GLOUCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT OFFICERS KILLED 1914
Captain ARTHUR
GEORGE McCAUSLAND BURN - Killed in action 29th October 1914 - 2nd Battalion East Surrey Regt., attached to
1st Glosters.
Born
22nd December 1882, in Dorunda, Chota Nagpore, India. Son of
Lieutenant-Colonel A.G. Burn (Indian Army), of Mansel Lacey,
Hereford. He was home on leave when war broke out and was
instructed to join the Glosters in France. He was killed at Ypres.
Lieutenant RICHARD
WILLIAM DANCKWERTS - Died of wounds 22nd December 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 16th June 1893, in London. Son of W.O. Dankwerts, KC, Orsett
Terrace, Hyde Park, London. Educated Winchester and University College,
Oxford. Commissioned
August 1914. Mortally wounded 22nd December near Festubert, died
same day. Buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert.
Captain STUART
DUNCAN -
Killed in action 13th November 1914 -
3rd Battalion
Born 25th May 1865, son of James Duncan, of London. Commissioned
1884. Served in the Boer War. Retired 1904. Volunteered August
1914 and posted to the 3rd Battalion. Attached to the 4th
Middlesex and was killed leading his men. "He behaved with
great gallantry and was shot down leading his men, by whom he was
especially beloved." Listed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper.
2nd
Lieutenant HERBERT
KNOLLYS FOSTER - Killed in action 29th October 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 18th October 1895, in Gloucester. Son of Rev. Herbert and
Susan Foster. Educated at Marloborough College and Sandhurst.
Commissioned August 1914. Killed at Gheluvelt, in Flanders.
Listed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper.
Major ROBERT
MACGREGOR STEWART GARDNER - Killed in action 31st October 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 25th August 1870, in Hornsey, Middlesex.
Son of Francis Gardner and Jane Stewart. Commissioned May 1892.
Served in the Boer War (MID).Killed in action at Gheluvelt. Left
a widow, Hellen, and 2 daughters (the last born Feb. 1915).
Lieutenant ARTHUR
DENNIS HARDING - Died of wounds 30th October 1914 - 4th Battalion
Attached 1st Battalion. Born 1893.
Commissioned August 1914, 4th Battalion. Wounded 29th October at
Ypres. Aged 22. Son of Mrs. Y. Harding, of South Kensington,
London and the late Major A. Harding (RAMC). Buried at Ypres Town
Cemetery, Ieper.
Lieutenant EDWARD
ROBERT EYRE HICKLING - Died of wounds 2nd November 1914 - 3rd Battalion
Attached to the 1st Loyal North Lancashire
Regiment. Born 17th August 1895, in Lymington. Son of John and
Clara, of Bournemouth. Commissioned October 1913. Whilst guarding
a group of captured Germans, a German officer drew a concealed
revolver and shot Hickling, who died at No.4 Clearing Hospital at
Poperinghe. Aged 19. Buried at Poperinge Communal Cemetery.
2nd
Lieutenant HAROLD
EDWIN HIPPISLEY - Killed in action 23rd October 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born
3rd September 1890, in Wells, Somerset. Son of William and Mary.
Attended Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and played
cricket for Somerset. Special Reserve of Officers. Posted to No.
4 Platoon. Killed at Langemarck when 2 platoons held a trench
against a large enemy attack, all the officers and 60% of the men
were killed. Hippisley was shot in the middle of the forehead at
about 10.30 am. "He was attended by his servant, Private
Brown, who was under the impression that if he kept the brain
from oozing out of the hole he would be alright. After a time he
was convinced that the wound was fatal." He left a widow,
Ivy. Listed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ieper.
Lieutenant ALEXANDER
CHARLES HOLME - Killed in action 6th September 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born
26th September 1888, in Mussoorie, NWP, India. Son of Charles and
Eva Holme, of Rawburn, Berwick. Educated at Charterhouse and
Sandhurst. Commissioned March 1909. Volunteered to serve in
Southern Nigeria with the West African Frontier Force and
was killed at Nsanakang in the German Cameroons. Buried at Limbe
Botanical Gardens Burial Ground, Cameroon. (His brother
Lieutenant Roland Holme, was killed 9th November 1914 in France
with the 2nd King's Own Scottish Borderers)
2nd Lieutenant
MILTON KERSHAW - Killed in action 7th November 1914 - 1st
Battalion
Commissioned August 1914. Special Reserve of officers.
