1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's,
(Wiltshire Regiment).
Regular Army Battalion.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 1,712 recorded WW1 deaths for the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment).
BROWN,
Walter Sidney. Lieutenant Colonel. Commanding 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's, (Wiltshire Regiment). Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuill Wood, Authuile, Somme, France. 06-07-1916. Age 46. Son of the late David Brown of Harrow-on-the-Hill, London, UK. Husband of Marion I.G. Trotman (formerly Brown). |
From the website :- www.ww1infantrycos.co.uk/wiltshire.htmlCached
with my thanks. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sidney Brown Commanding 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, 01/04/1915 to 22/04/1915 Invalided. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sidney Brown Commanding 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, 01/06/1915 to 21/06/1915 Replaced. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Sidney Brown Commanding 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment, 23/07/1915 to 05/07/1916 Killed in action/Died of wounds |