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Service documents
and other
official records of those listed on this
page are being investigated to determine identity or, cause, date and
place of death and subsequent burial, which may enable us to
take corrective action at the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission or on our Roll
of Honour pages. |
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BLACKWELL William |
Commemorated on Cheltenham War Memorial and St Peter's Church War
Memorial. Identity of these commemorations is unclear as there
are up to three of the name of William Blackwell who died whilst serving with the Glos
Regt:
- 17258, Pte, William Thomas
Blackwell, 2/4th Bn Glos Regt, died in UK on 30th September 1918 and is
buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. Birth registered in
Cheltenham in Q2-1888. At the Census, he was living with his
parents at 20 Malvern Street, St Peter's, Cheltenham.
- 7660, Pte, William Blackwell,
7th Bn Glos Regt, killed in action in Gallipoli on 3rd January 1916.
- 28953, Pte, William T Blackwell,
8th Bn Glos Regt, killed in action in France on 28th March 1918.
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| BORCHARD
(or BURKHARDT) L M |
Commemorated on the Grammar
School Roll of Honour (as L M Burkhardt) but no service records have been found. The school magazine of 1918 states that
he died in an accident in 1918, but no details of this have been traced. |
| BROWN J |
Commemorated on the
Cheltenham War Memorial as serving with the Royal Field Artillery.
This soldier has not yet been identified and records of his service and details of his death and
burial are not known. Commemoration may well refer 646572, Dvr
John Brown, DOW France 9th April 1917, of the Highworth/Swindon area.
He may well be commemorated on the
Kempsford War
Memorial. |
| CANDLER C W |
Commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial as serving with the Canadian Infantry.
In the Canadian
National Archives we have discovered a Pte Charles William Candle
(born in Cheltenham and residing in Pilley Lane prior to his emigration to
Canada). We have informed the Canadian
National Roll of Honour that this man may well be CAUDLE. It
appears that this soldier survived the war and returned to Canada. |
| CASEY
Frank |
No regimental details
for CASEY have
been traced. No record in SDGW or in the Debt of Honour Register at the
CWGC.
Commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial and the St John's Church War Memorial. It may well be that this soldier was
known to the military authorities as KEARSEY, who was killed in action on
9th May 1915 whilst serving as Pte, 2548, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
The name of Kearsey is also commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. |
| CHAMBERLAIN
J E |
Listed
on the Cheltenham War Memorial but no trace of this Royal Marine can be found
in the DoHR at the CWGC
or in the Register of Royal Marine Deaths 1914 - 1919. There
is, however, a Private Jessie Edmund Chamberlain , PLY/2397(S), Royal
Marine Light Infantry who was taken prisoner of war on 29th September 1918, subsequently
repatriated on 20th November 1918 and demobilised on 3rd March
1919. Investigations continue to determine death and burial
details. |
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CLIFFORD P |
Commemorated on the St Peter's War Memorial.
This man has not been identified and records of his service and details of
his death and burial are not yet known. However, a
CLIFFORD F is listed on the Cheltenham War Memorial and on the St
Paul's War Memorial and it may well be that these commemorations refer to
the same man. |
| CREED
L D |
Commemorated
on the St Paul's Church War Memorial but
no details of this serviceman have been found. An Ernest
Durham Creed, was born in 1894 in Cheltenham In the 1901
Census he was living at 12 Hanover Street, Cheltenham, aged 7, and served
in the Gloucestershire Regiment, as Pte, number 240331. No
record of this man's death and burial have been found as yet. |
| DAVIS
E |
Commemorated
on the St Paul's Church War Memorial,
as serving with the Royal Army Service Corps. An Ernest Davis
was born in Cheltenham in Q2, 1889. He died on 25th October
1918 and is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery. In 1918, an
Ernest Davis is recorded as residing at 9 Ewlyn Terrace, Fairfield Road,
Cheltenham. No service records have been traced as
yet. Not commemorated in the Debt of
Honour Register at the CWGC. |
| DRINKWATER
John Edward P |
Commemorated
on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.
