Fatalities by Rank & Service [1914-1918]
| 6 Sep 2015 | |
| Written by Jeremy Elsworth | |
| WW1 Unknowns & Appendices |
Tyne Cot Commonwealth Cemetery & Memorial to the Missing, Zonnebeke, Belgium. © graafvanlucht.
| Ronald Walker AYNSLEY | Second Lieutenant | 1/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) | TF | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France |
| Ostcliffe Harold BEAUFORT | Second Lieutenant | 1/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) | TF | The Loos Memorial, Dud Corner Cemetery, France |
| Graham Oscar Lloyd BRISBOURNE | Private | 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), The Border Regiment | 2 | Thiepval Memorial to The Missing, France |
| Eric Godwin CHANCE | Second Lieutenant | 28 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | 9 | Padua Main Cemetery, Italy |
| Edward Watkin COLVER | First Lieutenant | 1/1 (West Riding) Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers | TF | Helles Memorial, Turkey |
| Henry COLVER | Captain | 1/5th Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment | TF | Bard Cottage Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| George Alfred Senior CRAVEN | First Lieutenant | Z62 Bde, Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery | TF | St. Martin Calvaire British Cemetery, St. Martin-sur-Cojeul, France |
| John Whitworth DAVIDSON | First Lieutenant | 10th (Service) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) | 3 | Bray Military Cemetery, Bray-sur-Somme, France |
| Arthur Reginald Harry DAVIES | Corporal | 6th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 4 | Shrewsbury General Cemetery, Shropshire |
| John William DOVASTON | Private | 7th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 5 | Shrewsbury General Cemetery, Shropshire |
| Stanley William DYSON | Captain | 11th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment | 6 | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Harry ESPLEY | Private | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force | 7 | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France |
| Tom Alec Edward EVANSON-JONES | Second Lieutenant | 11th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment | 6 | Helles Memorial, Turkey |
| Roland Ivor GOUGH, DSO | Captain | 15th Battalion (2nd Birmingham), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 8 | St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France |
| Mervyn Bruce GRACE | First Lieutenant | 2/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) | TF | Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France |
| Ernest Brereton GREENHOUS | First Lieutenant | 9 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | 9 | Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Sidney Arthur GRIMWADE | Temporary Flying Officer | 54th Training Depot Station, Royal Air Force | 10 | Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill) Cemetery, Staffordshire |
| John HAMPTON | Assistant Bed Steward | Mercantile Marine, SS “Abosso” (London) | Tower Hill Memorial, London | |
| George William Cave HARRIS | Lance Corporal | 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment | 11 | Ploegsteert Memorial, Berks Cemetery Extension, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium |
| Alec Edmund Stuart HODGSON | Second Lieutenant | 2nd Battalion, The York & Lancaster Regiment | 11 | Thiepval Memorial to The Missing, France |
| Gerald Barford HORNBY | Second Lieutenant | 10th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire) Regiment | 12 | Dantzig Alley British Cemetery, Mametz, France |
| E P HOSKINS1 | Staff Sergeant | |||
| James Henry JARVIS | Able Seaman | Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, RNVR | 13 | Wellington General Cemetery, Shropshire |
| John Massey JARVIS | Private | 10th (Shropshire & Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 14 | Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France |
| Norman Lees JENNISON | Captain | 20th (Service) Battalion (5th City), The Manchester Regiment, attached 22nd Trench Mortar Battery | 15 | Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa, Italy |
| Robert Nelson JONES |
First Lieutenant | 56th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps | 16 | Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium |
| William Hope JONES | Lance Sergeant | 1/3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment | TF | Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Harold Dale KEMBER | Private | 16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools), The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) | 17 | Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No.1, Auchonvillers, Somme, France |
| Haden Mostyn KENDRICK | Second Lieutenant | 12 Reserve Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | 9 | Penn Fields (St.Philip) Churchyard, Staffordshire |
| Frank Stuart LLOYD | Major | 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales), The Royal Welsh Fusiliers | 18 | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| John MARSH | First Lieutenant | 1/1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) | TF | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq |
| James Duncan McTAVISH | Second Lieutenant | 1/7th (Deeside Highland) Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders | TF | Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France |
| Harold Oswald MONRO | Second Lieutenant | 1/9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry | TF | Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France |
| Roland Creswell MORGAN | Private | 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion (Royal Fusiliers), The London Regiment | TF | Combles Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France |
| Allan Duncan MORRIS | First Lieutenant | 13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda), The Welsh Regiment | 19 | Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France |
| Harry MORRIS | Captain | 2/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment | TF | Bedford House Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Bernard Julius PELMORE | First Lieutenant | 247th Field Company, Corps of Royal Engineers | 20 | Roclincourt Military Cemetery, France |
