Volunteer Battalions - Commision Changes 1918
Men came and left the Voluntary Battalions during the Great War. Some joined the regular army and some returned to civilian life.
Changes in Commisioned ranks were normally announced and some of those are displayed below.
11 January 1918
2/2nd VB
Temp 2nd Noble Eagle appointed
3rd VB
Temp 2nd Lt A E Luscombe appointed
5th VB
Temp 2nd Lt G Colvin appointed
25 January 1918
1st VB
Temp Lt O A Parrack resigned his commision
2/2nd VB
Captain W G Wenley to be Asst Adj
4th VB
Temp Lt A S Vinning transfers to Sussex Volunteers
15 February 1918
1/2nd VB
Temp 2nd Lt W J McDonald appointed
8 March 1918
1st VB
William Thorne MP is appointed Hon Temp Lt Col and Battalion Commandant
22 March 1918
1st VB
Temp Lt E C Humphrey resigned his commision
1/2nd VB
Rev I L Seymour to be Chaplain
3rd VB
Temp Lt A E Luscombe promoted to Asst Adjutant
12 April 1918
1st VB
MO and Temp Lt Wm Benton resigned his commision
24 May 1918
3rd VB
Temp Lt Claude W Hiscocks appointed
Temp Lt Harry A Williams appointed
31 May 1918
4th VB
Temp Lt Thomas F Tew resigned his commision
Temp 2nd Lt Geo Wm Heard appointed
Temp 2nd Lt Thomas Byford appointed
Temp 2nd Lt Wm E S Readall appointed
Temp 2nd Lt Wm J Hockley
Temp 2nd Lt Percy B Hollick appointed
3/2nd VB
Temp Lt Augustus M Bradhurst to be asst adj
19 July 1918
Temp 2nd Lt Harry C Crookham appointed to the 4th Vol Battalion
28 June 1918
4th VB
Temp Lt George A H Wooton resigned his commision
16 August 1918
1st VB
Temp Lt John W Hawes resigned his commision
6th VB
Temp 2nd Lt Albert T Agnew resigned his commision
6 September 1918
7th VB
Major Chas Gold appointed
3rd VB
Temp Lt C F Cope transfers to Royal Sussex Volunteers
9 September 1918
5th VB
Temp 2nd Lt John Vernon Goodes appointed
2 October 1918
1st VB
Temp Lt Herbert Eugene Jerram resigns his commission
29 November 1918
4th VB
Temp 2nd Lt Alfred John Heasman appointed
7th VB
Temp 2nd Lt Ronald Vyrnwy Wyld appointed
Temp 2nd Lt John Edward Newman Sherwood appointed