Served as 241488, Pte, 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment. Records of his death and burial are not
known. Not commemorated in the Debt of
Honour Register at the CWGC. |
| GAINER
Hubert |
Commemorated
on Cheltenham War Memorial,
as serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment. A Hubert Gainer
serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment, residing at 38 Burton Street,
Cheltenham is listed in the Roll of Honour published by the
Gloucestershire Echo on 8th August 1916. No date of death or
burial record has
been traced as yet. Not commemorated in
the Debt of Honour Register at the CWGC. |
| GAY
G |
Commemorated
on Cheltenham War Memorial,
as serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment. This man has not
been identified and records of his service and details of his death and
burial are not yet known. |
| GOULD
K |
Commemorated
on the St James' School Roll of Honour but
no service details have been found. A Keneth (one 'n') Edward R Gould was
born in Cheltenham in Q4, 1894 and in the 1901 Census a Keneth Gould is listed as age 6, residing with his parents in 9 Upper Bath Street,
Cheltenham. |
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HALEY J |
Commemorated on Cheltenham War Memorial. The identity of
this commemoration has yet to be confirmed. It may refer to
4491, Pte, HALEY, John Thomas, 6th Bn Glos Regt, of Fredericton, New
Brunswick, Canada, whose wife Elizabeth Emma Haley, resided at 51a Jersey
Street, Cheltenham and later at 8 Clare Place, Bath Road, Cheltenham.
His date of death and burial details have not been traced as yet. |
| HALL
E |
Commemorated
on the St James' School Roll of Honour but
no details of this serviceman have been found. There is also a
Edward J HALL listed on the Elms Roll of
Honour but, again, no details of this particular serviceman have been
traced. An Edward Joseph Hall, residing at 15 Worcester St,
Cheltenham, is listed in the Cheltenham Voters List of 1918 as being
absent on military service. An Able Seaman Edward Joseph Hall,
Royal Navy, J34748, HMS Vivid I, and later HMS Senator, was residing at 15
Worcester Street Cheltenham in 1918, 1919 and 1920. |
| HART
Charles |
Commemorated
on the Cheltenham War Memorial,
the St Paul's Church War Memorial and
the St Peter's Church War Memorial.
Cause and date of death, and burial
location have not yet discovered. |
|
HAYDEN Harry |
Commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial. Served as
202057, Pte, 2/4th Bn Glos Regt. KIA in Belgium on 9th October
1917. Details of his birth and connection with Cheltenham are
unknown. |
| HIGGS
Alfred |
Commemorated
on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.
An Alfred Raymond Higgs was born in Cirencester in 1891 and resided at 17
Lewis Lane, Cirencester in the 1901 Census. Served as 2277
(later 240469), Pte, 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
No details of his death and burial have been found as yet. Not
listed in "Soldiers Died". Not
commemorated in the Debt of Honour Register at the CWGC. |
| HIGGS
W |
Commemorated
on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.
A William Charles Higgs was born in Cirencester in 1894 and resided at 17
Lewis Lane, Cirencester in the 1901 Census (see Alfred Higgs,
above). Served as 2241, Pte, 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment. No details of his death and burial have been
traced. Not commemorated in the
Debt of Honour Register at the CWGC. |
| HOBSON
A |
Commemorated
on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.
This man has not been identified and records of his service and details of his death and
burial are not yet known. The 1901
Census reveals an Alexander Hobson, aged 11, residing at 404 High Street
Cheltenham. |
| JENKINS
Arthur William |
Commemorated
on the Cheltenham War Memorial.
Served as 202910, Cpl, 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment.
His date of death and burial
records have not been traced as yet. |
| JONES
J |
Commemorated
on the Cheltenham War Memorial
as serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment. Full regimental
details are not known and no cause and date of death or burial records
have been traced. This could be a duplicate commemoration on
the War Memorial of Pte Jesse Jones, 1st Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment. |
| MASON
B H |
Commemorated
on the Salem Baptist Church Roll of Honour.
