The Debt Of Honour Register

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) was established by Royal Charter in 1917, and pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two World Wars.   It is a non-profit-making organisation that was founded by Sir Fabian Ware.

The CWGC's principles are:

  • Each of the dead should be commemorated by name on the headstone or memorial.
  • Headstones and memorials should be permanent.
  • Headstones should be uniform.
  • There should be no distinction made of account of military or civil rank, race or creed.

Since its inception, the Commission has constructed 2,500 war cemeteries and plots, erecting headstones over graves and, in instances where the remains are missing, inscribing the names of the dead on permanent memorials.   Over one million casualties are now commemorated at military and civil sites in some 150 countries.

Together with the tasks of structural and horticultural maintenance, the CWGC is charged with keeping records of the 1.75 million Commonwealth war dead.   At each cemetery and memorial you will find a register showing the service details and, in some cases, family details, of the men and women buried or commemorated there.   Much of the Commission’s day-to-day work is concerned with maintaining the integrity of the casualty database, the electronic version of the records, which can be accessed via the Debt of Honour Register (DoHR).

Many apparent inaccuracies in the records of Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment have been found in the DoHR and, for some reason, one officer (2Lt McArthur) was found not to have been commemorated.   This has now been rectified.   The task as the website is progressed is to investigate and report these errors  to the CWGC.

Below is a brief summary of apparent inaccuracies discovered so far and the action taken.

Name Apparent Inaccuracy Date Reported to CWGC Date DoHR Amended by CWGC
ALCOCK, Alfred 2Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect units recorded. 27th April 2011 10th May 2011
ALLISON, Thomas McGregor Major, 12th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
ARNOT, Colin 2Lt, 2/5th Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect date of death, incorrect unit and commemorated on incorrect Memorial 10th February 2006

9th August 2010

(CWGC will continue to  commemorate 2Lt Arnot on Tyne Cot Memorial though he should be listed on the Pozieres Memorial)

BADCOCK, Minden Francis Capt, 2/5th Bn Glos Regt.  Scanning error in address of NOK. 18th May 2007 5th March 2008
BAGHOT - DE LA BERE, Cyril John Lt, 10 Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error in address of NOK. June 2006 August 2006
BAKER, Walter Capt, 14th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MC. 7th February 2008 29th May 2008
BASDELL, Frank George 2Lt, 2nd Bn Glos Regt.   Actual rank and unit, and awarded MiD. 31st August and 1st October 2007 28th April 2008
BOSANQUET, Graham Bromhead Major, 1st Bn Glos Regt (actually att to 64th Inf Bde). Twice awarded MiD. 23rd November 2007 and 9th February 2008  
BOSANQUET, Graham Bromhead Major, 1st Bn Glos Regt (actually att to HQ 64th Inf Bde).    
BOWYER-SMIJTH, Cedric Gray Capt, att Nigeria Regt.   Incorrect spelling of surname (recorded as BOWYER-SMITH). 1st October 2007

26th March 2008

(Rejected)

