GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OFFICERS KILLED 1915
Lieutenant ELPHINSTONE
D'OYLY
APLIN - Died of wounds 13th may 1915 - 2nd Battalion
Born
14th
June 1892, Upnor Castle, Rochester. Commissioned February
1913. Wounded in action 9th May at Frezenberg Ridge and died at
No.3 Casualty Clearing Station, France. Aged 22. Son of
Lieut-Colonel Hugh Morgan Alpin (Royal Naval Ordnance Dept.) and
Annie, of Devon. Buried at Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord.
2nd
Lieutenant CHARLES FREDERICK ROBERT BARNETT - Killed in action 20th
April 1915
- 1/5th
Battalion
'A'
Company. Educated at Eton and
Christ Church, Oxford. Aged 35 years. Son of F. Barnett, of
Abingdon, Berkshire. Joined the army 4th August 1914. Left
widow,
Cicely and 4 children. Lived and worked in Gloucester. Buried at
Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery, Comies-Warneton, Hainaut.
Major NIGEL
WILLIAM FRANCIS BAYNES - Died 19th March 1915 - 1st
Battalion
Born
21st March 1878. Commissioned 1900. Served in the Boer War.
Severely wounded 21st December 1914 at Festubert. Died of
pneumonia 19th march 1915, aged 37. Husband of the late Gladys.
Buried at Marlow R.C. Churchyard, Buckinghamshire.
Captain REGINALD
CROMMELIN
POPHAM BLYTH - Killed in action 4th June 1915 - 1st Battalion
Attached to 2nd Royal Fusiliers. Son of Rev.
George Francis Popham Blyth (Bishop in Jerusalem) and Norah, of
Bexhill-on-Sea. Born 24th June 1877, in Darjeeling, India.
Educated at Bresnoe College, Oxford. Served in South Africa
1899-1900. Married Norah Popham, 2nd August 1911, one son,
Lionel
born 16th June 1912. Attached to the Egyptian Army under the
Sudan Government from 1908 - 1915. Listed on the Helles
Memorial,
Turkey.
Captain CEDRIC
GRAY BOWYER-SMITH - Died 4th November 1915 - Glosters
Attached to the 3rd Bn. Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier
Force. Son of Annie and the late Edmund. Listed on the Calabar
Memorial, Nigeria.
2nd
Lieutenant BYRON EDWARD BRENAN - Killed 18th April 1915 - 3rd Battalion
Attached
to 2nd Battalion. Born 22nd March 1895, in Hong Kong. Son of
Edward and Marion, of Bath. Commissioned August 1914, 3rd
Battalion. Killed whilst repairing trenches damaged by shell
fire, near Ypres. Aged 20. Buried at Ypres Town Cemetery
Extension, Ieper.
Captain FRANCIS
JOHN
BRODIGAN - Killed in action 9th May 1915 - 1st Battalion
Killed at Aubers Ridge. Aged 31. Son of the late Colonel Francis
Brodigan (28th Foot) and Alice, of Drogheda, Co. Meath. Listed
on
the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais.
Lieutenant
LAWRENCE CLERKE BROWN - Killed 11th October 1915 -
Listed on the Loos Memorial.
Captain EUSTACE
HOTHAM
BURNABY - Killed in action 5th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Son
of Colonel Burnaby, of Inverness. Listed
on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Lieutenant
FREDERICK ALEXANDER CARNEGY - Killed in action 13th October
1915 - 10th Battalion
Born
21st July 1895, in Dublin. Killed at
Loos. Aged 20. Son of Rose and the late Major Harry George
Carnegy (Indian Army and Bombay Political Service), of Clifton.
Listed on the Loos Memorial.
2nd
Lieutenant GEORGE EGERTON CLAIRMONTE - Killed in action 26th
September 1915 - 1st Battalion
Born 24th November 1895, The Rectory Cottage, Chesam, Bucks.