No details of this serviceman have been traced. However, there
is a possibility that this commemoration may refer to 10078, Pte, William
Henry Mason, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers, who died whilst at sea
near Gallipoli on 11th May 1915. He was born in Cheltenham in
1887 and
enlisted in Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| NUNNEY
Harry Victor |
Commemorated
on the Badgeworth (Holy Trinity Church) Roll of Honour.
Harry Victor C Nunney was born in the Cheltenham area in 1895.
Served as 43528, Pte, 73 Company Labour Corps, but details of his death have yet to be traced. The
1901 Census records that he was 5 years old and living in Badgeworth.
Not commemorated in the Debt of Honour Register at
the CWGC. There is no record of a burial in this name
in Cheltenham Cemetery between 1913 and 1922. |
|
PARKER Stanley |
Commemorated on the St Paul's Church War Memorial. Served as a
Pte with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Could be one of up to
three of this name who served and died with the Canadian Army. |
| PARSON
J |
Listed on the St
Peter's Church War Memorial. This man has not been
identified and records of his service and details of his death and burial
are not yet known. |
| PEARCE
J |
Commemorated
on the Cheltenham War Memorial
as serving with the Gloucestershire Regiment. This man has not
been identified and records of his service and details of his death and
burial are not yet known. |
| RICHARDSON
George |
Commemorated
on the Prestbury War Memorial
and the Prestbury (St Mary's Church) War Memorial. This man
has not yet been positively identified but could well be 343606, Carpenter's Mate,
George Richardson, Royal Navy, HMS Formidable, who died at sea on 1st
January 1915. Investigations continue. |
| ROBERTS
G |
Commemorated
on the St James Church Roll of
Honour and notes regarding this Roll of Honour discovered in the
Gloucestershire Archives indicate that the commemoration is to a Col G
Roberts. The only officer of this name and approximate rank to
have died in the Great War is Lt Col Gerard Chipchase Roberts, Commanding
Officer 14th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in action on
8th June 1916 whilst leading a raid on enemy trenches. No
connection with Cheltenham has been found to date though he may well have
had relatives living in the town at the time of his death. |
| SHAW
J |
Commemorated on the St James' School Roll of Honour and St James Church Roll of
Honour and and notes regarding the Church Roll of Honour discovered in
the
Gloucestershire Archives indicate that the commemoration is to a Pte J
Shaw. No details of a serviceman with this name connected with
Cheltenham have been found to
date. A Joseph Tom Shaw was born in Cheltenham in Q4, 1897. |
| SIMPSON
Alex |
Commemorated
on the Bishops Cleeve War Memorial.
No details of the service or death of a man of this name have been traced to date,
though this name has been found in the 1915 Voters List for Bishops Cleeve. |
| SIMS
W A |
Commemorated
on the Charlton Kings War Memorial
and the Charlton Kings (St Mary's Church) War Memorial. This man has not been
identified. Records of his service and details of his death and burial
are not yet known. |
| SKEY
William J |
Commemorated
on the St John's Church War Memorial.
No details of the service or death of this man have been traced as
yet. |
| STANLEY
George Henry |
Commemorated
on the Cheltenham War Memorial
as serving with the 6th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment. He
was discharged from the Army in 1918 on medical grounds.
He is listed in the Cheltenham Voters List for 1918 as absent on military
service and residing at Llewellin Cottage, Sherbourne Street,
Cheltenham. No details of his death and burial have been traced as yet.
He is not commemorated in the Debt of Honour Register at
the CWGC. |
|
TAYLOR R F |
Commemorated
on the St James Church Roll of
Honour and notes regarding this Roll of Honour discovered in the
Gloucestershire Archives indicate that the commemoration is to a Pte R F
Taylor. No details of the service or death of this man have
been traced as yet. The commemoration may refer to 2Lt Robert
Fowler TAYLOR, 1/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, who was killed in
action in Italy on 23rd June 1918, and investigations continue. |
| WEAVER
W |
Commemorated
on the St James Church Roll of
Honour and notes regarding this Roll of Honour discovered in the
Gloucestershire Archives indicate that the commemoration is to a Pte W
Weaver. This serviceman has not been identified. Records of his service and details of his death and
burial are not yet known. |
