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

Whilst Serving With

8th (Service) Battalion   -   56 officers
No Date SURNAME Forenames Rank Decs Age Cause Country Location and Sector Cemetery/Memorial Notes

1916  (28 officers)
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) -

1917  (9 officers)
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) -

1918  (19 officers)
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)

Officers of Other Regiments Attached to 8th Battalion   (3 officers)
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
 

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.
 

Battalion History
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.
 

Page last updated: 30th May 2010

 

| Home Page | Abbreviations | Acknowledgements and References | Analysis | Biographies | Cemeteries and Memorials |

| Commonwealth War Graves Commission | Gloucestershire Regiment in the Great War | Honours and Awards | Roll of Honour by Surname |

| Roll of Honour by Year | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 - 1921 |

| Roll of Honour by Unit | 1st Battalion | 2nd Battalion | 3rd (Res) Battalion | 1/4th Battalion | 2/4th Battalion | 1/5th Battalion | 2/5th Battalion |

| 1/6th Battalion | 2/6th Battalion | 7th Battalion | 8th Battalion | 9th Battalion | 10th Battalion | 12th Battalion | 13th Battalion | 14th Battalion | Detached to Other Regiments | Non-Active Lists | Attached Officers |

| Links | Site Map |