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10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment
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Those known to have served with10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. - Baglin Arthur. Pte. (d.25 Sptember 1915)
- Barber Charles Samuel. L/Cpl. (d.13th October 1915)
- Barnes John. Pte. (d.13th Oct 1915)
- Beddows MM. Joseph. Pte.
- Butt C. E.. 2nd Lt. (d.4th April 1918)
- Careless Arthur. Pte. (d.30th June 1916)
- Constant Arthur. Pte. (d.31st August 1916)
- Fitts Sydney Albert. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1916)
- Fitts Sydney Albert. Pte. (d.8th Aug 1916)
- Freeman Arthur Fredrick. Pte. (d.25th Sep 1915)
- Fryer Charles William. Pte. (d.4th April 1916)
- Gale Philip Alan. Pte. (d.23rd/24th Jul 1916)
- Jordan Percy Seymour Dobbs. L/Cpl. (d.16th June 1916)
- Large Frank. Pte.
- Littlehales MM. Charles. Pte.
- Mann William. Pte. (d.18th July 1916)
- Matthews Alfred Rowland. Pte. (d.25th September 1915)
- McCormick Edward John. Pte. (d.30th Aug 1916)
- Meulbrouck Alphonse. Sgt.
- Mossop Bernard Alfred. Cpl. (d.11th October 1915)
- Parker MM. Albert William. Pte.
- Perry James Francis. Pte. (d.11th September 1916)
- Pitman Godfrey Hugh. Pte. (d.17th July 1916)
- Spencer John. Pte. (d.4th Apr 1918)
- Tuck William Frank. L/Cpl. (d.9th September 1916)
- Warry Fred. Pte. (d.12th September 1916)
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Pte. Sydney Albert Fitts 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1916) Sydney Fitts was my Great Uncle, and all I know about him is that he was injured at Somme and died of his wounds in Manchester. He is buried with his brother at Cheltenham Cemetery, Prestbury in a CWGC grave. (only his name appears on the stone).
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Pte. John Spencer 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.4th Apr 1918) In February 1918, the 10th Glosters was disbanded and re-formed as the 13th Entrenching Battalion, which itself was disbanded shortly thereafter with its personnel being distributed to infantry units in the face of the German Spring Offensive (Operation Michael). Private John Spencer was attached to the 5th Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
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Pte. Albert William Parker MM. 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Parker earned the Military Medal in September 1916, probably during the fighting for High Wood. Before the war, he and his two brothers had been caddies at Cleeve Hill Golf Club. I am still researching Albert's story.
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Pte. Frank Large 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment  My great-grandfather Frank Large, was a labourer and platelayer with Great Western Railways and joined up with the 10th Gloucesters on the 9th of August 1914 aged just 21. He was one of the first to answer Kitchener’s call to arms. He went to France in August the following year. To the best of my knowledge from paperwork and accounts told by my grandfather Herbert Large, he went over the top on the 25th of September 1915 at Loos. His pension records detail several interesting things I would like to share:
- His records detail that he served in France for 38 months out of the 51 months the war ran.
- He was wounded in the left forearm by a bullet. My grandfather always said that the bullet went through his arm. Funnily enough, my grandfather was nicked by a bullet in the same arm in WW2 in the Far East with the Royal Marines.
- He received field punishment number one for being late on parade on at least one occasion; a few other times, he was confined to barracks.
- He was made lance corporal, but reverted to private at his own request.
- He is detailed as having moved to the 8th Gloucesters for a time.
- He is detailed as having worked as a stretcher bearer, or at least qualified as such as far as I can tell.
- He also was in the 74th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps towards the end of the war. He has two service numbers, one for the Gloucesters and one for the MGC.
From family stories, he was one of the few to return to his village, where he found out that his fiancee had been killed by the Spanish flu. Whereas it was often the other way round for wives and fiancees to be left behind as the men were killed off.
He returned and worked on the railways and raised a family. He never spoke a lot about the war as many did not, but towards the end he spoke to my grandfather and a few funny stories came out. Most of them were about the acquisition of alcohol through various means.
I have his pension records, which are an interesting read.
I have a copy of the War diaries for the 10th Gloucesters which is also interesting to read and details an inspection by the King. One of the most poignant facts I observed with the diaries is the change of handwriting as the war progresses and officers are killed, often with the new writer detailing his predecessor’s passing and the details.
There was also a William Ingles who served with the 10th Gloucesters and won the DCM on the 25th of September but was killed two weeks later at the Hohenzollern redoubt. My great-great-grandmother’s maiden name was Ingles and I have often wondered if they were related somehow.
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Pte. Charles William Fryer B Coy, 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.4th April 1916) Charles William Fryer served with the 10th Gloucesters. I know very little except that he left behind a wife and 3 children and is buried in a cemetery in Maroc, France. He was 26 years old.
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L/Cpl. Charles Samuel Barber 10th Battalion Gloucester Regiment (d.13th October 1915) We know very little about Charles Samuel Barber. He was an
apprenticed butcher before he volunteered. My great grandparents were told that as an MP he was on duty at a crossroads when he was killed. We know nothing more.
