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Roll of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With |
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8th (Service) Battalion - 56 officers |
| No | Date | SURNAME | Forenames | Rank | Decs | Age | Cause | Country | Location and Sector | Cemetery/Memorial | Notes |
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1916 (28 officers) |
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| 1 | 21st March | CHILDE | Charles Murray | Capt | - | 21 | DOW | France | Hospital at Merville, N of Bethune | Merville Communal Cemetery (VII.A.10) | (1) |
| 2 | 3rd July | COX | Harleigh | Capt | - | 24 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 3 | 3rd July | CROOKE | Elliott Hampden | Capt | - | 25 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 4 | 3rd July | EVANS | Edward Juson | 2Lt | - | 25 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Ovillers Military Cemetery (XI.N.2) | - |
| 5 | 3rd July | GADNEY | Gilbert Sims | 2Lt | - | 30 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 6 | 3rd July | MASON | William John | Capt | - | 27 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 7 | 3rd July | ROSS | Gwilliam Emanuel Henry | 2Lt | - | 25 | KIA | France | La Boisselle, S of Ovillers, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 8 | 16th July | HAWKER | Frederick James | 2Lt | MiD | 26 | DOW | France | Hospital at Etaples | Etaples Military Cemetery (I.B.37) | (2) |
| 9 | 20th July | BYERS | Richard Knight | Capt | - | 20 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 10 | 23rd July | HEWETSON | Charles Herbert | Major | - | - | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 11 | 23rd July | PRIESTLEY | Stanley Noel | Lt | - | - | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 12 | 23rd July | STILEMAN | Frederic William Cheere | Capt | - | 29 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 13 | 23rd July | VINCENT | Basil Britton | 2Lt | - | 23 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 14 | 23rd July | WARNER | Thornton Sparr | Capt | - | - | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 15 | 23rd July | WOOD | David Cardale | 2Lt | - | 28 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 16 | 23rd July | WOOD | William Bryan | 2Lt | - | 22 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 17 | 30th July | COLLINS | William | 2Lt | - | 27 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 18 | 30th July | FITZGERALD | Thomas Davis | 2Lt | MiD | 21 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 19 | 30th July | SLOCOMBE | Arthur Douglas | 2Lt | - | 18 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Caterpillar Valley Cemetery (VII.A.27) | - |
| 20 | 30th July | THOMAS | Hugh Gareth | 2Lt | - | 23 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 21 | 30th July | WALTERS | Ernest Beauchamp | Lt | - | 21 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 22 | 30th July | YANESKE | Walter | 2Lt | - | 19 | KIA | France | "Intermediate Trench", NE of Bazentin le Petit | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 23 | 9th August | COOK | Arthur Thomas | 2Lt | - | 27 | DOW | France | CCS at "Heilly Station", Mericourt, Somme | Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt (III.A.D) | (3) |
| 24 | 18th November | COLGATE | Roger Edward | 2Lt | MM | 23 | KIA | France | SW of Grandcourt, E of Beaumont Hamel, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 25 | 18th November | COLLETT | Arthur Leigh | Lt | - | - | KIA | France | SW of Grandcourt, E of Beaumont Hamel, Somme | Grandcourt Road Cemetery (B.89) | - |
| 26 | 18th November | EDWARDS | Harold Welleson Hurst | Capt | - | 24 | KIA | France | SW of Grandcourt, E of Beaumont Hamel, Somme | Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval (XI.G.9) | - |
