Cheltonians Who Died in the Great War Whilst Serving With Guards and Infantry Regiments

   LEAVING CHELTENHAM …………..and all that was dear

Cheltonians Who Died In The Great War

Whilst Serving With Guards and Infantry Regiments 

Listed below are the Infantry Regiments in which Cheltonians were serving when they were killed in action, died of battle wounds or of illness or accident.   The units are listed in order of military precedence and alphabetically:

Military precedence:

• Honourable Artillery Company   (1)

• Household Battalion   (1)

• Grenadier Guards   (24)

• Coldstream Guards   (10)

• Scots Guards   (2)

• Welsh Guards   (2)

• Royal West Surrey Regiment (The Queen’s)   (8)

• The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)   (6)

• Royal Lancaster Regiment (The King’s Own)   (3)

• Northumberland Fusiliers   (3)

• Royal Warwickshire Regiment   (29)

• Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)   (14)

• Liverpool Regiment (The King’s)   (6)

• Norfolk Regiment   (5)

• Lincolnshire Regiment   (3)

• Devonshire Regiment   (18)

• Suffolk Regiment   (6)

• Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s)   (10)

• West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s Own)   (3)

• East Yorkshire Regiment   (3)

• Bedfordshire Regiment   (8)

• Leicestershire Regiment   (4)

• Royal Irish Regiment   (2)

• Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra, Princess Of Wales’s Own)   (6)

• Lancashire Fusiliers   (13)

• Royal Scots Fusiliers  (2)

• Cheshire Regiment   (3)

• Royal Welsh Fusiliers   (11)

• South Wales Borderers   (20)

• King’s Own Scottish Borderers   (2)

• Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)   (1)

• Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   (6)

• Gloucestershire Regiment   (521)

• Worcestershire Regiment   (51)

• East Lancashire Regiment   (3)

• East Surrey Regiment   (3)

• Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry   (11)

• West Riding Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s)   (1)

• Border Regiment   (3)

• Royal Sussex Regiment   (4)

• Hampshire Regiment   (13)

• South Staffordshire Regiment   (7)

• Dorsetshire Regiment   (8)

• South Lancashire Regiment (Prince Of Wales’s Volunteers)   (3)

• Welsh Regiment   (20)

• Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   (2)

• Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry   (11)

• Essex Regiment   (2)

• Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derbyshire Regiment)   (5)

• Loyal North Lancashire Regiment   (8)

• Northamptonshire Regiment   (3)

• Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)   (18)

• Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen’s Own)   (14)

• King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry   (2)

• King’s Shropshire Light Infantry   (10)

• Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)   (7)

• King’s Royal Rifle Corps   (18)

• Wiltshire Regiment   (12)

• Manchester Regiment   (6)

• North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s)   (7)

• York and Lancaster Regiment   (8)

• Durham Light Infantry   (6)

• Highland Light Infantry   (2)

• Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)   (2)

• Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders   (3)

• Royal Irish Rifles   (4)

• Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s)   (1)

• Connaught Rangers   (1)

• Leinster Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Royal Canadians)   (6)

• Royal Munster Fusiliers   (2)

• Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)   (12)

• Monmouthshire Regiment    (4)

• London Regiment   (24)

• Inns of Court Training Corps   (1)

• Herefordshire Regiment   (2)

Alphabetically:

• Bedfordshire Regiment   (8)

• Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)   (2)

• Border Regiment   (3)

• Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)   (1)

• Cheshire Regiment    (3)

• Coldstream Guards    (10)

• Connaught Rangers   (1)

• Devonshire Regiment    (18)

• Dorsetshire Regiment   (8)

• Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry   (11)

• Durham Light Infantry   (6)

• East Kent Regiment (The Buffs)   (6)

• East Lancashire Regiment   (3)

• East Surrey Regiment   (3)

• East Yorkshire Regiment    (3)

• Essex Regiment   (2)

• Gloucestershire Regiment   (521)

• Grenadier Guards   (24)

• Hampshire Regiment   (13)

• Herefordshire Regiment   (2)

• Highland Light Infantry   (2)

• Honourable Artillery Company   (1)

• Household Battalion   (1)

• Inns of Court Training Corps   (1)

• King’s Own Scottish Borderers   (2)

• King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry   (2)

• King’s Royal Rifle Corps   (18)

• King’s Shropshire Light Infantry   (10)

• Lancashire Fusiliers   (13)

• Leicestershire Regiment   (4)

• Leinster Regiment   (6)

• Lincolnshire Regiment   (3)

• Liverpool Regiment (The King’s)   (6)

• London Regiment   (24)

• Loyal North Lancashire Regiment   (8)

• Manchester Regiment   (6)

• Middlesex Regiment   (7)

• Monmouthshire Regiment   (4)

• Norfolk Regiment   (5)

• Northamptonshire Regiment   (3)

• North Staffordshire Regiment   (7)

• Northumberland Fusiliers   (3)

• Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry   (11)

• Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders   (3)

• Rifle Brigade   (12)

• Royal Berkshire Regiment   (14)

• Royal Fusiliers   (14)

• Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers   (6)

• Royal Irish Fusiliers   (1)

• Royal Irish Regiment   (2)

• Royal Irish Rifles   (4)

• Royal Lancaster Regiment   (3)

• Royal Munster Fusiliers   (1)

• Royal Scots Fusiliers   (2)

• Royal Sussex Regt   (4)

• Royal Warwickshire Regiment   (29)

• Royal Welsh Fusiliers   (11)

• Royal West Kent Regiment   (14)

• Royal West Surrey Regiment   (8)

• Scots Guards   (2)

• Seaforth Highlanders   (2)

• Sherwood Foresters   (5)

• Somerset Light Infantry   (10)

• South Lancashire Regiment   (3)

• South Staffordshire Regiment   (7)

• South Welsh Borderers   (20)

• Suffolk Regiment   (6)

• Welsh Guards   (2)

• Welsh Regiment   (20)

• West Riding Regiment   (1)

• West Yorkshire Regiment   (3)

• Wiltshire Regiment   (12)

• Worcestershire Regiment   (51)

• York and Lancaster Regiment   (8)

• Yorkshire Regiment   (6)