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Roll of Honour and Biographies

Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War

Surnames - B          (62 officers)

 

BACK, Horace Aubrey

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 22nd September 1916.   Buried in Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz.   Aged 35.

 

BADCOCK, Minden Francis

Captain, MC.   2/5th Battalion attached to 9th Battalion East Surrey Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 27th March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

BAGHOT-DE LA BERE, Cyril John

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18th August 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 20.

 

BAILEY, Donald William

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 23.

 

BAINES, Henry Parkyns Bridge

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on 3rd February 1917.   Commemorated on Basra Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

BAKER, Hubert George

Second Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 17th August 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

BAKER, Sydney Harold

Major.   Attached to 12th Entrenching Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 37.

 

BAKER, Walter

Captain, MC.   14th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 23rd October 1917.   Buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, near Poperinghe.   Aged 21.

 

BAMBERGER, William Ewart Woodburn

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 16th August 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 26.

 

BANWELL, Leonard Henry

Second Lieutenant.   2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 3rd December 1917.   Commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

BARBER, Henry Cecil

Lieutenant.   Seconded to ?? Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force.   Lost at sea off Ireland aboard SS Umgeni on 9th November 1917.   Commemorated on Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.   Aged 32.

 

BARNES, John Edward Templeman

Captain.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on 3rd February 1917.   Commemorated on Basra Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

BARNETT, Charles Frederick Robert

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 19th April 1915.   Buried in Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery.   Aged 35.

 

BARON, Stephen Timmis

Second Lieutenant.   2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th December 1916.   Buried in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 25.

 

BARRATT, Harold Charles Edward

Second Lieutenant.   9th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Salonika on 18th May 1917.   Buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery.   Aged 21.

 

BASDELL, Frank George

Lieutenant, MiD.   2nd Battalion.   Lost at sea off Cape Vado, Italy on 4th May 1917 aboard SS Transylvania.   Commemorated on the Savona Memorial.   Aged 38.

 

BAYNES, Nigel William Francis

Major.   Formerly 1st Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 20th March 1915.   Buried in Marlow (St Peter’s) RC Churchyard.   Aged 37.

 

BEADELL, Alfred George

Second Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 13th April 1917.   Buried in Unicorn Cemetery, Vend’huile.   Aged 20.

 

BEALE, Robert Anthony

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 15th March 1917.   Buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery.   Aged 19.

 

BEAUMONT, Dudley Jonathan

Lieutenant.   Retired List.   Died of illness in UK on 24th November 1918.   Buried in Brookwood Cemetery.   Aged 41

 

BEAVON, Donald James

Second Lieutenant.   2/4th Battalion.    Killed in action in Belgium on 27th August 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 28.

 

BECK, Philip Henry Harcourt

Captain.   2/6th Battalion.   Attached to ?? Battalion Ox & Bucks Light Infantry.   Killed in action in France on 2nd April 1917.   Buried in Tertry Communal Cemetery.   Aged 27.

 

BEECROFT, William Henry

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1/7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers.   Killed in action in France on 22nd July 1918.   Buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery.   Aged 23.

 

BEER, Robert Alexander

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 4th October 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 26.

 

BELL, Leslie Harrison

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 58th Squadron Royal Air Force.   Killed in a flying accident in France on 26th September 1918.   Buried in Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery.   Aged 20.

 

BENNETT, Reginald

Second Lieutenant.   13th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 3rd September 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 27.

 

BERNARD, Henry Claude

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 3rd September 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

BIRD, Ernest Walter

Captain.   1/6th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 27th July 1916.   Buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 27.

 

BIRD, Raymond

Second Lieutenant.   1/4th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16th August 1916.   Buried in Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle.   Aged 25.

 

BLOCK, Frederick James

Major.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 22nd September 1918.   Buried in Hove Old Cemetery.   Aged 63.

 

BLOOMFIELD, Arthur Herbert

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 9th July 1917.   Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

BLYTH, Reginald Crommelin Popham

Captain.   Seconded to Egyptian Army attached to 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 4th June 1915.   Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.   Aged 37.

 

BOSANQUET, Graham Bromhead

Major, MC, MiD*, Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.   Attached to HQ 64th Infantry Brigade.   Killed in action in France on 1st July 1916.   Buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la-Boisselle.   Aged 31.

 

BOULTON, Arthur Vane

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 25th February 1917.   Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.   Aged 18.

 

BOULTON, Wallace Dawson

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on 20th April 1916.   Commemorated on Basra Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

BOWLAND, Conrad Cloutman

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 26th October 1918.   Buried in Awoingt British Cemetery.   Aged 25.

 

BOWYER-SMIJTH, Cedric Gray

Captain, MiD*.   Seconded to 3rd Battalion Nigeria Regiment, West African Field Force.   Killed in action in Cameroon, West Africa on 4th November 1915.   Aged 27.

 

BOYCE, Charles Wallace

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 61st Company Machine Gun Corps.   Killed in action in France on 24th October 1918.   Buried in Crucifix Cemetery, Vendegies-sur-Ecaillon.   Aged 31.