Killed at Bois Hugo, Loos. Aged 19. Son of Egerton Clairmonte,
of
London and Mary Chavelita (the author 'George Egerton').
Educated
at Basle, Switzerland and Sandhurst. Qualified as 1st Class
Machine Gun Instructor. Commanded the regiments machine gun
section. Buried at Loos British Cemetery.
Major RICHARD
CONNER -
Died of wounds 7th September 1915 - 2nd
Battalion
Born 29th December 1868, in Ballybricken, Monkstown, co. Cork.
Son of Captain Daniel Connor (Royal Marine Light Infantry) and
Emily Berger. Educated at Sandhurst. Commissioned to Glosters
1888. Served in South Africa (MID, wounded). Wounded and
captured
at Ypres. Exchanged POW and died in London.
2nd
Lieutenant ROBERT JOHN CROFT - Killed in action 21st
March 1915
- 2nd
Battalion
Buried at Dickebusch Military Cemetery, Ieper.
Lieutenant
EDAWRD CHARLES ELLIS - Killed in action 7th August
1915 - 11th Battalion
Attached 15th Bn. Royal Munster Fusiliers. Aged 26. Son of
Robert
and Elizabeth Ellis, of Co. Cork. Buried at Twelve Tree Copse
Cemetery, Turkey.
2nd
Lieutenant GEORGE WALTON FIELD - Killed in action 25th
September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged 19. Son of Arthur Field, of Moseley, Birmingham. Buried at
St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes.
Lieutenant
EVELYN ARTHUR ATHERLEY FORREST - Died 9th December 1915 - 11th Battalion
Attached 7th Bn. Aged 23. Son of Colonel G. Forrest (late
Hampshire Regt. and Commandant of the Duke of York's Royal
Military School, Chelsea) and Olive, of Bath. Buried at Pieta
Military Cemetery, Malta.
2nd
Lieutenant ERIC COE GEORGE - Died 15th September
1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged 19 years. Son of William and Elizabeth, of Bristol.
Accidently shot in the stomach whilst hunting rats in a gun
emplacement. Died same day at No.1 Casualty Clearing
Station, Chocques. Buried at Chocques Military Cemetery, Pas de
Calais.
Captain WILLIAM
KING
GEORGE - Killed in action 25th January 1915 - 3rd Battalion
Attached 1st Bn, 'D' company. Killed near La Bassee the same
time
as Captain Richmond. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy.
Captain IVAN
RICHARD GIBBS - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Born
6th July 1892, in Cheltenham. Son of W.H. Gibbs. Educated at
Jesus College, Oxford (BA History). Commissioned September 1914.
Killed at Loos, aged 24 years. Buried at St. Mary's A.D.S.
Cemetery, Haisnes. (His brother, Edgar, was killed in December
1917)
Lieutenant AMYAS
LEIGH
GOLDIE - Killed in action 6th August 1915 - 11th Battalion
Aattached 4th Worcesters. Aged 36. Son of Colonel Mark and Amy
Goldie, of Southsea, Hants. Listed on the Helles Memorial,
Turkey.
Lieutenant CHARLES
STIRLING
WALTER GREENLAND - Killed 2nd may 1915 - 2nd battalion
Aged
23. Born 22nd July 1892, Ashford,
Kent. Commissioned September 1911. Wounded near Ypres, he was on
the way to a dressing station when he was killed by a shell. He
was to have been married in September 1914. Buried in Bedford
House Cemetery, Zillebeke.
2nd
Lieutenant HENRY GEORGE CHRISTOPHER GUISE - Killed 6th May 1915 - 1/5th Territorial
Battalion
'C'
Company.
Born 16th May 1893. Commissioned August 1914. Killed by
accidental explosion of a hand grenade. Aged 27. Son of William
Guise, of Gloucester. Buried at Ploegsteert Wood Military
Cemetery.
