Created in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms of the British Army, the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry was formed through the amalgamation of the Cornwall Light Infantry and the South Devonshire Regiment.

As with other entities of the military ranks, the outbreak of the First World War saw a dramatic increase in the size of the regiment; battalions went on to serve on all fronts of the conflict, from the Western Front to India, from Egypt and Mesopotamia to the Home Front.

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Commonwealth War Graves

Cock, Private Arthur (d1919, aged 34, illness)

Davies, Private Edward (d1919, aged 40, illness)

Daymond, Private Alfred (d1918, aged 27, cause of death unknown)

Dickinson, Major Francis (d1915, aged 41, died of wounds)

Ive, Serjeant John (d1919, aged 39, illness)

Lewsley, Private Edward (d1915, aged 21, cause of death unknown)

Lorimer, Lieutenant Hugh (d1918, aged 32, illness)

Runnalls, Private Christopher (d1916, aged 34, died of wounds)

Whiteway, Private George (d1918, aged 25, illness)

Wilcox, Serjeant William (d1919, aged 25, cause of death unknown)

Williams, Private George (d1915, aged 20, drowned)