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For the UK, the Great War was
officially ended on 31st August 1921. Up to this date all
servicemen of the British Empire whose death was attributable to war
service were treated as an official war casualty which attracted certain
entitlements as authorised by the War Office through the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission. These entitlements can be
seen
here in detail.
After 31st August 1921, those who died of wounds or illness caused by service in the war were no longer officially recognised as war casualties. Many officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment who fought in the Great War and succumbed to attributable wounds and illness after the "cut-off" date were therefore never officially recognised as war casualties. This is our tribute to these men. |
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Lieutenant Louis Edward FAWKES
relinquished his commission in the Gloucestershire Regiment on 25th
February 1920 and died on 7th May 1924, aged 48.
He was awarded the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal indicating he saw active service. He resided with his family at The Limes, Bowbridge House, Bowbridge, Stroud. Newspaper reports indicated that he took his own life but it was never confirmed if this was due to private or business reasons. |
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Captain Thomas Robinson Trotter,
died on 24th April 1927 in the Imperial Nursing Home, Cheltenham, aged
50. His death was reported in "The Cheltenham Graphic
and Gloucestershire Chronicle"
published on 27th April 1927, which stated that he died from the effects
of being gassed in France during the Great War.
He enlisted into the 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment and as a Company Sergeant Major was commissioned as a Quartermaster in the 2/5th Battalion. Gloucestershire Regiment. He later transferred to the Tank Corps where he saw service in France and Flanders. He relinquished his commission, due to ill health, on 13th June 1919 and was awarded a Silver War Badge He left a widow and a son residing at "Korosko", Leckhampton Road, Cheltenham and the family previously resided at Portland Place, Cheltenham.
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