Lieutenant HENRY
MALCOLM
HARRISON - Died of wounds 19th March 1915 - 2nd Battalion
Wounded near St. Eloi. Husband of Mary Harrison of Wyke House,
Isleworth, Middlesex. Buried at Dickenbusch Military Cemetery,
Ieper.
2nd Lieutenant
JOHN CHARLES SIMEON HASLOCK - Died of wounds 25th November
1915 - 7th Battalion
Listed on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Lieutenant
MALCOM CAVAGNARI NORTON HERBERT - Died of wounds
2nd January 1915 - 1st Battalion
Severley wounded near Givenchy on the 22nd December 1914. Aged
19. Son of Brigadier General L. Herbert, C.B. and Ida, of Hove,
Sussex. Buried at Lillers Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
Captain PAGET
GEORGE IRVINE - Died of wounds 26th November 1915 - 1/6th Battalion
Aged 39. Son of the late Surgeon-Major George Irvine and Mary.
Buried at Hebuterne Military Cemetery.
2nd Lieutenant
GEOFFREY ROBERT JOHNSON - Died 7th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Aged 22. Son of Robert and Lilian Johnson, of Colwyn Bay. Listed
on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
2nd
Lieutenant FRANK HELIER LAWRENCE - Killed in action 9th
May 1915 - 3rd Battalion
Attached
1st Battalion. Born 7th
February 1893. Commissioned August 1914. Killed near Richebourg
l'Avoue. Listed on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de Calais. 1st
Battalion
Lieutenant
GEORGE GODFREY WHITNEY LEARY - Killed in action 25th September
1915 - 10th Battalion
Son
of Dr. E. Leary, of Alfreton, Derbyshire. Educated at Rapton and
Jesus College, Cambridge. Married Edith Balls, 12th April 1915
in
Cheltenham. Killed at Loos, aged 23 years. Buried at St. Mary's
A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes.
Lieutetant WILLIAM
ROBERT
NORMAN LESLIE - Killed in action 25th January 1915 - 3rd Battalion
Attached 1st Bn. Killed near La Bassee. 'C' company. Aged 25.
Son
of Lieut-Colonel William Leslie and Annie. Educated at The
King's
School, Canterbury. Buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery,
Festubert.
Lieutenant THOMAS
HAROLD
MOORE - Killed in action 27th September 1915 - 1/5th Battalion
Killed
whilst trying to rescue Lance-Corporal W.G. Rodway, who was
wounded and died . Aged 32 years. Son of Thomas and Ellen Moore,
of Tewksbury, Glos. Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.1, Pas de
Calais.
Captain EDWARD
HAMPTON MOSS - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Killed at Loos. Aged 37. Son of C. Moss (late Chief Clerk and
Registrar of the Supreme Court for Japan.) An agent for the Hong
Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, at Malacca. Listed on the
Loos Memorial.
Major EDWARD
D'ALBRET Le MOTTEE, D.S.O. - Killed in action 25th September
1915 -
Divisional Staff
Aged 41. Born in Guernsey,
Channel Islands. Son of
Colonel John Le Motte and Laura Lukin. Educated at Sandhurst.
Served in South Africa 1899-1902 (2nd Bn. DSO 1901). Husband of
Charlotte Watts. Listed on the Loos Memorial.
2nd
Lieutenant PERCY VINCENT NIGEL NEEMS - Died 9th October 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged 19. Of wounds received at the battle of Loos. Son of Norman
and Laura Neems, of Malmesbury. Buried at Sopworth Churchyard,
Wiltshire.
Lieutenant
FITZROY CHARLES PHILLPOTTS - Died 9th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Aged 21. Son of Rev. E.A. Phillpotts, MA, rector of Stapleton.
Educated
at Trinity College, Oxford and was Head of Clifton College
1912-13.
Listed on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
2nd Lieutenant THOMAS PICKERING - Died 1st November 1915 - 7th Battalion
Captain HAROLD
CHRISTOPHER RICHMOND - Killed in action 25th January
1915 - 1st Battalion
Born
24th March 1880. Commissioned
April 1900. Served in the Boer War. Killed near La Bassee. 'D'
company. Left a widow, Mabel and a daughter. Buried at Guards
Cemetery, Quinchy.
