Roll of Honour Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Surnames - B       (62 officers)

 

BACK, Horace Aubrey

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

 

BADCOCK, Minden Francis

Captain, MC.   2/5^th Battalion attached to 9^th 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.   10^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 18^th August 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 20.

 

BAILEY, Donald William

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

 

BAINES, Henry Parkyns Bridge

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

 

BAKER, Hubert George

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

 

BAKER, Sydney Harold

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

 

BAKER, Walter

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

 

BAMBERGER, William Ewart Woodburn

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

 

BANWELL, Leonard Henry

Second Lieutenant.   2/6^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 3^rd 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 9^th November 1917.   Commemorated on Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton.   Aged 32.

 

BARNES, John Edward Templeman

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

 

BARNETT, Charles Frederick Robert

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

 

BARON, Stephen Timmis

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

 

BARRATT, Harold Charles Edward

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

 

BASDELL, Frank George

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

 

BAYNES, Nigel William Francis

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

 

BEADELL, Alfred George

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

 

BEALE, Robert Anthony

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

 

BEAUMONT, Dudley Jonathan

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

 

BEAVON, Donald James

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

 

BECK, Philip Henry Harcourt

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

 

BEECROFT, William Henry

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

 

BEER, Robert Alexander

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

 

BELL, Leslie Harrison

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

 

BENNETT, Reginald

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

 

BERNARD, Henry Claude

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

 

BIRD, Ernest Walter

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

 

BIRD, Raymond

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

 

BLOCK, Frederick James

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

 

BLOOMFIELD, Arthur Herbert

Second Lieutenant.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 9^th 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 4^th June 1915.   Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.   Aged 37.

 

BOSANQUET, Graham Bromhead

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

 

BOULTON, Arthur Vane

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

 

BOULTON, Wallace Dawson

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

 

BOWLAND, Conrad Cloutman

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

 

BOWYER-SMIJTH, Cedric Gray

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

 

BOYCE, Charles Wallace

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

 

BRADBURY, Ernest Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   12^th Battalion.   Died of accidental wounds in France on 2^nd May 1917.   Buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 29.

 

BRENAN, Byron Edward

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

 

BREWIS, Henry Wycliffe

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

 

BRIDGES, Fleming Hardy

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

 

BRIEN, Charles

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

 

BRIGGS, Geoffrey Featherstone

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

 

BRINDAL, Gladstone

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

 

BRITTEN, Arthur Herbert

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

 

BRODIGAN, Francis John

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

 

BROWN, Alan Francis Donald

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

 

BROWN, Francis Ferguson

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

 

BROWN, Lawrence Clerke

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

 

BROWNING, Edwin Ormonde

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

 

BRUTON, Basil Vassar

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

 

BRYANT, Alan

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

 

BUGLER, Leonard Herbert

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

 

BURGES, George Herbert

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

 

BURGES, Walter Travers

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

 

BURNABY, Eustace Hotham

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

 

BURTON, Charles Arthur

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

 

BUSH, Hugh Godfrey De Lisle

Lieutenant, MC, MiD.   3rd (Reserve) Battalion attached to 1st Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 17^th January 1917.   Buried in Eastington (St Michael’s and All Angels) Churchyard.   Aged 24.

 

BUTT, Charles Edward

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

 

BUTT, Harry Alfred

Captain.   14^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8^th June 1916.   Buried in Pont-du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue.   Aged 48.

 

BYERS, Richard Knight

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

 

Notes:

1.   Total 62 officers.

 

 

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