Captain ARCHIBALD
ALASTAIR McLEOD - Killed in action 2nd November 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 3rd June 1877, in Singapore. Son of
Lieutenant-General William Kelty McLeod (Highland Light Infantry)
and Emily Thomson (grandson of Colonel Alexander McLeod C.B., 61st
Foot). Educated Oxford Military College and Sandhurst.
Commissioned February 1900. Served in the Boer War (Mounted
Infantry), and in Nigeria 1906-08 (West African Frontier Force).
Killed leading an attack on a farm 'in Belgium'. Left a widow,
Marie, whom he married only 5 months before. Listed on the Menin
Gate Memorial, Ieper.
Captain WALTER
PENROSE PRITCHETT - Died of wounds 26th December 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born
21st December 1879. Son of the late George Pritchett, of
Oakleigh, Australia. Commissioned July 1900. Served in the Boer
War. Wounded in action 21st December 1914 at Festubert. Died 5
days later. Aged 35. Left a widow, Norma (her brothers, Major A.
Forbes, 128th Pioneers and Captain H. Forbes, 51st Sikhs, were
both killed in April 1916). Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery,
Pas de Calais.
Major ROBERT
EDWARD RISING, D.S.O. - Killed in action 7th November 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 23rd May 1871. Son of Thomas and Kate,
of Great Ormsby, Norfolk. Commissioned November 1892. Served in
the Boer War. Awarded the D.S.O. for gallant action at Langemarck
23rd October 1914. Killed in action at Ypres. Left a widow,
Constance, and a son and daughter. Buried at Zillebeke
Churchyard, Ieper.
Captain GUY
MAXWELL SHIPWAY - Died of wounds 26th August 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born
21st June 1877. Son of Lieut-Colonel
Robert Shipway, of Chiswick, London. Commissioned February 1897.
Served in the Boer War (severely wounded at Kimberley) and in
Nigeria (1905-6). Seriously wounded by a sniper, near Favril,
France on the 25th August, died the next morning at Etreux. Aged
37. Left a widow, Gladys, and a daughter. The first Gloster
officer killed. Buried at Etreux Communal Cemetery.
Lieutenant ADRIAN
HARRY STEWART - Killed in action 30th August 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 25th February 1888. Son of Col. H.A. Stewart, of Hopton Hall,
Great Yarmouth. Commissioned May
1907. Attached to the 3rd Battalion Nigeria Regiment, West Africa
Frontier Force. Killed at Garua, German Cameroons on 30th August.
Listed on Calabar Memorial, Nigeria.
Lieutenant
RUSSELL KENNETH SWANWICK - Killed in action 14th September 1914 - 3rd Battalion
Attached to 1st Battalion. Born 27th
September 1884. Commissioned August 1913, 3rd Battalion. Killed
in action near Troyon, on the Aisne, whilst leading his men in an
attack. Aged 29. Son of Russell and Clara Swanwick, of
Cirencester, Glos. Buried at Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne.
Captain WILLIAM
ARTHUR MOULD TEMPLE - Died of wounds 22nd October 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 14th June 1872. Son of Colonel W. Temple, V.C. Commissioned
July 1893. Served in the Boer War. Wounded in the right lung at
Koekuit, near Langemarck, Belgium on the 21st October, died the
next day at Poperinghe No.4 Clearing Hospital. Aged 42. Left a
widow, Rhoda and one daughter. Buried at Lijssenhoek Military
Cemetery, Poperinge.
2nd
Lieutenant EDWARD
CHARLES WALTERS - Killed in action 22nd December 1914 - 3rd Battalion
Attached 1st Battalion. Born 26th January 1890, in Cheltenham.
Educated Cheltenham College and Keble College, Oxford.
Commissioned August 1914, 3rd Battalion. Killed near Festubert.
Aged 24 years. Buried at Brown's Road Military Cemetery,
Festubert.
2nd
Lieutenant DOUGLAS
HOLME WIGGIN - Died of wounds 23rd December 1914 - 1st
Battalion
Born
4th December 1895, in Ceylon. Royal Military College, Sandhurst,
commissioned August 1914. Wounded near La Bassee on the 21st
december 1914, shot through the chest. 'B' company. Aged 19. Son
of the late F. Wiggin, of Ceylon. buried at Lillers Communal
Cemetery, Pas de Calais.
Lieutenant
WILLIAM STANLEY YALLAND - Killed in action 23rd October 1914 - 1st Battalion
Born 27th June 1889. Commissioned December
1912. Killed whilst leading an attack on a German trench at
Langemarcke.