 

BRADBURY, Ernest Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Accidentally killed in France on 2nd April 1917.   Buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 29.

 

BRENAN, Byron Edward

Lieutenant.   2nd Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 18th April 1915.   Buried in Ypres Town Cemetery extension.   Aged 20.

 

BREWIS, Henry Wycliffe

Captain, MC.   Attached to 2/1st Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons.   Accidentally killed in Ireland on 4th June 1918.   Buried in Cheltenham Cemetery.   Aged 24.

Extract from the Supplement to the London Gazette, Issue 29760, dated 22nd September 1916

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Reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence

 

 Henry Wycliffe BREWIS was born at Islington, London on 8th May 1894.   His parent, Samuel and Emma Brewis later resided at "Mount Waltham", Netherhall Gardens, Camden and "Tiger Hall", Church Stretton, Salop.

He enlisted into the Army on 15th September 1914 as a Private soldier in the 19th (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools)  and was later  granted a commission in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 29th December 1914.   After training, he was posted to the 10th Battalion Gloucester Regiment and  departed  for France to join them on 24th October 1915, soon after the Battalion suffered grievous losses at the Battle of Loos.   He was promoted to Captain on 4th June 1916.

He served with the Battalion as a Company Commander during the Battle of the Somme and on 23rd July 1916 the Battalion attacked the German trenches at "Switch Line"  south of Martinpuich, as part of a general attack by the 1st Division.  Captain Brewis showed conspicuous gallantry in action leading his Company in taking enemy positions.   He was subsequently awarded a Military Cross which was promulgated in the London Gazette published on 22nd September 1916.

He was later posted for duty with 2/1st Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons based in Ireland and on 1st June 1918 was seriously injured in a road traffic accident at the village of Ballin.......... and was admitted to the Military Hospital at Fermoy, County Cork.  He subsequently died as a result of these injuries on 4th June 1918.

He was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery in a War Graves plot on 8th June 1918.   Subsequently, his sisters Eleanor and Robina were buried in the same plot.   He was 24 years of age.

WO 339/5156

 

BRIDGES, Fleming Hardy

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 10th April 1918.   Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

BRIEN, Charles

Second Lieutenant.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 27th August 1916.   Buried in Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval.   Aged 23. 

 

BRIGGS, Geoffrey Featherstone

Lieutenant.   2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th July 1916.   Buried in Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue.   Aged 19.

 

BRINDAL, Gladstone

Second Lieutenant.   1/6th Battalion.   Died of wounds on 24th March 1916.   Buried in St Marie Cemetery, Le Havre.   Aged 32.

 

BRITTEN, Arthur Herbert

Lieutenant, MC.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 14th April 1918.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

BRODIGAN, Francis John

Captain.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th May 1915.   Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial.   Aged 31.

 

BROWN, Alan Francis Donald

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th September 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

BROWN, Francis Ferguson

Second Lieutenant.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 24th April 1917.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

BROWN, Lawrence Clerke

Lieutenant, MiD.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 11th October 1915.   Commemorated on Loos Memorial.   Aged 23.

 

BROWNING, Edwin Ormonde

Second Lieutenant.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Mesopotamia (Iraq) on 20th April 1916.   Commemorated on Basra Memorial.   Aged 23.

 

BRUTON, Basil Vassar

Captain, MiD.   1/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in Italy on 15th June 1918.   Buried in Boscon British Cemetery.   Aged 39.

 

BRYANT, Alan

Lieutenant Colonel, DSO, MiD.   Commanding Officer 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers.   Killed in action in Belgium on 17th October 1917.   Buried in Talana Farm Cemetery, near Boesinghe.   Aged 48.

 

BUGLER, Leonard Herbert

Second Lieutenant.   2/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 2nd April 1918.   Buried in Bristol (Shirehampton) Cemetery.   Aged 24.

 

BURGES, George Herbert

Colonel.   Commanding Officer 3rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 6th August 1919.   Buried in Warfield (St Michael’s) Churchyard Extension.   Aged 54.

 

BURGES, Walter Travers

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th May 1917.   Commemorated on Arras Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

BURNABY, Eustace Hotham

Captain.   7th Battalion.   Killed in action in Gallipoli on 5th August 1915.   Commemorated on Helles Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

BURTON, Charles Arthur

Second Lieutenant.   13th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

BUSH, Hugh Godfrey De Lisle

Lieutenant, MC, MiD.   Half-Pay List formerly 1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 17th January 1917.   Buried in Eastington (St Michael’s and All Angels) Churchyard.   Aged 24.

 

BUTT, Charles Edward

Second Lieutenant.   Formerly 10th Battalion attached to ??th Battalion Rifle Brigade.   Killed in action in France on 4th April 1918.   Buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.   Aged 23.

 

BUTT, Harry Alfred

Captain.   14th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th June 1916.   Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue.   Aged 40.

 

BYERS, Richard Knight

Captain.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 20th July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 20.

 

 

 

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