| 27 | 18th November | JAMES | Samuel Forest | 2Lt | - | 22 | KIA | France | SW of Grandcourt, E of Beaumont Hamel, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 5B) | - |
| 28 | 18th November | SILVER | Keith | 2Lt | - | 29 | KIA | France | SW of Grandcourt, E of Beaumont Hamel, Somme | Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval (XI.K.5) | - |
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1917 (9 officers) |
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| 29 | 25th February | BOULTON | Arthur Vane | 2Lt | - | 18 | DOW | France | Hospital at Etaples | Etaples Military Cemetery (XVII.C.1) | (4) |
| 30 | 7th June | HASTINGS | Noel Henry Bruce | Capt | - | 23 | KIA | Belgium | Oosttaverne Wood, W of Oosttaverne, SW of Ypres | Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery (II.B.29) | - |
| 31 | 8th June | HAWKINS | Walter Elmslie | Lt | - | 26 | DOW | Belgium | Hospital at Lijssenthoek | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery (XIII.B.7) | (5) |
| 32 | 9th July | BLOOMFIELD | Arthur Herbert | 2Lt | - | 25 | KIA | Belgium | "Druids Farm", E of Oosttaverne, SW of Ypres | Ypres Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 & 34) | - |
| 33 | 9th July | VICK | Edward | 2Lt | DCM | 28 | KIA | Belgium | "Druids Farm", E of Oosttaverne, SW of Ypres | Oosttaverne Wood Cemetery (III.A.17) | - |
| 34 | 26th July | LIGHTBOURN | Robert | Lt | - | 22 | KIA | Belgium | "Wall Farm", E of Oosttaverne, SW of Ypres | La Laiterie Military Cemetery (Xii.B.4) | - |
| 35 | 7th August | SMITH | Wilfred Vincent | Lt | - | 30 | KIA | Belgium | E of Oosttaverne, SW of Ypres | Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery (B.11) | - |
| 36 | 20th September | HUMPHREY | Joseph Herbert | 2Lt | - | 24 | KIA | Belgium | "Wood Farm", E of Zillebeke, Ypres | Oxford Road Cemetery (III.A.11) | - |
| 37 | 20th September | KIMBER | Reginald Ernest | 2Lt | - | 22 | KIA | Belgium | "Wood Farm", E of Zillebeke, Ypres | Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) | - |
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1918 (19 officers) |
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| 38 | 16th January | ALLEN | Harry | Capt | - | - | DOW | France | CCS at Manacourt, SW of Cambrai | Rocquigny-Equancourt Rd Cem (VIII.D.20) | (6) |
| 39 | 23rd March | LAMMERT | Rennie Dean | 2Lt | - | - | KIA | France | Beaumetz, E of Bapaume, SW of Cambrai | Cambrai East Military Cemetery (VII.B.52) | - |
| 40 | 25th March | WRIGHT | Joseph Herbert | Capt | MC | 33 | KIA | France | "Velu Wood", E of Bapaume, SW of Cambrai | Arras Memorial (Bay 6) | - |
| 41 | 10th April | BRIDGES | Fleming Hardy | 2Lt | - | 24 | KIA | Belgium | SE of Messines, E of Wulverghem | Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) | - |
| 42 | 14th April | BRITTEN | Arthur Herbert | Lt | MC | 25 | KIA | Belgium | NE of Neuve Eglise, S of Lindhoek | Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 72 to 75) | - |
| 43 | 21st April | LLOYD | James | Capt | MC, MiD | 30 | DOW | France | Hospital at Etaples | Etaples Military Cemetery (XXVIII.J.3) | (7) |
| 44 | 4th May | SLADE | Ernest Cowper | Lt Col | DSO, MC, MiD | 29 | KIA | Belgium | NE of Kemmel, W of Wytschaete | Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery (IV.D.10) | - |
| 45 | 30th May | ALLISON | Thomas McGregor | Major | MiD | 41 | KIA | France | SW of Lhery, NW of Chambrecy, Rheims | Chambrecy British Cemetery (II.C.2) | - |
| 46 | 30th May | EASTWOOD | Benjamin | Capt | MC | 22 | KIA | France | SW of Lhery, NW of Chambrecy, Rheims | Dormans French National Cemetery (B.17) | - |
| 47 | 30th May | WHYATT | Albert Allen | 2Lt | - | 22 | KIA | France | SW of Lhery, NW of Chambrecy, Rheims | Soissons Memorial | - |