BOWYER-SMIJTH, Cedric Gray Capt, att Nigeria Regt.   Awarded MiD. 7th February 2008  
BRADBURY, Ernest Alfred 2Lt, 12th Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect date of death. 7th October 2008 and 10th January 2011 January 2011
BRENAN, Byron Edward 2Lt, 2nd Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect rank and date of death. 1st September 2007 16th October 2007
BROWN, Lawrence Clerke Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Inaccurate spelling of Christian names. 24th November 2007 14th March 2008
BROWN, Lawrence Clerke Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 9th February 2008  
BRYANT, Alan Lt Col, att to Northumberland Fusiliers.   Twice awarded MiD. 29th January and 12th March 2008  
BUSH, Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Lt, 3rd att 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Correct name of Churchyard and grave location. 22nd November 2007 18th January 2008
BUSH, Hugh Godfrey De Lisle Lt, 3rd att 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 23rd November 2007  
CAPEL CURE, Basil Alfred Capt, 2nd Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error in address of NOK. 1st October 2008 19th March 2009
CONNER, Richard Major, 2nd Bn Glos Regt.   No unit (2nd Bn Glos Regt) recorded and grave reference. 24th November 2007 19th March 2008
DAVIS, Sidney Alfred 2Lt, 5th Bn Glos Regt.   2/5th Bn at time of death.    
DEWDNEY, Clifford Mostyn French Capt, att Royal West Kent Regt.   Awarded MiD. 23rd January 2008 March 2011
DEWDNEY, Clifford Mostyn French Capt, att Royal West Kent Regt.   Awarded C de G. 3rd January 2011 March 2011
DRAKE, Percy Alfred 2Lt, 11th (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 13th Bn Glos Regt at time at death. 8th August 2007 8th November 2010
EDWARDS, Cuthbert Capt, att Royal West Kent Regt.   Incorrectly recorded as Glos Regt  (actually Army Service Corps) 7th January 2008 28th April 2008
EDWARDS, Harold Wellstone Hurst Capt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect spelling of Wellstone. 9th October 2007 17th January 2008
EVANS, Lewis Lt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
FITZGERALD, Thomas David 2Lt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 9th February 2008  
FULLERTON, John Kenneth Capt, 1/6th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
GARDNER, Robert MacGregor Stewart Major, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Award of MiD. 3rd March 2008  
GUISE, Henry George Christopher Lt, 1/5th Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect rank and age. 1st October 2008  
HARRYMAN, Sydney 2Lt, Glos Regt att RFC.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
HART, Reginald Munro Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error of middle name (as Monro) 26th October 2008 6 January 2009
HAWKER, Frederick James 2Lt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
HILLIER, Geoffrey Stuart Drummond Capt, 13th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 17th November 2007  
HOWMAN, Henry Roger Major, 13th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 17th November 2007  
HUDDY, Edward 2Lt, 11th (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 12th Bn Glos Regt at time at death. 6th August 2007 7th September 2007
HUDSON, Leslie Sidney 2Lt, att RFC.   Incorrect date of death. 11th February 2010 15th June 2010
INGLIS, Arthur McCulloch Major, Glos Regt and Tank Corps.   DOI in UK on 12th March1919.   Run down state of (civilian) grave reported. 21st October 2004

22nd November 2004 and

30th September 2010

INGLIS, Arthur McCulloch Major, Glos Regt and Tank Corps.   DOI in UK on 12th March1919.   Awarded MiD. 23rd August 2010 28th September 2010
IRWIN, Richard Nynian Lt, 9th Bn Glos Regt.   Incorrect spelling of second christian name. 1st October 2008 Rejected
JONES, Hugh Capt, 13th Bn Glos Regt.   Location of grave in Lydney (St Mary's) Churchyard. 7th January 2008 and 9th April 2008 15th April 2008
LAVERTON, F K Lt, att RFC.   Incorrect date of death. 24th May 2010 25th June 2010
LAWRENCE, Frank Helier 2Lt, 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 1st  Bn Glos Regt at time at death. 8th August 2007 8th November 2010
LE MOTTEE, Edward D'Albret Major, att HQ 9th Div.   Awarded MiD. 9th January and 3rd March 2008  
LLOYD, James Capt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 23rd January 2008  
LOVETT, Alfred Crowdy Brig, Gen Staff.   Awarded MiD. 23rd November 2007  
MALLETT, P F H Capt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.  Scanning error in address of NOK. 17th November 2007 14th January 2008
MALLETT, P F H Capt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.  Awarded MiD. 17th November 2007  
McARTHUR, Hugh Dayrell 2Lt, 9th Bn Glos Regt.   Accidentally killed at Bristol on 3rd November 1914.   Not included in DoHR 17th November 2007

7th February 2008

Now included in DoHR.