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L/Cpl. William Frank Tuck 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.9th September 1916) William Tuck was the son of Charles and Amelia Jane Tuck of Lock House, Cerney Locks, South Cerney, Cirencester, Glos. He lied about his age and enlisted with the 10th Gloucestershire Regiment where he was sent to the Western front and was killed in action on 9th of September 1916 at the age of just 17. He has no known grave just his name on his local memorial in South Cerney, Glos and that on Thiepval WW1 memorial in France.
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Pte. Arthur Constant 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.31st August 1916) Arthur Constant served with the 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment.
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Pte. Alfred Rowland Matthews 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.25th September 1915) Alfred Matthews was born on 16th August 1893 to Frederick and Clara Matthews, at 12 Normal Terrace, Cheltenham.
Alfred joined in the Gordon Boys Brigade in Cheltenham as a lad, with a push from his mother I believe. His brother were also in the Brigade, and I think they delivered messages around the town.
He married Edith Isabel Turner on 26th December 1914 and went to France the following year. He was killed in action, on 25th of September 1915 at the Battle of Loos, never being able to see his infant son, who was 6 months old at the time. His widow did remarry about 5 years later to Samuel John Bennett, and they had 6 children, continuing to reside in Cheltenham.
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L/Cpl. Percy Seymour Dobbs Jordan 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.16th June 1916) A Grocers Assistant from High Street in Lydney before WW1, my Great Uncle, Percy Jordan, volunteered for service at the age of 21. Cast into service with the 10th Battalion Gloucester Regiment.
Awarded the 1914 Star, he would have fought at Loos in Oct 1915, and survived that battle only to be cut down by enemy shell fire in June 1916, during skirmishes after a British mine had been blown on the Double Crassier overlooking Loos village.
I wasn't aware of his existence until a few years ago, when his younger sister, my grandmother, passed away, and his medals and associated paperwork were discovered in a plastic bag at the back of a wardrobe in her house. From those, we were able to piece together what little info we now know. His name is inscribed in Lydney Parish Church and also on the Towns War Memorial. Although I never knew him, I am immensely proud of what he did, volunteering his services and paying the ultimate sacrifice. We should never forget..
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2nd Lt. C. E. Butt 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade (d.4th April 1918) We have family in Gloucestershire with surname Butt and we came across this headstone for C.E. Butt in the cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux in France in 2014. We would love to hear from anyone who knows more about this gentleman.
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Pte. James Francis Perry 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.11th September 1916) James Perry was killed at the Battle of the Somme (died of wounds). I have his medals.
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Pte. Philip Alan Gale 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.23rd/24th Jul 1916) Philip Alan Gale was the son of William and Annie Gale of 108 High Street Marlborough in Wiltshire. In the 1911 census Philip is listed as an apprentice in an outfitting business, and his father, William, as a printer. There is a memorial brass plaque to Philip in Christchurch, Marlborough. which states " wounded and missing on the Somme whilst endeavouring to succour wounded comrades."
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Pte. Charles Littlehales MM. 10th Btn. Gloucester Regiment My grandfather Charles Littlehales won the Military Medal for bravery on the field with ten other recipients with the tenth Gloucestershire Regiment during September 1915 at Loos
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Pte. Sydney Albert Fitts 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th Aug 1916) Sydney A Fitts would be my great great uncle. I know very little of him, only that he was injured, and brought back to Manchester where he passed away.
I know he is buried in Cheltenham Cemetery in a CWWGC grave along with his brother who is not mentioned on the gravestone as he was a civilian. I am in the process trying to obtain more information.
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Pte. William Mann 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.18th July 1916) William Mann was killed by a shell that hit the the battalion, whilst they were resting at Shelter Wood, on high ground south of Mametz Wood. William was the first of three Mann brothers killed in just 250 days, sons of the late William Mann and Betsy Mann nee Milk of Norwich.
Oscar was with the 47th battalion CEF and was killed on 18th November 1916 in Desire Trench on the Somme. Percy R Mann served with the Royal Engineers and was killed on 26th March 1917 in Mesopotamia.
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Cpl. Bernard Alfred Mossop 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.11th October 1915) I am researching my husband's great great uncle who was killed in Action - we think in France.
If anyone has any information on where the Gloucesters were on 11th October 1915, I would love to hear from them so that we can start to build up a picture of his history.
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Pte. Godfrey Hugh Pitman 10th (Service) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.17th July 1916) Know little about poor Godfrey Pitman other than that he was my grandfather's favourite brother and they were very close.
He was killed in action on the Somme and his body was never found. Consequently he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial, also on his local home memorial in Fishponds, Bristol.
I've had his death researched & it seems likely he went out on a night raid and never returned. Quite probably it was his first taste of action - his Only taste of action! Imagine how that felt - being sent over the top for the first time ever, in July 1916 (knowing what had happened to tens of thousands earlier that month), in the dark & facing the enemy in their own trenches. Terrifying.
Sadly I have no photos or other memorabilia of Godfrey, but have been to see his name on both memorials as a small gesture of respect.
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