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Cheltenham Roll of Honour The Battle of Loos |
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Those of Cheltenham and local area who fell on 25th September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos |
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A Service of Remembrance was held on Sunday 25th September 2005 at Christ Church, Cheltenham to commemorate those of the town who fell in action on 25th September 1915, the first day of the Battle of Loos. Descendants and relatives of the following attended the service and placed commemorative crosses in the remembrance area: Sgt E R Artus, Sgt F E Bridgman, LCpl J C L Gapper, LCpl A G Gostlow, Pte D Hawling, Pte A G Lockey and Sgt J H Taylor. The remaining 36 Cheltonians were remembered by guests at the service and by members of the Gloucestershire Army Cadet Force. |
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10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (1 officer and 33 soldiers) |
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Sgt Ernest Richard ARTUS - Granville Street Sgt Ernest Linden Howard BETTERIDGE - Hatherley Street Sgt Frederick Ewart BRIDGMAN - Brookway Road Pte Hubert Frederick Arnold BUTLER - Montpellier Villas Sgt Thomas COOMBEY - Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings Pte Ernest DAVIS - St James Street Pte Cecil James DELANEY - Tewkesbury Road Pte William DISTON - All Saints Sgt Frank Maurice DRISCOLL - Marle Hill Road Pte Robert ELLIOTT - Leicester Terrace Pte Thomas EVANS - Brandon Terrace Pte Frank Reginald GAPPER - Cheltenham LCpl James Christopher Lipscomb GAPPER - Burton Street Sgt Horace GARNER - Montpellier Villas Capt Ivan Richard GIBBS - Park Place LCpl Albert George GOSTLOW - Swindon Street Pte Frederick Stephen GROVES - Christchurch Road Pte Leonard Benjamin HARRIS - St Luke's Cpl Arthur HARRISON - Tewkesbury Road Pte David HAWLING - Nailsworth Terrace Pte Ernest Alfred JONES - Commercial Street Pte Arthur Granville LOCKEY - St Peter's, Cheltenham Pte Frank Thomas LONG - Golden Valley, Cheltenham Pte Alfred MATTHEWS - Gratton Street Pte George MAYALL - Noverton Lane, Prestbury Pte William RIVERS - St James Street Sgt George Ernest ROBINSON - Upper Bath Road Pte Henry RUMBOLD - Malvern Street LCpl Charles Alfred SMART - York Street Pte Frederick SMITH - Church Piece, Charlton Kings Pte William Frank SMITH - St Phillip's Street Sgt James Henry TAYLOR - Milsom Street Pte Charles WICKS - Union Street LCpl Albert John WILLIAMS - Charlton Lane |
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2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment (1 soldier) |
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Pte George William HYDE - Sun Street
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9th Battalion Welsh Regiment (2 soldiers) |
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Pte Arthur Henry HOUGHTON - Beaufort Buildings, Pitville Pte George MITCHELL - Victoria Parade, Gloucester Road
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2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (1 Soldier) |
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Sgt William DRAKE - High Street
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10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (1 soldier) |
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Pte Henry Thomas COOPER - Hamilton Place
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9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers (1 soldier) |
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Pte John SHELLAM - Market Street
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1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment (1 officer) |
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Capt Anketell Moutray READ, VC - Shurdington Road (Full details of the award of the VC for gallantry at Loos can be viewed here)
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28th Punjabis (Indian Army) (1 officer) |
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Lt Elliot Blair GRASETT - Lypiatt Terrace
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2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment (1 officer) |
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Capt Arthur Forbes Gordon KILBY, VC, MC - Pitville Circus Road (Full details of the award of the VC for gallantry at Loos can be viewed here) |
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Notes: 1. The following are buried in Dud Corner Cemetery, Loos Sgt Artus Sgt Betteridge Cpl Harrison Pte Hawling Capt Read VC 2. The following are buried in Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Loos Sgt Bridgman Sgt Driscoll Pte Rumbold 3. Capt Gibbs is buried St Mary's Advanced Dressing Station Cemetery, Haisnes, near Loos. 4. Pte Houghton is buried in the Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France. 5. Sgt Drake is buried in the Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, France. 6. Pte Cooper is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium. 7. The following have no known grave and are commemorated on the Loos Memorial To The Missing: Pte Butler Sgt Coombey Pte Davis Pte Delaney Pte Diston Pte Elliott Pte Evans Pte F Gapper LCpl J Gapper Sgt Garner LCpl Gostlow Pte Groves Pte Harris Pte Jones Pte Lockey Pte Long Pte Matthews Pte Mayall Pte Mitchell Pte Rivers Sgt Robinson Pte Shellam LCpl Smart Pte F Smith Pte W Smith Sgt Taylor Pte Wicks LCpl Williams 8. Capt Kilby, VC, is buried in Arras Road Cemetery, Roclincourt, France. 9. Pte Hyde, 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial To The Missing. 10. Lt Grasett has no known grave and is commemorated on the Neuve Chapelle Indian Memorial To The Missing. 11. Sgt Driscoll is commemorated on the grave of his father in Cheltenham Cemetery. 12. Sgt Robinson is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery. 13. Lt Grasett is commemorated on the family grave in Cheltenham Cemetery. |
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