GABELL,
Douglas Ridley Clunes
Captain. Seconded to 13th
Training Squadron Royal Air Force.
Killed in flying accident in UK on 12th July
1918. Buried in Swindon
Village (St Lawrence’s) Churchyard,
near Cheltenham. Aged 20.
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Douglas
Ridley Clunes GABELL was born at Cheltenham on 28th November 1897,
the sixth son of the Rev Arthur Charles Gabell, Rector of St
Lawrence Church, Swindon Village and Mrs Gabell. His
parents later resided at Battledown Gates, Hales Road, Cheltenham.
He was educated at Cheltenham College
between 1912 and 1915 before being accepted into the Royal Military
Sandhurst in 1916. After successfully attending
Sandhurst he was
commissioned as a Regular Officer into the Gloucestershire Regiment in
July 1916 and, on 1st September 1916, was seconded to the Royal
Flying Corps.
He saw considerable service on the Western
Front being twice brought down. On 1st March 1917 when
serving with 4th Squadron Royal Flying Corps whilst flying BE2e, serial
5821, with his observer Lt G E Craig, he was in combat with 6 enemy
aircraft and was shot down near Achiet le Petit and was seriously
wounded requiring hospitalisation in the UK. His actions on
1st March 1917 were recorded in RFC Communiqué No 77.
His services as an instructor were
required and he was posted to 13th Training Squadron Royal Flying Corps,
later, Royal Air Force, as a Wing Examiner. The unit was
based near Yatesbury, Wilts. On 12th
July1918 whilst test-flying an RE8 aircraft, serial number C2236, with
fellow Cheltonian Lt F G Delmar-Williamson, the aircraft collapsed in
mid-air over Chippenham and crashed to the ground, killing both airmen.
Captain Gabell was buried on the 16th
July 1918 at
St Lawrence Churchyard, Swindon Village on the South boundary of
the Church, and Lt Delmar-Williamson on 17th July 1918 at St Peter's
Church, Leckhampton.
He is commemorated on the Cheltenham War
Memorial, the Swindon Village War Memorial and on the Royal Military
Academy Sandhurst Roll of Honour. A biography can be
viewed here.
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The RE8 Aircraft |
Remains of the RE8 in which Capt Gabell
and Lt Delmar-William son were killed on 12th July 1918. |
GADNEY,
Gilbert Sims
Second
Lieutenant. 8th
Battalion. Killed in action in France on 3rd
July 1916. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial. Aged 30.
GARDNER,
Robert MacGregor Stewart
Major,
MiD. 1st Battalion. Killed in action in Belgium on 31st
October 1914. Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Aged 44.
GARLAND, Francis Henry
Second
Lieutenant. 8th
Battalion. Killed in action in France on 23rd
October 1918. Buried in St Aubert
British Cemetery. Aged ??.
GARLAND, John James
Second
Lieutenant. 12th Battalion. Died of wounds in France on 9th July
1918. Buried in Tannay British
Cemetery, Thiennes. Aged 26.
GARNHAM,
Percival
Second
Lieutenant. 1/6th
Battalion. Died of illness in Italy on 25th
October 1918. Buried in Montecchio Precalcino Communal
Cemetery Extension. Aged 28.
GARNIER,
Denys Keppel
Captain. 2nd Battalion. Died of wounds in Salonika
on 7th
December 1916. Buried in Struma Military
Cemetery. Aged 26.
GEORGE,
Eric Coe
Second
Lieutenant. 10th
Battalion. Died of illness in France on 15th
September 1915. Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery. Aged 19.
GEORGE,
William King
Captain. 1st Battalion. Killed in action in France on 25th
January 1915. Buried in Guards Cemetery,
Windy Corner, Cuinchy. Aged 33.
GIBBS,
Ivan Richard
Captain. 10th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 25th
September 1915. Believed to be buried
in St Mary’s ADS Cemetery, Haisnes.
Aged 24.
GILBERT,
Reginald William
Second
Lieutenant, MC. Seconded to 53rd
Company Machine Gun Corps. Killed in
action in France
on 21st July 1916.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
Aged 21.
GILMORE,
John Kenneth
Captain. 1/6th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 22nd
August 1916. Commemorated on Thiepval
Memorial. Aged 26.
GLEAVE,
Fergus
Second
Lieutenant. 10th
Battalion. Killed in action in France on 22nd
or 23rd July 1916.
Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial.
Aged 27.
GOLDIE,
Amyas Leigh
Lieutenant. Attached to 4th Battalion
Worcestershire Regiment. Killed in
action in Gallipoli on 6th August 1915. Commemorated on Helles Memorial. Aged 36.
GOSLING,
Gerald Noel
Lieutenant,
MC. Attached
to “Dyer’s Battalion”, North Russian Force.
Murdered in Russia
on 7th July 1919. Buried in
Semenovka (Bereznik) Cemetery Extension.
Aged 20.
GRANGER
Frederick Collins
Second
Lieutenant, MC, MiD. 1st
Battalion. Died of wounds in France on 30th
March 1917. Buried in St Sever
Cemetery, Rouen. Aged 37.
GRANT,
Percy Victor
Second
Lieutenant. Attached
to 9th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade. Killed in action in France on 3rd April
1918. Commemorated on Pozieres
Memorial. Aged 25.
GREENLAND,
Charles Stirling Walter
Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion. Killed in action in Belgium on 9th
May 1915. Buried in Bedford House
Cemetery, near Ypres. Aged 23.
GRIFFIN, Edward William
Lieutenant. Seconded to 25th
Squadron Royal Air Force. Killed in
aerial action in France
on 16th September 1918.
Buried in Huby-St
Leu British
Cemetery. Aged ??.
GRIFFIN, Leslie Stuart Herbert
Lieutenant,
MiD. 10th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 18th
August 1916. Buried in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery. Aged 20.
GRIFFITHS,
John Enos
Second Lieutenant. 2/5th Battalion. Killed in action in France on 23rd
April 1918. Buried in St Venant-Robecq Road
British Cemetery, Robecq. Aged 25.
GRIFFITHS, Walter Edward Lambourn
Captain. 9th Battalion. Killed in action in Salonika
on 26th April 1917. Buried
in Karasouli Military Cemetery. Aged 22.
GUISE,
Henry George Christopher
Lieutenant. 1/5th Battalion. Accidentally killed in Belgium on 6th
May 1915. Buried in Ploegsteert Wood
Military Cemetery. Aged 27.
GURNEY,
Kenneth Gerard
Second
Lieutenant. 2/6th Battalion. Died of wounds as a POW of the Germans in Belgium on 17th
December 1917. Buried in Honnechy British Cemetery. Aged 30.