Roll of Honour Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War Surnames - W              (25 officers)

 

WAKELEY, John Eric Stanley

Second Lieutenant, MiD.   1^st Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 9^th September 1916.   Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe.   Aged 20.

 

WALKER, Victor

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 7^th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment.   Killed in action in France on 4^th April 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

WALLER, Thomas Henry Whalley

Lieutenant.   14^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 22^nd October 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

WALTERS, Edward Charles

Second Lieutenant.   1^st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 22^nd December 1914.   Buried in Brown’s Road Military Cemetery, Festubert.   Aged 24.

 

WALTERS, Ernest Beauchamp

Lieutenant.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30^th July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 21.

 

WARD, Francis Welsford

Captain.   1/4^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 9^th October 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 30.

 

WARNER, Thornton Sparr

Captain.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23^rd July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

WARREN, Ivan John

Second Lieutenant.   1^st Battalion.   Died of wounds in Belgium on 8^th March 1918.  Buried in Haringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery.   Aged 26.

 

WEBB, Jack Purnell

Captain.   12^th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 22^nd August 1918.   Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt.   Aged 25.

 

WEBSTER, Frank Augustus

Second Lieutenant, MC.   1/4^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Italy on 1^st November 1918.   Buried in Granezza British Cemetery.   Aged 23.

 

WHIFFIN, Hartley Allen

Lieutenant.   10^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25^th September 1915.     Buried in St Mary’s ADS Cemetery, Haisnes.   Aged 38.

 

WHYATT, Albert Allen

Second Lieutenant.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 30^th May 1918.   Commemorated on Soissons Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

WIGGIN, Douglas Holme

Lieutenant.   1^st Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 23^rd December 1914.   Buried in Lillers Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 19.

 

WILKINS, Mervyn Sydney

Lieutenant.   1/6^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Italy on 16^th June 1918.   Buried in Magnaboschi British Cemetery.   Aged 25.

 

WILLOUGHBY, Edwin Charles

Captain.   7^th Battalion.   Died of wounds at Gallipoli on 8^th August 1915.   Commemorated on the Helles Memorial.   Aged 34.

 

WINTERBOTHAM, Cyril William

Lieutenant.   1/5^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 27^th August 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 29.

 

WOMAR, Frederick

Second Lieutenant.   14^th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 22^nd October 1917.   Commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial.   Aged 29.

 

WOOD, David Cardale

Second Lieutenant.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23^rd July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 28.

 

WOOD, William Bryan

Second Lieutenant.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23^rd July 1916.   Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

WOODFORD, Charles Basil Stanley

Second Lieutenant.   1/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 22^nd August 1916.   Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

WOODWARD, Sydney Forest

Second Lieutenant, MM.   1/5^th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 19^th October 1918.   Buried in Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 22.

 

WOOKEY, William Nehemiah

Captain, MiD.   Attached to 11^th Trench Mortar Battery.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26^th July 1917.   Buried in La Laiterie Military Cemetery, near Kemmel.   Aged ??.

 

WORTHINGTON, Richard Fitzpatrick

Captain.   2/5^th Battalion.   Died of wounds in UK on 4^th May 1917.   Buried in Lower Cam (St Bartholomew) Churchyard.   Aged 36.

 

WRIGHT, Joseph Herbert

Captain, MC.   8^th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25^th March 1918.   Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.   Aged 33.

 

WYATT, John

Second Lieutenant.   2/5th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 25^th October 1918.   Buried in Vertain Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 26.

 

Notes:

1.   WOODFORD should be commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

 

 

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