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Gloucestershire Regiment Regular Battalions: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Territorial Force: 4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 17th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 3/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 3/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 3/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Kitchener's New Army: 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Bristol) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneers) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 14th (West of England) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 15th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 16th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 18th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Want to know more about the Gloucestershire Regiment? There are:7227 items tagged Gloucestershire Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with Gloucestershire Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Abbott John. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Alcock Frederick. L/Sgt. 2nd/5th Btn. (d.30th September 1918) Alexander John William. Pte. 7th Service Batallion (d.6th Feb1917) Allen Arthur. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.25th Oct 1918) Allen Charles. Pte 14th Battalion Allen Robert. Pte. 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneers) Battalion (d.1st Mar 1917) Allen Thpmas. 14th Battalion Ames Henry Richard Thomas. Pte. 1/5 Btn. Ames Henry Richard Thomas. Pte. Ashwin Richard. Pte. 11th Battalion (d.4th April 1917) Baglin Arthur. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.25 Sptember 1915) Bailey Arthur Henry. Pte. 1st Btn., "B" Coy. (d.10th March 1916) Balderson MM. Frederick Charles. Cpl. 14th Btn. (d.22nd October 1917) Baldwin Arthur James. Pte. 1st/4th Btn. (d.12th Nov 1918) Baldwin William Lambert. Pte. 13th Btn. Baliey Frank. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.4th Sept 1916) Bambury William George. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.23rd Jul 1916) Barber Charles Samuel. L/Cpl. 10th Battalion (d.13th October 1915) Bardrick John Alexander. Pte. 29th Brigade Field Ambulance Barnes John. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.13th Oct 1915) Bateman Wilfred Joseph. Pte. 12th Btn. Beacham Rupert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.10th April 1918) Beaver Albert Richmond. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.27th May 1917) Beddows MM. Joseph. Pte. 10th Btn. Bell William. Pte 2/4th Btn. (d.27th Aug 1917) Bennett Ernest Harold. Pte. 8th Battalion, D Coy. Bennett Joseph. L/Cpl. 13th Battalion (d.6th Jun 1918) Bennison Charles Joseph Henry. Pte. 12th (Bristol's Own) Battalion, B Coy. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Biffen Stanley George. Pte. 7th Batalion (d.2nd December 1916) Biggs Francis Charles. Pte. 1st Battalion (d.14th January 1915) Bishop Charles. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.30th May 1918) Bishop Charles. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.30th May 1918 ) Blackmore Arthur James Cyril. Pte. 6th Btn., 7th Pltn., B Coy. (d.29th May 1915) Blackmore Bernard. Sgt 1st/4th Blackwell MM. Charles William. Pte 1st Btn. Bowen Alfred William. Pte. Bridger Harry Edward. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.17th Apr 1918) Bryant Richard. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Bunting Arthur. Pte. 8th Btn. Butler Henry. Pte. 14th (West of England) Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1916) Butt C. E.. 2nd Lt. 9th Btn. (d.4th April 1918) Butt Harry Alfred. Capt. 14th btn. (d.8th Jun 1916) Button William. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.23rd Oct 1917) Calder George Walter. L/Cpl. 1st Btn. Careless Arthur. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.30th June 1916) Carpenter Harry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.8th Jun 1917) Carrier Samuel. Pte. 13th Battalion (d.30th June 1916) Carton VC, DSO. Adrian. Lt.Gn. Cater Frederick. Cpl. 2/6th Battalion (d.19th July 1916) Chaplin Arthur. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.20th September 1917) Chappell Albert Thomas. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.1st Dec 1918) Clark A.. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Clark Frank. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.24th Sep 1917) Clark Herbert Stanley. Cpl. 1/6th Batallion (d.3rd Sep 1916) Clark Walter Mark. Pte. 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion (d.23rd Aug 1918) Clayton Charles. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Cleverly Stephen G.. Pte. 7th Btn Clutterbuck Alfred Charles. Pte. 2nd/4th Btn. (d.27th Aug 1917) Coates Ernest. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.5th Oct 1917) Collins Charles. L/Cpl. 3rd (Special Reserve) Btn. Constant Arthur. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.31st August 1916) Cook Frank Harold. Pte. 7th Battalion Cook Samuel A. Pte. 14th (West of England) Battalion Cork Samuel Alfred. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.22nd May 1915) Cornock G. Pte. 12th Btn. Cowburn George Richmond. Pte. 12th Btn Critchley Alfred Henry. Pte. 9th Battalion Cross Fred C.. Pte. 9th Btn. Curtis Frederick James. Pte. 12th (Bristol) Battalion (d.3rd September 1916) Darrington Alfred. Pte. 2/5th Btn. (d.22nd Nov 1917) Davies David. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.5th Oct 1917) Davis Albert Victor. L/Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.22 April 1917) Day Jack. Pte, 12th (Bristol) Btn. (d.3rd November 1916) Deakin John. Pte. 14th Battalion (d.22nd October 1917) Deakin John. Pte. (d.22nd October 1914) Dobson John. Cpl. 12th (Bristol) Btn. (d.8th May 1917) Dolman Stephen. Pte. 1/6th Batallion (d.19th Mar 1916) Earle William Herbert. Cpl. 12th Btn. (d.8th May 1917) Eastman MM. Frederick William. Pte. 8th Btn. Eyre Harry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.19th September 1918) Fairman William Manfield. Pte. 9th Service Btn. A Coy. Fairman William Manfield. Pte. 9th Battalion Falltrick Albert. Pte. 2/4th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1918) Faulkner MM Frederick Thomas. Sgt 1st Battalion Field Frederick Stanley. Pte. 12th (Bristol) Battalion (d.3rd Sep 1916) Fitts Sydney Albert. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1916) Fitts Sydney Albert. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.8th Aug 1916) Fleming Robert. 1st Btn. (d.9th May 1915) Fletcher George. Foot Cecil William Arthur. Pte. 1st Battalion Ford William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.29th Aug 1918) Foster Oswald. Pte. 12th (Bristol) Btn. (d.10th Oct 1917) Foster Oswald. Pte. 12th Service (d.10th October 1917) Foxhall Reginald. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.28th June 1918) Franklin Sidney Charles. Pte. 12th (Bristol) Btn. (d.29th March 1918) Freeman Arthur Fredrick. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.25th Sep 1915) Fryer Charles William. Pte. B Coy, 10th Btn. (d.4th April 1916) Gage Frank William. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.11th Sep 1916) Gaines Lawrence. 12th Battalion (d.4th October 1917) Gale Philip Alan. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.23rd/24th Jul 1916) Garrington Frederick. Pte. 13th Btn (d.12th July 1916) Garrington Frederick. Pte. 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneeers) Btn. (d.12th July 1916) Gay Benjamin Charles. Cpl. 1/6th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1915) Giles Reginald Stephen. Pte 1st Btn. (d.20th Aug 1916) Grange William George. Pte. 1st Btn. Grange William George. Pte. 1st Battalion Greenway Hubert Edward. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. Guy Sidney George. Capt. 13th Battalion Hancock A. Pte. 1st Btn. Hardwell Tom. Pte. 11th Battalion Hargreaves Thomas. Pte. 8th Battalion (d.18th April 1918) Harmer MM. Charles. Pte. Harris Wilfred Henry. Pte. 8th (Service) Btn. (d.3rd Apr 1918) Hartley John George. Pte. 1/5th Btn. (d.3rd May 1918) Harvey Herbert John. Pte. (d.9th December 1917) Haviland Harold Sidney. Sgt. 8th Battalion (d.24th Mar 1918) Hawkins William Francis. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.8th Jan 1916) Haynes Philip Henry. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.8th Nov 1917) Healey William. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.15th May 1915) Hill William. Pte 14th (West of England) Battalion (d.23rd August 1916) Hobson DCM - Distinguished Conduct Medal Harold. Private 8th Battalion Holme Alexander Charles. Lt. 1attd. 3rd Bn. Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F. (d.6th September 1914) Howes Walter Sidney. Pte. 9th (Service) Battalion (d.25th Apr 1917) Howland Ernest Albert . Pte. 12th (Bristol) Btn. Humphrey Lawrence. Pte. 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (d.27th August 1918) Humphris MM. Sebert W. G. . Cpl. 2nd/5th Btn. (d.31st Mar 1918) Hutchison Daniel. Pte. 13th Battalion Ingram Henry. Pte. 1st/6th Battalion (d.22nd Aug 1916) Ireland Alfred. Pte. 7th Batallion (d.12th Jan 1917) Ireland Alfred. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.12th Jan 1917) Irwin Thomas. L/Sgt. 13th Btn. (d.22nd Mar 1918) Joiner Charles Henry. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.14th Apr 1917) Jordan Percy Seymour Dobbs. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.16th June 1916) Kendrick Frank. Pte. 12th Btn., A Coy. (d.5th June 1918) Kilmister Harry. Act. Sgt. 7th Btn. Knight MID. Alfred James. Lt. 9th Btn Knight William. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.7th Dec 1915 ) Lamey John Joseph. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Landy Harold John. Private 9th Battalion Langan William Henry. L/Cpl. 8th Btn. (d.3rd July 1916) Langley R.. L/Sgt. 1st/5th Bn. (d.15th July 1918) Lapworth Joseph. Pte 5th Battalion (d.8th March 1919) Large Arthur James. Pte 1st Btn Large Frank. Pte. 10th Battalion Large Frank. Private Law Alfred. L/Cpl. 7th Battalion (d.8th Aug 1915) Law Alfred. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Law Alfred. L/Cpl. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Lax John Willie. Cpl. 13th Btn. (d.27th Apr 1918) Leigh Frederick. Pte. 2nd Btn. Lewis Douglas Foxwell. Pte. Littlehales MM. Charles. Pte. 10th Btn. Lloyd John Herbert. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.20th Sep 1917) Loney William. Cpl. 1/6th Btn. (d.6th July 1917) Maggs Bertram. Spr. Mann William. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.18th July 1916) Matthews Alfred Rowland. Pte. 10th Battalion (d.25th September 1915) Maywood James Henry. Capt. 1st Btn. (d.23rd Aug 1918) McCormick Edward John. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.30th Aug 1916) Meath Thomas William. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.20th August 1915) Meehan James Samuel. Pte. 13th (Pioneer) Btn. Meredith Charles James. Pte. 8th (Service) Batallion (d.27th July 1916) Merrick George Arthur. Pte. 7th Btn. Meulbrouck Alphonse. Sgt. 10th Btn. Miles Wallace Ernest Ralph. Pte. 9th Btn. (d.27th Oct 1918) Millward J. H.. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.8th Jun 1917) Molteno Leonard Clarke. L/Cpl. 1/6th Btn. (d.23rd Jul 1916) Moore Arthur. Pte. Morse Harry Lawson. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) Mortimer George Henry. Pte. 6th Btn. (d.29th Mar 1917) Mossop Bernard Alfred. Cpl. 10th Battalion (d.11th October 1915) Moulding DCM. Frederick W.. L/Cpl. 18th Btn. Mundy Samuel. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.9th Sep 1918) Mustoe MM Frederick William. Pte. 8th Btn. Nash Alfred J,. Cpl. Newport John William. Pte. 2nd Btn. Pamplin Archibald Stanley. Sgt. 7th Battalion (d.8th August 1915) Parker MM. Albert William. Pte. 10th Btn. Parkey Jabez. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.10th Jul 1917) Parsons George William. Sgt. 13th Btn. (d.22nd March 1918) Parsons VC. Hardy Falconer. 2nd Lt. 1st/2nd Btn. att 14th Bn. (d.21st Aug 1917) Parsons Reginald. Pte. 1/4th (City of Bristol) Btn. (d.13th Apr 1917) Pearce Wilfred. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.3rd Jul 1916) Pearce William. L/Cpl. 1st/5th Btn. (d.26th April 1917) Pedley Joseph. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.24th Oct 1916) Perry James Francis. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.11th September 1916) Phillips William Henry. Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.3rd November 1918) Pitman Godfrey Hugh. Pte. 10th (Service) Battalion (d.17th July 1916) Pottinger Frank. Pte 8th Btn (d.11th May 1917) Powell Henry Joseph. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.8th May 1917) Pratt Ralph Lewis. Capt 2nd/4th Bn. (d.18th October 1916) Price Evan Henry. