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Roll of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With |
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9th (Service) Battalion - 6 Officers |
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Roll of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With |
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9th (Service) Battalion - 6 Officers |
| No | Date | SURNAME | Forenames | Rank | Decs | Age | Cause | Country | Location | Cemetery/Memorial | Notes |
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1914 (1 officer) |
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| 1 | 3rd November | McARTHUR | Hugh Dayrell | 2Lt | - | 26 | A | UK | Bristol | Brookwood (UK 1914-1918) Memorial | (1) |
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1917 (3 officers) |
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| 2 | 6th March | IRWIN | Richard Nynian | Lt | - | 19 | KIA | Greece | W of Doljeli, SW of Lake Doiran, N of Salonika | Karasouli Military Cemetery (C.565) | - |
| 3 | 26th April | GRIFFITHS | Walter Edward Lambourn | Capt | - | 22 | KIA | Greece | Jumeaux Ravine, S of Doiran, N of Salonika | Karasouli Military Cemetery (A.109) | - |
| 4 | 18th May | BARRATT | Harold Charles Edward | 2Lt | - | 21 | DOW | Greece | Hospital at Salonika | Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery (O.35) | (2) |
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1918 (2 officers) |
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| 5 | 29th October | HOWARD | Gilbert Gordon | Lt | - | 21 | DOW | France | CCS at Roisel | Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension (I.E.15) | (3) |
| 6 | 23rd December | HAWKER | Albert Victor | Lt | - | 26 | DOI | France | Hospital at Marseilles | Mazargues War Cemetery, Marseilles (III.B.51) | - |
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Notes: 1. McARTHUR was killed in an accident at Bristol (Temple Meads) Railway Station. 2. BARRATT was wounded near "Hampshire Ridge", Lake Doiran on 8th May 1917. 3. HOWARD was wounded near Le Cateau on 27th October 1918. |
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Battalion History |
| Formed at Bristol as a Service battalion in September 1914, as part of "K3". Full Title - 9th (Service) Battalion. Assigned to 78th Infantry Brigade, 26th Division. Arrived in France on 21st September 1915. |
| Served in France and Flanders (Amiens), then departed for Salonika arriving 25th November 1915. Served at Tumba, Doiran, Doljeji, Jumeaux Ravine. Returned to France and Flanders on16th July 1918 assigned to 198th Infantry Brigade, 66th Division. Became Pioneer Battalion to 66th Division on 22nd September 1918 and served at Cambrai and The Selle. |
| Battalion was disbanded on the Rhine in November 1919. |
| Battle Honours - 6, earned at: France and Flanders 1915-1918, Macedonia 1915-1918, Cambrai 1918, Hindenburg Line, Selle, Doiran 1917. |
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