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Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos, France |
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| Location: Loos-en-Gohelle, near Lens, Pas de Calais, France. | |
| Visited: See Notes below | "Cheltonians" buried in this Cemetery: 7 |
| CWGC Cemetery Information can be viewed here | |
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"Cheltonians" buried in this Cemetery |
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Ernest Richard ARTUS, 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, is buried
in Plot IV, Row H, Grave 10. He was killed in action on 25th
September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and the St Paul's Church War Memorial. He left a widow and six children at 3 Granville Street, Cheltenham. |
Sgt Ernest Richard Artus 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1881 - 1915 |
| Private William BARNFIELD, 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, is buried in Plot III, Row K, Grave 6. He was killed in action on 9th October 1915 in the Hohenzollern Redoubt during the Battle of Loos. He was 25 years old. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and on the St Luke's Church Roll of Honour. His parents, George and Adelaide Barnfield, resided at 13 Kew Place Bath Road, Cheltenham and his brother, Frank, was killed in action in France on 13th November 1916 whilst serving with the Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division. | |
Sgt Ernest Betteridge 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1891 - 1915 |
Sergeant Ernest Linden Howard
"Dick" BETTERIDGE, 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, is
buried in Plot VII, Row D, Grave 1. He was killed in action on
25th September 1915 the first day of the Battle of Loos. He
was 24.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial, the St Stephen's Church Roll of Honour, the Cheltenham Parish Boys School Roll of Honour and the St James Church Roll of Honour. His parents, Richard and Mary Betteridge, resided at 36 Hatherley Street, Cheltenham He was centre forward for Cheltenham Town Football Club between 1911 - 1914. |
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Arthur HARRISON, 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, is buried in
Plot IV, Row H, Grave 17. He was killed in action on 25th
September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos. He was
45.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. Cpl Harrison left a widow, Mrs Annie Elizabeth Harrison at 2 Newbury Cottages, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham. Arthur Harrison was an assistant teacher at the Holy Trinity School, Cheltenham, between 1905 and 1914. |
Cpl Arthur Harrison 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1870 - 1915 |
Pte David Hawling 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1882 - 1915 |
Private David HAWLING, 10th Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment, is buried in Plot V, Row A, Grave
13.
He was killed in action on 25th September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos. He was 33. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and on the St Paul's Church War Memorial. He left a widow, Beatrice Caroline Hawling, residing at 11 Nailsworth Terrace, Cheltenham. |
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Captain
Edmund Griffith HEATH, 97th Brigade Royal Field Artillery, is buried in
Plot IV, Row F, Grave 1.
He was killed in action on 26th September 1915 during the Battle of Loos. Capt Heath is commemorated on the St Paul's Church War Memorial. He left a widow, Irene Margaret, who resided at 28 Lansdown Place, Cheltenham.
(Photo of Captain Heath was provided by his grandson, Mr M C C Heath, and we are extremely grateful for his permission to show it here)
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Captain Anketell Moutray READ, VC, 1st
Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment is buried in Plot VII, Row F, Grave 19. He was killed in action on 25th
September 1915 the first day of the Battle of Loos. He was
awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for
most conspicuous bravery during the first attack near Hulloch. He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. He resided at Beaumont House, Shurdington Road, Cheltenham and his mother later resided at 17 Albany Road, St Leonard's-On-Sea. |
Captain Anketell Moutray Read, VC 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1884 - 1915 |
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