| 48 | 6th September | INGRAM | Arthur Herbert | Lt | - | 41 | KIA | France | Locon, NE of Bethune | Loos Memorial (Panel 60 to 64) | - |
| 49 | 9th September | COLCUTT | Thomas Mills | 2Lt | MiD | 22 | KIA | France | E of Bethune | Vieille-Chapelle New Mil Cem (VIII.C.8) | - |
| 50 | 21st September | CONYERS | Harold Cater | 2Lt | - | 20 | KIA | France | E of Bethune | Vieille-Chapelle New Mil Cem (VIII.C.10) | - |
| 51 | 22nd September | TAYLOR | William | 2Lt | - | 27 | KIA | France | E of Bethune | Vieille-Chapelle New Mil Cem (VIII.C.19) | - |
| 52 | 23rd October | GARLAND | Francis Henry | 2Lt | - | - | KIA | France | Les Fourrieres, Haussy, NW of Le Cateau | St Aubert British Cemetery (III.A.21) | - |
| 53 | 26th October | BOWLAND | Conrad Cloutman | 2Lt | - | 25 | DOW | France | CCS at Awoingt, SE of Cambrai | Awoingt British Cemetery (I.D.29) | (8) |
| 54 | 28th October | EVANS | Lewis | Lt | MiD | - | DOI | France | Hospital at Boulogne | Terlincthun British Cemetery (VI.DS.57) | - |
| 55 | 30th October | CASTLE | Cottam Harry Hunt | Capt | - | 31 | DOI | UK | Hospital at London | Westbury-on-Trym (Holy Trinity) Churchyard | (9) |
| 56 | 3rd November | PHELPS | Leslie James | 2Lt | - | 29 | DOW | UK | Sir John Ellerman's Hospital, London | Treorchy Cemetery (U.A.181) | (10) |
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Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 8th Battalion (3 officers) |
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| 1 | 25th October 1916 | STEVEN | Archibald | 2Lt | - | - | KIA | France | "Stuff Redoubt", NE of Thiepval, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 5A and 6C) | Worcs Regt |
| 2 | 11th November 1916 | JENKINS | Richard | 2Lt | - | 24 | KIA | France | "Stuff Trench", NE of Thiepval, Somme | Thiepval Memorial (Pier & Face 13A & 14C) | Manchester Regt |
| 3 | 18th April 1918 | BUTLER | Edmund William | Major | MC | 26 | DOW | France | Hospital at Etaples | Etaples Military Cemetery (XXVIII.J.7) | (11) Life Guards |
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Notes: 1. CHILDE was wounded at NE of Festubert on 19th March 1916. 2. HAWKER was wounded at La Boisselle on 3rd July 1916. 3. COOK was wounded at Bazentin le Petit on 30th July 1916. 4. BOULTON was wounded at on . 5. HAWKINS was wounded at Oosttaverne on 7th June 1917. 6. ALLEN was wounded near Cambrai on 15th January 1918. 7. LLOYD was wounded near Neuve Eglise on 14th April 1918. 8. BOWLAND was wounded at Haussy on 23rd October 1918. 9. CASTLE was wounded at and was evacuated to UK where he developed pneumonia. 10. PHELPS was wounded near Haussy, River Selle, on 20th October 1918. 11. BUTLER was wounded near Neuve Eglise on 14th April 1918. |
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Battalion History |
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| Formed as a Service battalion in September 1914 at Bristol, as part of "K2". Full Title - 8th (Service) Battalion. Assigned to 57th Infantry Brigade, 19th (Western) Division. Arrived in France on 18th July 1915. | |||||||||||
| Served in France and Flanders (St Omer, Festubert, Somme, Ypres, Ancre, Messines ,Ypres, Cambrai, Arras, Champagne, and Cambrai). | |||||||||||
| Battalion was disbanded at Gloucester in May 1919. | |||||||||||
| Battle Honours, 23 earned at: France and Flanders 1915 - 1918, Aisne 1918, Ypres 1917, Somme 1916, 1918, Albert 1916, Pozieres, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1918, Messines 1917, 1918, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1918, St Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Bailleul, Kemmel, Hindenburg Lines, Selle, Sambre. | |||||||||||
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