Roll of Honour 1921-1939

The list below show all ranks of the Worcestershire Regiment who lost their lives in service between the two World Wars for 1921-1939.

LIST WAS LAST UPDATED ON THE 23rd SEPTEMBER 2011

Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Number

Battalion

Company

DOD

Age

Location

Notes

Breeze

Alfred Donald Hugh

2nd Lieut.

 

2nd

 

19/06/1921

20

Carrickmines, Dublin

Dragged from his car and shot dead

King

Frank Woodnutt

Lieut.

 

 

 

24/05/1923

 

Egyptian Goverment Hospital Suez

attached to the 1st Bn. South Staff.

James

Wilfred

Pte.

5245179

 

 

06/10/1927

25

Clifton-on-Teme

 

Edwards

Percy W.

Pte.

5243220

2nd

 

11/06/1927

24

Wiesbaden, Germany

 

Clifford

W.

Lieut.

 

 

 

1928

 

 

 

Wynter

Robert Charles

Capt.

(M.C.)

Att.

 

1928

 

Africa

attached to West Africa Frontier Force

Vickers

John H.

Pte.

5234098

1st

 

08/01/1928

22

Meerut

 

Gordon

David E.

L/Cpl.

5244274

2nd

 

14/01/1928

 

Wiesbaden, Germany

 

Marshall

Albert A.

R.S.M.

5239032

 

 

05/03/1928

45

Bradford, Yorkshire

 

Bush

William H.

Pte.

1426575

 

 

06/04/1928

21

Worcester

 

Williams

Samuel

Pte.

5247195

2nd

 

25/04/1928

19

Wiesbaden, Germany

 

Wilkes

Edwin J.

Pte.

5241352

1st

A

16/11/1928

28

Mahdeori Camp (Allahabad), India

 

Steadman

Sydney A. E.

L/Cpl.

 

1st

 

1929

28

Kidderminster

Just home and transferred to Army Reserves

Davis

Victor R. B.

Cpl.

 

1st

 

03/05/1929

28

Allahabad, India

Appenticitis Suppurative with Acute Peritonitis

Godfrey

Wilfred J.

Pte.

5247033

1st

B

07/07/1929

22

Allahabad, India

Pneumonia and meningitis

Faulkner

Thomas E.

Pte.

5247069

1st

B

01/10/1929

21

Ranikhet, India (Allahabad)

 

Wilcox

Henry

C.Q.M.S.

5239613

1st

 

15/10/1929

33

Allahabad, India

 

Smith

 

Cpl.

 

2nd

 

1930

 

Malta

 

Bryan

William

Pte.

 

1st

 

23/04/1930

24

Shanghai

 

Eccleston

 

Cpl.

 

Depot

 

31/07/1930

 

Tidworth

 

Davis

Ernest

Pte.

 

1st

 

25/08/1930

23

Shanghai

 

Washinton

Richard J.

Sgt.

 

8th

 

07/10/1930

47

Worcester

 

Parker

Ernest J.

Sgt.

 

8th

 

16/12/1930

30

Worcester

 

Coker

Frederick

L/Cpl.

 

1st

 

04/03/1931

25

Millbank

 

Chandler

William F.

Pte.

 

Depot

 

16/04/1931

18

Worcester Infirmary

Pneumonia

Peach

Ernest

Pte.

 

Depot

 

11/07/1931

18

General Infirmary Worcester

 

Thomas

Reginald

Pte.

 

1st

 

13/07/1931

19

Royal Naval Hospital, Devonport

 

Gannon

Ronald J.

Pte.

5247548

1st

 

15/08/1931

20

Tregantle

Drowning

Onions

James R.

Pte.

 

2nd

B

25/10/1931

27

Imtarfa (Malta)

 

Andrews

William

Pte.

5247236

2nd

HQ Wing

03/03/1932

24

St. Andrew's Barracks, Malta

Died in his sleep during the night 2nd/3rd Mar

Yates

Vere S.

Pte.

 

 

 

30/04/1932

21

Worcester General Hospital

 

Hazell

Joseph

Pte.

 

1st

Transport

01/08/1932

21

Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth

Died following a kick

Kidd

George C.

L/Cpl.

 

2nd

 

25/09/1932

34

Military Hospital, Imtarfa

 

Harris

E.

Boy

 

2nd

HQ Wing

04/08/1933

 

Gibraltar

 

Taplin

George W.

Pte.

 

7th

C

13/08/1933

23

 

West Bromwich

Barnett

Walter

R.Q.M.S.

