Originally formed in 1881, during the Great War, the Devonshire Regiment raised a total of 25 battalions and fought on the Western Front and in Italy, Macedonia, Egypt, Palestine, and Mesopotamia. The regiment was awarded 65 battle honours and two Victoria Crosses during the course of the war.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Adams, Lance Corporal Albert (d1919, aged 40, illness)

Adlam, Private John (d1918, aged 35, cause unknown)

Antell, Private Frank (d1916, aged 37, suicide)

Bailey, Private Ernest (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Baker, Private James (d1919, aged 35, cause of death unknown)

Baker, Private Thomas (d1917, aged 40, illness)

Batten, Private Arthur (d1919, aged 19, wounded in action)

Bingham Day, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas (d1917, aged 62, illness)

Blackwell, Private Albert (d1915, aged 42, illness)

Boon, Private Henry (d1916, aged 36, illness)

Brown, Sergeant Reginald (d1919, aged 45, illness)

Bunclark, Serjeant John (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Burge, Private James (d1919, aged 31, cause unknown)

Burgess, Private Herbert (d1918, aged 35, cause of death unknown)

Burnett, Private James (d1920, aged 32, illness)

Buse, Private George (d1917, aged 36, illness)

Candey, Private Arthur (d1915, aged 18, suicide)

Carder, Private Ernest (d1916, aged 36, suicide)

Channing, Lance Corporal John (d1918, aged 34, illness)

Chapple, Corporal Bruce (d1919, aged 26, cause of death unknown)

Chilcott, Private James (d1919, aged 33, illness)

Clarke, Private John (d1918, aged 37, cause of death unknown)

Cleave, Private Frederick (d1921, aged 21, illness)

Collard, Private Cuthbert (d1919, aged 20, illness)

Constable, Serjeant George (d1915, ages 21, died from wounds)

Cook, Private Samuel (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Coward, Private Albert (d1918, aged 18, cause of death unknown)

Coward, Private Frederick (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Dyke, Private Bernard (d1918, aged 20, accidental shooting)

Dymond, Serjeant Samuel (d1920, aged 43, cause unknown)

Edwards, Private Charles (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Fear, Private Thomas (d1919, aged 47, illness)

Fey, Private William (d1915, aged 26, illness)

Flood, Private James (d1919, aged 40, cause of death unknown)

Franklin, Private George (d1916, aged 28, illness)

Fricker, Private Ernest (d1919, aged 20, cause of death unknown)

Fuller, Private William (d1917, aged 41, illness)

Gannett, Private Harry (d1919, aged 18, illness)

Garrett, Private George (d1917, aged 22, wounded in action)

Gillson, Corporal Wilfred (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Griffin, Private William (d1920, aged 21, illness)

Gulliford, Private William (d1917, aged 40, illness)

Ham, Private Edward (d1917, aged 31, cause of death unknown)

Hammacott, Private William (d1920, aged 28, illness)

Harcombe, Private William (d1916, aged 18, died of wounds)

Harris, Private Samuel (d1917, aged 22, illness)

Harris, Serjeant Tom (d1918, aged 41, illness)

Hayes, Serjeant Walter (d1921, age 38, illness)

Hext, Private Hubert (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Hobbs, Private Frederick (d1916, aged 29, illness)

Hoskins, Private Benjamin (d1915, aged 45, illness)

Hunt, Boy George (d1921, aged 17, illness)

Hunt, Private William (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Hurrell, Private Alfred (d1915, aged 29, cause unknown)

Huxtable, Serjent Edwin (d1915, aged 52, illness)

Kelway, Private Robert (d1919, aged 21, illness)

King, Private Arthur (d1918, aged 22, wounded in action)

King, Private Bernard (d1918, aged 37, illness)

Kingdon, Private Herbert (d1917, aged 45, illness)

Lamacraft, Private William (d1919, aged 31, cause of death unknown)

Lane, Private Bernard (d1918, aged 38, cause of death unknown)

Leat, Private Charles (d1918, aged 30, illness)

Legg, Private Thomas (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Light, Private Percy (d1917, aged 19, illness)

Macey, Quartermaster Serjeant Percy (d1921, aged 31, cause unknown)

Macklin, Private Herbert (d1918, aged 21, illness)

Mahaffey, Private John (d1916, aged 49, illness)

Matthews, Private Albert (d1915, age unknown, illness)

May, Private Arthur (d1919, aged 40, illness)

Metters, Private Gilbert (d1914, aged 29, illness)

Mumford, Private Melbourne (d1919, aged 21, died of wounds)

Newman, Private William (d1918, aged 37, illness)

Nott, Private Gilbert (d1916, aged 20, illness)

Oaten, Private Henry (d1917, aged 40, illness)

O’Brien, Private Jeremiah (d1916, aged 29, illness)

Page, Lance Serjeant Ralph (d1918, aged 29, illness)

Parry, Private William (d1919, aged 44, illness)

Parsons, Private Hubert (d1917, aged 24, cause of death unknown)

Parsons, Private Thomas (d1917, aged 32, illness)

Patch, Private James (d1917, aged 35, accident)

Perry, Private Herbert (d1915, aged 28, died of wounds)

Pittard, Private Herbert (d1918, aged 22, illness)

Preece, Private Henry (d1918, aged 19, cause unknown)

Rondel, Private Clarence (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Snow, Private Robert (d1919, aged 28, illness)

Soper, Private Joseph (d1917, aged 41, accident)

Spackman, Private Harold (1915, aged 17, illness)

Srodzinski, Private Arthur (d1918, aged 28, illness)

Stodgell, Private Charles (d1919, aged 40, illness)

Sturrock, Corporal Alexander (d1919, aged 41, illness)

Sugg, Private Bernard (d1917, aged 22, illness)

Thorne, Lance Corporal Thomas (d1919, aged 24, illness)

Toomer, Private Albert (1918, aged 43, illness)

Trayler, Captain John (d1915, aged 39, illness)

Tucker, Private Charlie (d1917, aged 40, illness)

Venn, Private Henry (d1918, aged 18, illness)

Vinton, Corporal Stanley (d1918, aged 20, illness)

Warren, Private William (d1916, aged 33, wounded in action)

Webber, Private Havelock (d1916, aged 38, illness)

Whatley, Private Ernest (d1917, aged 18, cause of death unknown)

White, Private Frederick (d1917, aged 19, wounded in action)

Winter, Private Thomas (d1918, aged 30, illness)