LIEUTENANT COLONELS - 1st Battalion
1881
- F. Brodigan
1885 - A.L. Emerson
1887 - G.C.S. Ducat
1891 - G. Conner
1895 - E.P. Wilford
1899 - S. Humphrey
1903 - H. Capel-Cure, DSO
1907 - W.R.P. Wallace
1911 - A.C. Lovett
1915 - G.F. Gardiner
1915 - A.W.
Pagan, DSO
1918 - J.L.F. Tweedie, DSO - Born 19th Nov. 1872, son
of a senior Indian Army Officer, he joined the Indian Police but
transfered to the Army in 1900, when he joined the Gloucesters.
Served in Boer War (QSA 2 clasps) with the 28th and 61st
Regiments. After the war he served with the 28th to 1909 when he
was seconded to the Egyptian Army. Served in the Sudan 1914 (awarded
Egyptian Order of the Nile) and returned to the 61st Regt. in
1915. In 1916 (Salonika) he was appointed to command the 12th
Lancashire Fusiliers and was awarded the DSO and the Serbian
Order of the White Eagle. Returned to the 28th in March 1918 and
took command of the Regiment, inlcuding the battle of Festubert (bar
to DSO). Served with the 28th in Ireland and Germany after the
war. Retired in Germany in 1922. He died in London on 7th March
1963 in his 91st year.
1919 - F.C. Nisbet, DSO - Born 1870. Joined 28th
Regt. from Sandhurst in 1890. Served South Africa, pow outside
Ladysmith. Commanded 61st when Colonel Tulloh was killed. From
1916-1918 commanded 8th Bn DCLI in Macedonia. Awarded DSO and
Serbian Star of Karageorge. In 1919 commanded the 28th Regt. in
Ireland. Died 8th May 1953, in London.
1921 - J.R.
Wethered, CMG, DSO
1925 - J.
Fane, DSO
1929 - A.F. Chapman - Gazetted to
Northumberland Fusiliers, Jan. 1902. Transferred to the 61st Regt.
Lieut. 1905. Capt. 1911. Adjutant 1911-1914. 1929 Lieut-Col. 28th
Regt. Retired 1st May 1933.
1933 -
H.N. Vinen, DSO - Commissioned July 1903, after service
with the Militia. Served with 61st Regt. during the Boer War.
Captain 1914. Major 1919. 1911 to Nov. 1915 served with the West
African Frontier Force. Lieut-Col. commanding 28th Regt. May 1933.
Retired 31st Jan. 1935.
1935 - J.R.
Guild, DSO - Born May 1888. Commissioned into the 2nd Bn
Glosters from the Tower Hamlets Militia 1909. Later same year
posted to 1st Bn in India. Lieut. 1911. Capt. 1914, DSO, 2 MID's.
Major 1929. CO 5th (Kenya) King's African Rifles after the War.
Lieut-Colonel 1935. Died at Kirkton, Rosburghshire, 27 October
1969.
1936 - R.M.
Grazebrook, OBE, MC - Born July 1893. Awarded GV Coronation
medal as the best cadet at Shrewsbury School OTC, attended the
Coronation Parade. Commissioned 1913 1st Bn. Severely wounded in
France 1914. Joined 2nd Bn 1915, won MC, severely wounded again.
Instructor at Officers School. Rejoined 1st Bn in Ireland 1919.
OBE. As a patrol officer he was so effective that he was placed
on the IRA "black list" as a target. Posted to 2nd Bn
in India. CO Depot 1935. CO 1st Bn in India 1937. Returned to UK
1940. Raised and commanded 15th Bn Royal Fusiliers at Dover.
Local Defence Advisor to RAF Stations 1941-44. Retired 1944 due
to increasing deafness. Hon. Col. 5th Bn 1951-56. Died at
Cheltenham, 29 Jan. 1965 aged 71. Buried at Swindon village
church, Cheltenham.
1939 - George Mirehouse - Commissioned 2nd Bn from
the Jersey Militia in November 1914. To France 1915. Adjutant
1916-1918. Staff Captain in India 1920-23, rejoined 2nd Bn. Staff
College 1928. Staff in China 1931-34. GSOII 7th Armoured Division
1935-38. CO 1st Bn in Rangoon, Dec. 1939. June 1941 went to the
Staff. Retired 1947. Settled in Cornwall. Died 1st December 1974,
aged 80.
1941 - Charles
E.K. Bagot, MC - Born 1895. Commissioned Connaught Rangers Oct.
1915, served in France to 1918 (MC, MID). Transferred to 2nd Bn
Glosters 1922. Adjutant 1926-29. CO 1st Bn June 1941 in Rangoon.
Commanded 28th during Burma retreat (wounded). Returned UK (medical
board). Retired 1947. Died 17th September 1976 at Painswick.
1942 - S.M.C. Theyre
1942 - F.W. Sharpe - Joined the 61st from
Sandhurst in August 1918 and served with them until 1930, when he
was appointed Adjutant of the 6th TA Battalion at Bristol. Posted
to the 28th and in Oct. 1938 appointed adjutant of the Rangoon
Battalion, Burma Auxiliary Force. Employed on the staff in Burma
during the war and commanded the 28th for a month in 1942 while
Col. Bagot was in hospital. Also commanded the Battalion for
another 5 months from August 1942. In May 1945 promoted to Lieut-Colonel
and commanded the 28th at Deolali. Brought the reduced cadre home
to Gloucester in June 1947. Commanded PTC at Reservoir Camp,
Gloucester until May 1948, when he was sent to the BAOR in
Hamburg on the Inspectorate of Army Equipment. He died in
September 1949 and was buried in the British Cemetery at Limmer,
Hanover.
1943 - R.G.R. Chilton
1943 - H.S.P. Hopkinson
1944 -
A.E. Wilkinson, MC
1945 - A.H. Knight, MBE
1946 - F.W. Sharpe. See above.