 

2nd

 

30/10/1933

48

Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley

Died after a long illness

Simmonds

Aubrey S.

Pte.

 

1st

A

07/02/1934

23

Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth

Died after a severe illness

Murrell

Leonard W.

Pte.

4075546

2nd

B

04/05/1934

22

Shanghai

 

North

Herbert A.

L/Cpl.

5247912

2nd

HQ Wing

07/05/1934

24

Military Hospital, Hong Kong

 

Brewster

Gordon

Pte.

 

1st ?

 

12/06/1934

21

Military Hospital, Tidworth

 

Walters

Albert

Pte.

 

2nd

D (S)

25/11/1934

23

Military Hospital, Shanghai

 

Dodd

Roland

Pte.

 

2nd

 

14/12/1934

36

Military Hospital, Hong Kong

 

Greenway

Thomas A.

C.S.M.

 

2nd

HQ Wing

30/12/1934

37

Military Hospital, Tientsin

Died after a very short illness

White

William

Pte.

5249644

2nd

HQ Wing

22/12/1935

23

British Military Hospital, Tientsin

Died of pneumonia

Thomas

Edgar J.

Pte.

5240075

2nd

B

16/01/1936

40

British Military Hospital, Peking

Died of pneumonia

Gurney

Neville Howard

Capt.

 

Depot

 

17/01/1936

36

Pershore

 

Smith

Dennis

Pte.

5249245

2nd

HQ Wing

19/01/1936

22

Victoria Hospital, Tientsin

Fatally injured by an accidental fall

Sydney

Frank

Pte.

5249286

2nd

B

26/01/1936

24

British Military Hospital, Peking

Died of pneumonia

Hart

Frederick

Sgt.

 

8th

B

25/09/1936

36

Evesham

 

Halford

Frederick L. R.

Sgt.

 

 

 

11/11/1936

36

Evesham

 

Sharkey

Walter

Pte.

 

2nd

C

17/02/1937

22

Killed in Action near Wana, Waziristan

India

Howarth

Jack

Pte.

3526499

2nd

A

01/07/1937

24

British Military Hospital, Sialkot

Died after only a few hours illness

Brown

R.

Pte.

6342245

2nd

D (S)

28/05/1938

 

British Military Hospital, Sialkot

 

Dean

Richard

Pte.

5249921

2nd

Band

19/02/1939

28

Military Hospital Rawalpindi, India

 

Jones

Everitt R. D.

Pte.

 

2nd

H.Q.

20/05/1939

24

Rawalpindi, India

Drowned while bathing

Hartwell

Horace Arthur

Pte.

5571129

8th

A

16/11/1939

21

U.K.

Killed in an accident

Notes:

Lieutenant Frank Woodnutt King, was the only son of Captain and Mrs. Frank King, of Foquett House, Newport, I.O.W., and was gazetted to the 2nd Battalion The Worcestershire Regiment in August 1921, from the M.G.C. He was for some time in Dublin, Adjutant to the Camp Commandant, Dublin District, and later was appointed Camp Commandant. Following the disbandment of the 3rd and 4th Battalions he was attached to the 2nd Battalion The South Staffordshire Regiment in August, 1922, and was later posted to the 1st Battalion of that Regiment, serving in India. On his way out he underwent an operation for appendicitis which was at first thought successful, but pneumonia intervened, and he died in the Egyptian Government Hospital at Suez on 24th May 1923.

 

2nd Lieutenant Alfred Donald Hugh Breeze, Son of Alfred Dennant and Mary Ann Bridget Breeze of College View, Plymouth. He was educated at Plymouth College. He was captain of the 1st Rugby team, the 1st cricket 11, and of the "Fives." He was also a member of the Officer Training Corps attached to the college. He was commissioned in to the Worcestershire Regiment from Sandhurst on the 16th July 1920. He joined the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in Dublin on the 9th June 1921 and was detailed with 7 other officers for 2 months duty at the Castle. On Sunday, 19th June 1921, whilst off duty, he was driving a car, accompanied by family friends Mrs. Roberts and her two sisters when their car was stopped by armed men about 5 p.m. near Carrickmines. 2nd Lieut. Breeze was dragged from the car and shot and then put back in the car. One of the women was then forced to drive the car with the wounded 2nd Lieut. Breeze and some of the armed men. After a short distance 2nd Lieut. Breeze was again taken out of the car and shor dead and his body was left by the road side.

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