| William Henry PENNINGTON | Second Lieutenant | 14th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment | 21 | Penzance Cemetery, Cornwall |
| Arthur Blakeway PHILLIPS | Second Lieutenant | 1/12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers), The London Regiment | TF | Hebuterne Military Cemetery, France |
| Percy PIGGOTT | Private | 16th (Service) Battalion (3rd Birmingham), The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | 8 | Aire Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Edwin PITCHFORD | Private | 1st Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles | 22 | Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium |
| Harry Stanyer POWELL, MC | Captain | 1/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment | TF | Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Arthur PRICE | Second Lieutenant | 7th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 5 | Serre Road Cemetery No.1, France |
| John Hedley RICHARDS, MM | Private | 75th (Mississauga) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force | 23 | Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France |
| Donald ROBINSON | First Lieutenant | 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Leeds), The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment | 24 | Arras Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| J ROBINSON1 | First Lieutenant | The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment | 24 | |
| Richard Arnold SEYMOUR-JONES | First Lieutenant | 1/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment | TF | Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium |
| Harold George SKITT | Second Lieutenant | 1st Battalion, Princess Victoria’s (Royal Irish Fusiliers) | 11 | Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium |
| Victor Louis SNELSON | Second Lieutenant | 12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Gwent), The South Wales Borderers | 25 | Fins New British Cemetery, Sorel Le Grand, France |
| Charles STEWARD | Second Lieutenant | 2nd Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 11 | Ypres, (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium |
| Kenneth Claude SYMONDS | First Lieutenant | 3/4th Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) | 26 | St Andrew’s Church, Shifnal, Shropshire |
| Evan William Harris VAUGHAN | Ordinary Seaman | Royal Navy, HMS Vanguard | Chatham Naval Memorial, Chatham, Kent | |
| Rodric Mathafarn WILLIAMS | Captain | 32 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps | 9 | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Faubourg-d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France |
| Wilfred Henry WILMOT |
Flight Sub-Lieutenant |
10 Naval Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service | 27 | Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium |
| William Arthur WILMOT | Air Mechanic 2nd Class | Royal Naval Air Service, HMS President II | 27 | Stretford Cemetery, Stretford, Lancashire |
Notes
- These OW’s have yet to be formerly located on the official War Office records of the period and in the case of 1/Lt J. Robinson, [listed in the school archives as having served with The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire) Regt] the perpetuating regiment of today, The Yorkshire Regiment, have no knowledge of this officer. Research continues.
- Formed at Penrith, Carlisle, Kendal and Workington on 17 September 1914 by the Earl of Lonsdale and an Executive Committee;; a “Pals” Battalion.
- Formed at Derby in September 1914 as part of K2 Army Group [Kitchener's New Army].
- Formed at Shrewsbury in September 1914 as part of K2 Army Group [Kitchener's New Army].
- Formed at Shrewsbury in September 1914 as part of K3 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].
- Formed at Ashton-under-Lyne in August 1914 as part of K1 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].
- Formed at Canterbury, New Zealand in August 1914 recruiting on a Territorial basis.
- Formed at Birmingham in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and a local committee; a “Pals” Battalion.
- Established by a royal warrant signed by King George V on 13 April 1912.
- Formed on 1 April 1918.
- Regular Army battalion.
- Formed at Richmond on 30 September 1914, as part of K3 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].
- Formed at the outbreak of the war from RN and RM reservists and volunteers who were not needed for service at sea.
- Formed at Cairo on 2 March 1917, from the two dismounted Yeomanry regiments of Cheshire and Shropshire.
- Formed at Manchester on 8 November 1914 by the Lord Mayor and City; a “Pals” Battalion.
- Formed in October 1915 in response to the overwhelming need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front.
- Formed at 24 St James's Street, London on 1 September 1914 by Lt-Col J.J.Mackay; a “Pals” Battalion.
- Formed at Rhyl on 3 September 1914 by the Denbigh and Flint TF Associations, a “Pals” Battalion.
- Formed at Cardiff on 23 October 1914; a “Pals” battalion.
- Originally within the remit of the Admiralty before transferring to War Office control on 29 April 1916.
- Formed at Falmouth in November 1914 as part of K4 Army Group [Kitchener’s New Army].
- Formed on 7 November 1914 in Brandon, Manitoba as a mounted infantry unit reverting to dismounted status on 1 January 1916.
- Formed on 10 July 1915 in Toronto, Ontario.
- Formed at Leeds in September 1914 by the Lord Mayor and City; a “Pals” battalion.
- Formed at Newport in March 1915 by the Welsh National Executive Committee; a “Pals” battalion.
- Formed at Shrewsbury in May 1915 [Home Service only].
- Formal existence under the direction of the Admiralty's Air Department from 1 July 1914 to 1 April 1918.
TF The Territorial Force [TF] was the volunteer reserve component of the British Army from 1908 to 1920, when it became the Territorial
Army [TA] and in 2014 reorganised once again to become the Army Reserve [AR].
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