Swansea Men - British Army - Officers

 Below are the list of the names of the Swansea men who were officers during the First World War, that lost their lives in Action 

Surname

Christian Names

Rank

Date of Death

Age

Regiment/ Battalion

Cemetery/ Memorial

Beynon

William Charles

Second Lieutenant

4th May 1917

 

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion

Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France

Beynon

William Charles

Second Lieutenant

4th May 1917

 

South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion

Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, Pas de Calais, France

Boland (DCM)

John

Company Serjeant Major

28th July 1921

39

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Danygraig Cemetery,      St. Thomas, Swansea

Bowen

William

Second Lieutenant

30th August 1918

30

Welsh Regiment, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme, France

Bowen

William

Second Lieutenant

30th August 1918

30

Welsh Regiment, 15th (Service) Battalion

Fienvillers British Cemetery, Somme, France

Brice

Ernest

Major

6th April 1916

52

Royal Army Medical Corps

Danygraig Cemetery,       St. Thomas, Swansea

Burnie

Donald

Second Lieutenant

2nd October 1915

32

Welsh Regiment, 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

Clarke

C. G.

Company Serjeant Major

28th April 1916

32

Scots Guards, 1st Battalion

Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Cook

Philip John Cecil

Second Lieutenant

14th October 1918

25

Welsh Regiment, 1/7th Battalion

Sailly-Labourse Communal Cemetery Extension,    Pas de Calais, France

Corker

Francis Llewellyn

Lieutenant

5th June 1916

20

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

David

Edward Harold

Second Lieutenant

5th November 1918

33

Cheshire Regiment, 1st Battalion

Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-au-Bois, Nord, France

David

Frederick John Louis

Second Lieutenant

18th September 1918

23

South Wales Borderers

Gouzeacourt New British Cemetery,   Nord, France

David

Frederick John Louis

Second Lieutenant

18th September 1918

23

Welsh Regiment, 15th (Service) Battalion

Gouzeacourt New British Cemetery,  Nord, France

Davies

Cecil Lloyd

Second Lieutenant

25th November 1916

23

Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment), 28th (Reserve) Battalion

Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France

Davies

Cecil Lloyd

Second Lieutenant

25th November 1916

23

Princess Charlotte’s of Wales (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, Somme, France

Davies

Sidney Francis

Second Lieutenant

15th November 1917

24

Royal Sussex Regiment, 11th (Service) Battalion

Hooge War Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Elias

Hywel James

Second Lieutenant

5th June 1917

20

Northumberland Fusiliers, 21st (Service) Battalion

Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, Pas de Calais, France

Evans

Arthur

Captain

24th September 1917

31

Welsh Regiment, 19th (Service) Battalion

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Evans

David Edgar

Lieutenant

11th September 1918

32

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Doiran Memorial, Greece

Evans

Frederick William

Second Lieutenant

28th October 1918

21

Welsh Regiment, 13th (Service) Battalion

Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Fortune  

Henry George

Second Lieutenant

17th January 1917

21

Welsh Regiment, 3/6th Battalion

Amara War Cemetery,      Iraq

Fortune  

Henry George

Second Lieutenant

17th January 1917

21

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 132nd Company

Amara War Cemetery,     Iraq

Fryer

Stanley Phillip

Second Lieutenant

27th October 1918

33

Royal Field Artillery, 30th Brigade

La Vallee-Mulatre Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne, France

Godfrey

Leonard Powell

Captain

23rd August 1917

27

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Green (DCM)

Thomas

Second Lieutenant

28th October 1916

29

Royal Garrison Artillery, 10th Siege Battery

Beaucourt Military Cemetery, Becordel-Beacourt, Somme, France

Gregor (VD)

George Trevor

Lieutenant Colonel

1st July 1917

47

Royal Field Artillery, 1st Welsh Howitzer Brigade

Ferme-Olivier Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Griffin

Harold Samuel

Second Lieutenant

9th April 1917

27

King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry), 5th (Service) Battalion

Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, Pas de Calais, France

Griffin

William Henry

Second Lieutenant

5th July 1917

23

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15th (Service) Battalion

Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Hilditch (DSO, MC)

Victor Cadifor

Lieutenant Colonel

11th February 1919

31

Royal Field Artillery

St. Paul Churchyard, Sketty, Swansea

Howells

Graham

Captain

2nd May 1917

21

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Merville Communal Cemetery,  Nord, France