NOTT, Henry Paton Lt, 1/6th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 9th February 2008  
NOTT, Thomas Walker Lt Col, 1/6th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
OLDS, Cyril Austin 2Lt, 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt.  Serving with 1st Bn Glos Regt at time at death.   (See below) 6th August 2007 7th September 2007
OLDS, Cyril Austin 2Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Should be commemorated on Loos Memorial. 25th February 2008 Rejected
POOLE, Arthur George Capt, Seconded to Cambridge University.   Incorrect date of death and rank. 27th March 2008

7th October 2008

(Change of rank rejected)

PRESTON, John Alec Stanley Lt, 11th (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 2nd Bn Glos Regt at time at death. 8th August 2007 8th November 2010
PRICHARD, Edgar Albert Major, TF Reserve, Glos Regt.  No grave location recorded. 7th January 2008  
PRITCHETT, Walter Penrose Capt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 23rd November 2007  
RAWLINGS, Cyril William Ernest 2Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.  Attached to 1/5th Bn Glos Regt at time of death. 20th April 2007 5th March 2008
RISING, Robert Edward Major, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error in address of NOK. 14th January 2008 31st March 2008
RISING, Robert Edward Major, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD.

23rd November 2007

7th October 2008

ROBERTS, Gerard Chipchase Lt Col, 14th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
ROGERS, Alfred Morris 2Lt, 15th (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 2nd Bn Devon Regt at time of death.

6th August 2007

5th November 2007

ROGERS, Godfrey Marcus 2Lt, 12th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 7th January 2008  
SELLMAN, Edgar Nevil Newmarch 2Lt, 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt att to 1/5th Bn Ox & Bucks LI.  Name incorrectly recorded as SELMAN. 17th November 2007 14th January 2008
SLADE, Ernest Cowper Lt Col, att 8th Bn Glos Regt    Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
STAGG, Alfred Charles 2Lt, 11th (Res) Bn Glos Regt.  Serving with 14th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers at time at death. 8th August 2007 8th November 2010
STEPHENSON, Eric Seymour Capt, att to HQ MEFAwarded MiD* 4th March 2008 7th October 2008
THORNTON, Leonard Neville 2Lt, 10th Bn Glos Regt.  Scanning error in address of NOK. 19th January 2008 19th March 2008
TULLOH, George Swinton Lt Col, 2nd Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 23rd November 2007  
VAISEY, Guy Maddison 2Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Award and citation for Albert Medal (AM) 7th January 2008

8th May 2008

(Award only)

VASSALL, Phillips Saumarez Capt, 7th Bn Glos Regt.   Spelling of Christian names. 22nd November 2007 and 7th March 2008 25th August 2010
VASSALL, Phillips Saumarez Capt, 7th Bn Glos Regt.   Twice awarded MiD. 3rd January 2011  
VENABLES, Charles John Major, 7th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 3rd March 2008  
VICK, Edward 2Lt, 8 Bn Glos Regt.   Inaccurate spelling of NOK name. June 2006 August 2006
VOLLER, Herbert William 2Lt, 10th Bn Glos Regt.  Scanning error in grave reference.

19th January 2008

19th March 2008

WIGGIN, Douglas Holme 2Lt, 1st Bn Glos Regt.   Rank may have been Lt. 19th January 2008

21st May 2008

Rejected

WILKINS, Mervyn Sydney Lt, 1/6th Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error in address of NOK. 1st October 2008 19th March 2009
WILLOUGHBY, Edwin Charles Capt, 7th Bn Glos Regt.  Scanning error in address of NOK.

22nd November 2007

17th January 2008

WOMAR, Frederick Lt, 3rd (Res) Bn Glos Regt.   Serving with 14th Bn Glos Regt at time at death. 8th August 2007 8th November 2010
WOOKEY, William Nehemiah Capt, 8th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 20th October 2007  
YOUNG, Wilfrid Henry 2Lt, 1/6th Bn Glos Regt.   Scanning error in address of NOK. 1st October 2008 23rd  March 2009

Officers Attached To Gloucestershire Regiment

BURNS, Arthur George McCausland Capt, 2nd Bn East Surrey Regt.   Att to 2nd Bn Glos Regt at time of death. 9th January 2008 15th April 2008
CLARK, A V Lt, Gen List att to 7th Bn Glos Regt.   Awarded MiD. 13th February 2008  
KIRKLAND, James Towers Capt, RAMC.   No record of attachment to 1st Bn Glos Regt. 9th January 2008 29th May 2008
       

 

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