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INDENTSecond Lieutenant Arthur Lincoln Springfield was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Arras, 9 April 1917 (Dulwich College Memorial Book and S.L.I. History of the Great War refer).
9820 Private Roland William Springfield died 15 May 1917 from wounds received at Bullecourt
Lieutenant Edgar Worsnop was wounded by sniper fire 6 August 1915, the day after landing at Suvla Bay. He died the next day, was buried at sea, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Captain Wilfred Redfern was killed in action during the German March Offensive, 22 March 1918.. The Battalion was holding Long Trench when the enemy attacked with Flammenwerfer (Regimental History p.275 refers). He is buried in Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy.
Second Lieutenant Harold Godfrey Bache was shot by sniper fire at Sanctuary Wood on the Ypres Salient, 15 February 1916. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial ("Regimental History" p.116 refers).
Major Robert Alfred Thomas died 3 June 1916 and is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Charles France-Hayhurst Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action at Auber's Ridge, 9 May 1915 (various references in the "Regimental History" and the "4th Battalion R.W.F. in the Great War" including frontispiece photograph).
Second Lieutenant Ernest Henry Lifetree was killed by a rifle grenade near Givenchy 21 May 1916.
9820 Private Roland William Springfield died 15 May 1917 from wounds received at Bullecourt
Lieutenant Edgar Worsnop was wounded by sniper fire 6 August 1915, the day after landing at Suvla Bay. He died the next day, was buried at sea, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Captain Wilfred Redfern was killed in action during the German March Offensive, 22 March 1918.. The Battalion was holding Long Trench when the enemy attacked with Flammenwerfer (Regimental History p.275 refers). He is buried in Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ligny-Thilloy.
Second Lieutenant Harold Godfrey Bache was shot by sniper fire at Sanctuary Wood on the Ypres Salient, 15 February 1916. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial ("Regimental History" p.116 refers).
Major Robert Alfred Thomas died 3 June 1916 and is buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Charles France-Hayhurst Commanding Officer of the 4th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers was killed in action at Auber's Ridge, 9 May 1915 (various references in the "Regimental History" and the "4th Battalion R.W.F. in the Great War" including frontispiece photograph).
Second Lieutenant Ernest Henry Lifetree was killed by a rifle grenade near Givenchy 21 May 1916.