Howells

Denzi

Second Lieutenant

13th April 1918

20

East Lancashire Regiment, 1/5th Battalion

Locre Hospice Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Howells

Denzi

Second Lieutenant

13th April 1918

20

York and Lancaster Regiment

Locre Hospice Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Howells

John Herbert

Second Lieutenant

9th October 1917

24

Royal Field Artillery

Canada Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Howells

John Herbert

Second Lieutenant

9th October 1917

24

Royal Horse Artillery, 15th Brigade

Canada Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Hudspith (MC)

Walter Leonard

Lieutenant

7th November 1918

27

Middlesex Regiment, 1st Battalion

Aulnoye Communal Cemetery,  Nord, France

Jacobs

Joel

Second Lieutenant

20th July 1916

21

Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment), 1/5th Battalion

La Laiterie Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

James

Ethan Edwin

Company Serjeant Major

19th September 1918

36

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion

Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France

James

William

Second Lieutenant

22nd March 1916

24

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 9th (Service) Battalion

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France

James (MM)

David George

Company Serjeant Major

14th November 1916

29

Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own), 13th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Jenkins

Arthur

Lieutenant

4th December 1916

28

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 20th Company

Mailley Wood Cemetery, Mailly-Maillet, Somme, France

Johnson

Arthur Dennis

Lieutenant

16th October 1917

33

Royal Field Artillery

Oystermouth Cemetery, Mumbles, Swansea

Jones

David

Second Lieutenant

8th October 1918

32

South Wales Borderers, 10th (Service) Battalion

Guizancourt Farm Cemetery, Gouy, Aisne, France

Jones

J. Y. P.

Second Lieutenant

30th August 1918

20

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Morval British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France

Jones

Laurence Bertram

Second Lieutenant

23rd October 1916

26

Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Latimer

Hugh

Second Lieutenant

3rd July 1916

19

Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Latimer

Hugh

Second Lieutenant

3rd July 1916

19

Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), 6th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Lewis

Walter Henry

Second Lieutenant

4th April 1917

23

Royal Field Artillery,          “D” Battery, 107th Brigade

Etaples Military Cemetery,     Pas de Calais, France

Lloyd

James Percival

Second Lieutenant

25th July 1917

25

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion

Welsh Cemetery (Caesar’s Nose),        West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Lloyd

James Percival

Second Lieutenant

25th July 1917

25

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 15th (Service) Battalion

Welsh Cemetery (Caesar’s Nose), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Macdonald

Ronald Duncan

Second Lieutenant

31st October 1917

22

Royal Field Artillery,          “B” Battery, 82nd Brigade

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

McIndor

Malcolm Neil

Lieutenant

29th October 1919

33

London Regiment, 1/4th Battalion

Danygraig Cemetery,      St. Thomas, Swansea

McIndor

Malcolm Neil

Lieutenant

29th October 1919

33

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, 7th (Service) Battalion

Danygraig Cemetery,      St. Thomas, Swansea

Meecham

David Jeffrey

Second Lieutenant

28th March 1917

28

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 11th (Service) Battalion

Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece

Mills

John Birchell

Lieutenant

24th April 1917

27

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion

Wimereux Communal Cemetery,      Pas de Calais, France

Morgan

Ralph Lewis

Second Lieutenant

14th January 1917

29

Welsh Regiment, 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Morgan

Ralph Lewis

Second Lieutenant

14th January 1917

29

Welsh Regiment, 13th (Service) Battalion

Essex Farm Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Morgan

Thomas Cyril

Second Lieutenant

12th August 1917

19

Cheshire Regiment, 11th (Service) Battalion

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Morgan (MC)

David Lloyd Popkin

Captain

9th March 1918

31

Welsh Regiment, 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion

Jerusalem War Cemetery,  Israel and Palestine

Morris

James

Lieutenant

27th December 1917

25

Glamorgan Yeomanry

Jerusalem War Cemetery,  Israel and Palestine

Morris

James

Lieutenant

27th December 1917

25

Welsh Regiment, 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion

Jerusalem War Cemetery,  Israel and Palestine

Murphy

Christopher Trevor Ellis

Lieutenant

8th May 1918

29

Royal Garrison Artillery, 216th Siege Battery

Etaples Military Cemetery,     Pas de Calais, France

Owen

Ivor Evan

Lieutenant

13th April 1918

22

Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Meninghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Owen

William Llewellyn

Second Lieutenant

12th June 1918

29

King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry), 1st Battalion

St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen-Seine-Maritime, France

Owen

William Llewellyn

Second Lieutenant

12th June 1918

29

King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry), 1/4th Battalion

St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen-Seine-Maritime, France

Parry

James Hywel

Lieutenant

5th September 1917

26

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 10th (Service) Battalion

Grevillers British Cemetery,     Pas de Calais, France

Parry

Thomas Ellis

Lieutenant

23rd October 1916

29

Lancashire Regiment, 2nd Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Parry