Lieutenant GEFFREY
WATHEN
ROBINSON - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged
20 years. Son of Kossuth and Mary
Robinson, of Downleaze, Bristol. Buried at St. Mary's A.D.S.
Cemetery, Haisnes. Killed at Loos.
Major JOHN
EGERTON RUCK - Killed in action 8th August 1915 - 1st Bn. Glosters,
attached 7th Battalion
Born 12th January 1874, in Cheam, Surrey. Son of Egerton Wynder
and Margaret. Commissioned 1893. Served in South Africa
1899-1900. Adjutant of the Boer Camp at Diyatalama, Ceylon 1901.
Married Eleanor Innes 11th May 1905. Killed near Anzac Bay.
Listed on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Lieutenant
HARLEY RAYMOND RUSSELL - Killed in action 13th October
1915 -
Aged 24. on of Cecil and Blanche, of Clifton, Bristol. Listed on
the Loos Memorial.
Captain EDWARD
HANSON SALE - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged
25
years. Son of Alfred Sale, of Atherstone. Killed at Loos.
Buried at St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes.
2nd
Lieutenant GEORGE KEITH SAVILE - Killed 20th June 1915 - 1/4th Battalion
Aged 26. Son of Ellen and the late Colonel Henry Savile, CB,BA
of Clifton, Bristol. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and
intended to be ordained to do missionary work in Uganda. Served
2 years
with Cambridge University OTC. He was shot in the head early in
the
morning and died soon after. Buried at La Plus Douve Farm
Cemetery,
Comines-Warneton, Hainaut.
Lieutenant
CHARLES EDWARD SCHWALM - Killed 22nd November 1915 -
Aged 23. Son of the late Ferdinand and Alice, of Bristol. Buried
at Hebuterne Military Cemetery.
Major ROGER
DOUGLAS SCOTT - Killed in action 13th October 1915 - 2nd Battalion
Aged 34. Son of Matthew and Sarah, of Bath. Husband of Muriel.
Buried at Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos.
2nd Lieutenant
KENNETH MAURICE HALPEN SOLOMON - Died of wounds 18th
September 1915 - 11th Battalion
Attached to 4th Worcesters. Died of wounds received at Suvla Bay
on the 22nd August 1915. Aged 26. Son of Henry and Dora Solomon,
of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Buried at Willesden
Jewish
Cemetery, Middlesex.
Lieutenant STANLEY
CHARLES
SQUIRE - Killed in action 9th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Aged 22. Son of Rev. Charles Edward and Florence Squire, of
Bedford. Born 26th June 1893, in Llangrove Vicarge, near Ross,
Hereford. Educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford (Science).
Killed at Chanak Bair while commanding a machine gun section.
His
brother Captain G.F. Squire, 7th Glosters, was wounded on the
same day. Listed on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Lieutenant CLEMENT
AUBREY
SYMONS - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged 22 years. Son of E.W. Symons,
Headmaster of King Edward's School, Bath. Member of the School's
OTC and commissioned in June 1914. Killed at Loos. Listed on the
Loos Memorial.
Captain ERIC
SEYMOUR STEPHENSON, D.S.O. - Died of wounds 6th May 1915 - 1st Battalion
Born
21st April 1879. Served with
Brabant's Horse in the Boer War. Commissioned May 1900 in the
1st
Glosters. Awarded the D.S.O. 1901. In 1906 he was seconded to
the
Egyptian Army. 26th April 1915 was Landing Staff Officer at
Sedd-el-Bair. Whilst rescuing several wounded men on the beach
he
was shot in the abdomen. He died on board the hospital ship
'Sicilia' on the 6th May. Aged 36. Son of Charlotte and the late
Percy Stephenson. Buried at Ta-Braxia Cemetery, Valetta, Malta.
