Roll of Honour Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Surnames - D          (21 officers)

 

DAINTON, Howard Hillier

Second Lieutenant.  Attached to 7^th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).   Died of wounds in France on 5^th April 1918.   Buried in Picquigny British Cemetery.   Aged 32.

 

DANCKWERTS, Richard William

Lieutenant.   1^st Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 22^nd December 1914.   Buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert.   Aged 21.

 

DANN, Wilfred

Second Lieutenant.   12^th Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 30^th October 1917.   Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.   Aged 30.

 

DANNE, Arthur William Brian

Lieutenant.   13^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30^th March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 20.

 

DARCH, Stanley Percival

Second Lieutenant.   10^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 22^nd April 1916.   Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.   Aged 23.

 

DAVIS, Sidney Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   2/5^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 22^nd August 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 25.

 

DAY, Herbert James

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 11^th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Died of wounds in France on 8^th August 1917.   Buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.   Aged 30.

 

DEACON, Stanley Alfred

Second Lieutenant.   10^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 28^th February 1917.   Buried in Assevillers New British Cemetery.   Aged 24.

 

DENNY, Thomas David William

Lieutenant, MM.   3^rd (Reserve) Battalion.   Died of illness in UK on 6^th March 1919.   Buried in Bearsted (Holy Cross) Churchyard.   Aged 28.

 

DESPREZ, Warwick Haynes

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 7^th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).   Killed in action in France on 24^th August 1918.   Buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 23.

 

DEWDNEY, Clifford Mostyn French

Captain, MiD.   Attached to 7^th Battalion Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment).   Killed in action in France on 4^th April 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

DICKINSON, Herbert

Captain, MC.   Attached to 2^nd Battalion Middlesex Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 27^th May 1918.   Commemorated on Soissons Memorial.   Aged 38.

 

DILLON, George Charles Tracey

Second Lieutenant.   1/6^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23^rd July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 29.

 

DODGSHON, Angus John Charles

Lieutenant.   2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 10^th November 1917.   Buried in Sunken Road cemetery, Fampoux.   Aged 22.

 

DOWN, Robert Hayward

Lieutenant.   1/4^th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 17^th August 1916.   Buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery.   Aged 28.

 

DRAKE, Percy Albert

Second Lieutenant.   13^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 13^th October 1916.   Buried in Lonsdale Cemetery, Authuile.   Aged 26.

 

DREW, Richard William

Second Lieutenant.   12^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25^th June 1918.   Buried in Aval Wood Military Cemetery, Vieux-Berquin.   Aged 20.

 

DUGGAN, Joseph Henry William

Second Lieutenant.   Seconded to 20^th Squadron Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in aerial action over France on 6^th November 1917.   Commemorated on Arras Flying Services Memorial.   Aged 27.

 

DUNCAN, Stuart

Captain.   Attached to 2^nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment.   Killed in action in Belgium on 13^th November 1914.   Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.   Aged 49.

 

DURANT, Norman

Lieutenant.   1^st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 12^th March 1916.   Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay.   Aged 22.

 

DURRANT, Dudley Garton

Second Lieutenant.   1/5^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 16^th August 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 23.

 

 

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