Thomas Ellis

Lieutenant

23rd October 1916

29

London Regiment, 1/5th Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Perry

George Hugh

Second Lieutenant

31st March 1918

29

Royal Field Artillery, 9th Battery

Varennes Military Cemetery, Somme, France

Powney

George Henry

Company Quartermaster Serjeant

9th December 1917

28

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 11th (Service) Battalion

St. Catherine Churchyard, Upper Bryanmman, Carmarthenshire

Quicke

Henry

Lieutenant

23rd March 1918

21

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1/4th Battalion

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais France

Rees

D. J.

Lieutenant

7th July 1919

37

Durham Light Infantry, 10th (Service) Battalion

Putney Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, Wandsworth, London

Rees

John Oswald

Second Lieutenant

8th November 1917

28

South Wales Borderers

Kantar War Cemetery,   Egypt

Rees

John Oswald

Second Lieutenant

8th November 1917

28

Welsh Regiment, 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion

Kantar War Cemetery,  Egypt

Reese

David William

Captain

23rd June 1921

21

Royal Army Medical Corps

SS. Margaret and Andrew Churchyard, Littleham, Devon

Reid

John Shute

Second Lieutenant

17th August 1917

29

South Wales Borderers, 2nd Battalion

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Reid

John Shute

Second Lieutenant

17th August 1917

29

South Wales Borderers, 8th Trench Mortar Battery

Dozinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Richards

Thomas John

Company Quartermaster Serjeant

24th April 1917

33

Worcestershire Regiment

Dorian Memorial, Greece

Roch-Austin

Sidney Leslie

Lieutenant

4th November 1918

27

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 1/2nd Battalion

Ruesne Communal Cemetery,

Nord, France

Roch-Austin

Sidney Leslie

Lieutenant

4th November 1918

27

Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment), 1/4th Battalion

Ruesne Communal Cemetery,  Nord, France

Rosser

Arthur

Second Lieutenant

10th July 1916

19

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France

Rowe

Stanley F.

Second Lieutenant

19th July 1917

31

Welsh Regiment, 9th (Service) Battalion

Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Salt

Thomas Frederick Cyril

Lieutenant

3rd April 1915

21

South Wales Borderers, 11th (Service) Battalion

Bailleul Communal Cemetery,  Nord, France

Sandbrook

David Aubrey

Captain

31st July 1917

34

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Thomas

Hugh

Lieutenant

2nd March 1917

32

Royal Field Artillery,           “Y” 1st Trench Mortar Battery

Fougescourt British Cemetery, Somme, France

Thomas

William Burton

Lieutenant

23rd October 1918

22

Worcestershire Regiment, 1/7th Battalion

Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresie, Nord, France

Thomas

William Burton

Lieutenant

23rd October 1918

22

Worcestershire Regiment, 2/8th Battalion

Wellington Cemetery, Rieux-en-Cambresie, Nord, France

Thomas

Tudor

Second Lieutenant

25th November 1917

27

Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 19th (Service) Battalion

Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France

Thompson

Albert Edward

Company Serjeant Major

17th May 1915

35

Welsh Fusiliers, 11th (Service) Battalion

Seaford Cemetery, Seaford, Essex

Waddington

James Herbert

Second Lieutenant

6th July 1916

20

Welsh Regiment, 16th (Service) Battalion

Morlancourt British Cemetery No.1,      Somme, France

Watkins

Howel Cyril

Lieutenant

23rd October 1918

21

Welsh Regiment, 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Battalion

Le Cateau Military Cemetery,   Nord, France

Williams

Fawcett T.

Captain

23rd February 1919

27

Welsh Regiment

Danygraig Cemetery,       St. Thomas, Swansea

Williams

Fawcett T.

Captain

23rd February 1919

27

South Wales Borderers

Danygraig Cemetery,       St. Thomas, Swansea

Williams

Leonard Vincent

Captain

26th May 1917

25

South Wales Borderers

Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece

Williams

Edgar

Company Quartermaster Serjeant

4th May 1917

 

Welsh Regiment, 1/4th Battalion

Savona Memorial,     Italy

Williams

William Bernard

Lieutenant

20th October 1918

29

Welsh Regiment

Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France

Williams

William Bernard

Lieutenant

20th October 1918

29

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Montay-Neuvilly Road Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France

Williams

Daniel John

Second Lieutenant

5th October 1917

35

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), 13th Battalion

Tyne Cot Memorial,   West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Williams

William Morley

Second Lieutenant

5th June 1917

21

Welsh Regiment, 14th (Service) Battalion

Bard Cottage Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen. Belgium

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