Lieutenant FRANK
SAVELL
TOMKINS - Killed in action 8th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Aged 28. Son of the late Alfred and Margaret Tomkins, of
Caterham
Valley, Surrey. Listed on Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Captain JOHN
WILLIAM TONGUE - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged
23. Son of John and Sarah Tongue,
of Birmingham. A student at Birmingham University when war broke
out. Killed at Loos. Buried at St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery,
Haisnes.
Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE
SWINTON
TULLOH - Killed in action 9th May 1915 - 2nd Battalion
Killed at Frezenberg Ridge, battle of Ypres. Hit 3 times whilst
helping bring up ammunition. Aged 48. Born in Edinburgh. Served
in the Boer War. Buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Zillebeke.
Captain PHILLIP
SAUMAREZ
VASSALL - Killed in action 7th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
(Reserve of Officers) Listed on the Helles Memorial,
Turkey.
Major CHARLES
JOHN VENABLES, D.S.O. - Killed in action 8th August
1915 - 7th Battalion
(Reserve of officers). Aged 50. Son of Addington Venables
(Bishop
of Nassau). Husband of Helen, of Kensington Court, London.
Listed
on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Lieutenant HARTLEY
ALLEN
WHIFFIN - Killed in action 25th September 1915 - 10th Battalion
Aged 38. Son of Ernest and Caroline Whiffin, of Bromley, Kent.
Buried at St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes.
Captain EDWIN
CHARLES WILLOUGHBY - Died of wounds 8th August 1915 - 7th Battalion
Born
27th May 1881, in Cheltenham. Son of Captain C. Willoughby.
Educated Cheltenham College and Magdalen College, Oxford (Law
degree). Barrister and editor of 'The Echo'. Enlisted as a
Private in August and was commissioned November 1914. He was
wounded in the attack on Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli and died soon
after. Aged 34. Husband of Dorothy. Listed on the Helles
Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant
WILFRED HENRY YOUNG - Died of wounds 30th May 1915 - 'B' Company, 1/6th Battalion
Aged 26. Son of Anthony and Sarah, of 2 Eastfield Road, Cotham,
Bristol. He was wounded 29th May and died the next day. He had
been
assistamt-manager, B.A.T.C. Liverpool. He was a member of
Bristol
Lacrosse Club and 2 Tennis Clubs. Buried at
Lancashire Cottage Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Comines-Warneton,
Hainaut.
MEN ATTACHED TO THE GLOSTERS:
2nd Lieutenant
WILLIAM PATRICK HEFFERNAN - Killed 9th May 1915 - 3rd Royal Irish
Regiment
Attached 1st Bn. Glosters. Aged 28. Son of
Dr. William Heffernan and Mary, of Killenaule, Co. Tipperary and
Harrogate, York. Born 10th December 1885, in Killenaule.
Educated
Dublin University (prize winner at boxing and running). Had been
wounded at La Bassee February 1915, and was killed at Festubert
leading his company. Listed on the Le Touret Memorial, Pas de
Calais.
Captain ROBERT MONTGOMERY
- Killed
25-29th September 1915 -
Royal Army Medical Corps
Attached 1st Bn. Glosters. Aged 27. Son of Robert and Margaret
Montgomery, of Liberton, Midlothian. Listed on the Loos
Memorial.
2nd Lieutenant
GEORGE BIDDULPH RAYNER - Died 12th May 1915 - 3rd Bn Essex Regiment
Attached to the 2nd Bn. Glosters. Aged 31. Son of William and
Annie Rayner, of West Hampstead, London. Buried at Bedford House
Cemetery, Zillebeke.
Lieutenant
REGINALD FRANCIS DE TRAFFORD - Died of wounds 9th May 1915 - 3rd Royal Lancaster
Regiment
Attached Gloster Regt. Aged 23. Son of Sigismund de Trafford, of
Croston Hall, Preston. Buried at Le Touret Cemetery,
Richebourge-L'Avoue.