kut, on 14th December 1916.

7.   ROBERTSON was wounded W of Nahr al Massag, Shumran bend on the River Tigris on 25th February 1917.

Battalion History
Formed as a Service battalion in August 1914 at Bristol, as part of "K1".   Full Title - 7th (Service) Battalion.  
Assigned to 39th Infantry Brigade, 13 (Western) Division. Arrived in Egypt in June 1915 then moved to Mudros in early July preparing for deployment to Cape Helles, Gallipoli.   Moved to ANZAC Cove in early August 1915.   Deployed in July 1918 as part of "Dunsterforce" (North Persia Force).   Served in Gallipoli, Egypt, Mesopotamia (Iraq) and North Persia.
Battalion was disbanded in September 1919, personnel being transferred to 8th Bn Ox & Bucks LI..
Battle Honours, 10 earned at:  Gallipoli 1915-16, Egypt 1916, Mesopotamia 1916 - 18, Suvla, Sari Bair, Scimitar Hill, Tigris 1916, Kut 1917, Baghdad
 

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