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.20th September 1917) Purnell Albert Charles. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.13th Nov 1915) Purvis Alfred. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.15th Mar 1917) Quinn Nicholas. Pte. 13th Btn. (d.30th June 1916) Reece James Albert. Sgt. Roberts William Henry. Pte. 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneers) Btn. (d.5th June 1916) Rossiter Stephen. Pte. 7th Battalion (d.30th Nov 1915) Rossiter Stephen. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.30th Nov 1915) Sellek Frederick Abraham. Pte. 14th Btn. Shore William Euwart Gladstone . Pte. 7th Battalion (d.12th February 1917) Shore William Ewart Gladstone . Pte. 7th Btn. (d.12th February 1917) Simmons Joseph D.. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.5th October 1917) Simms Frederick A.. Pte. 7th (Service) Battalion (d.25th Jan 1917) Skinner Joseph Porteous. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.1st Aug 1916) Snell Harry Prentice. Cpl. 1/5th Btn. (d.16th Aug 1917) Spencer John. Pte. 10th Btn. (d.4th Apr 1918) Stallard Charles Albert. L/Cpl. 9th Btn. (d.25th Apr 1917) Starling F. G.. Pte. 8th Btn. B Coy. (d.2nd Dec 1918) Sterry Oscar. Pte. 7th Battalion Stiddard Sidney George. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.2nd Sep 1918) Stokes Ernest. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.6th September 1916) Stone Alfred J.. Pte 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneers) Battalion (d.8th Aug 1917) Styles Joseph. Pte. 1/6th Btn. (d.11th April 1918) Summerill William Ashford. Pte. Summers Albert Edward. Pte. 3rd Btn. (d.25th January 1915 ) Sweeting George William. Pte. 2/5th Btn. (d.1st Nov 1918) Sweeting George Reginald. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.11th December 1917) Tame William Charles. L/Cpl. 12th Battalion (d.29th Jul 1917) Taverner William John. L/Cpl. 1/6th Btn. (d.4th Oct 1918) Taylor Charles Richard . Pte. 14th Btn. Thomas Harold. Pte. 14th Btn. (d.22nd Oct 1917) Thombs Hubert. Pte. 8th Service Btn. (d.4th October 1917) Thompson Thomas John. Pte. 1st Battalion, B Coy. (d.28th Oct 1918) Tranter Henry Isaac. Pte. 1/5th Battalion (d.28th Aug1916) Tuck William Frank. L/Cpl. 10th Btn. (d.9th September 1916) Turner Ernest Alfred. Pte. 2/6th Btn. (d.25th August 1917) Twiggs Wilfred Sidney. Pte. 12th Btn. C Coy. (d.3rd Sep 1916 ) Vangorph Ernest. Pte. 2/4th Battalion (d.26th August 1917) Vick Cecil Percy. Pte 7th Btn. (d.25 Jan 1917) Waite William Charles. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.14th April 1918) Walker John Thomas. Pte 8th Btn. (d.22nd Sep 1918) Walters John Thomas. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Walters John Thomas. Pte. 7th Btn. (d.8th Aug 1915) Ward MM. James Pailing. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.18th Apr 1918) Ward Mark Witworth. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.3rd Jul 1916) Warren Charles. Pte. 1/4th Btn. (d.15th Dec 1917) Warry Fred. Pte. Gloucester Regiment (d.12th September 1916) Watkins Lionel Joseph. Sgt. 8th Battalion Weeks Frederick George . Pte. 12th Btn (d.20th Jul 1916) West William Henry. Pte. 7th Btn. Westprey Bernard Robert. Pte. 2nd/4th battalion (d.3rd December 1917) White Thomas William. Pte. 2nd Battalion (d.13th May 1915) Wixey Frederick Thomas. Pte. 8th Btn. (d.3rd July 1916) Woodworth William. Pte. 6th Btn. All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please. Add a Name to this List More Gloucestershire Regiment records. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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Gloucestershire Regiment (d.26th April 1917) William Pearce died on the 26th of April 1917 and is buried in the Unicorn Cemetery in France. He was the son of Benjamin Pearce from Winford, Somerset s flynn Add to this record. 1206245 Pte. Ernest Coates 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.5th Oct 1917) Ernest Coates joined the South Lancs Regiment enlisting in Preston around 1915. We think he was injured in France and returned to the UK for convalescence and recovery and then returned to active duty but was transferred to the 12 Gloucestershire Battalion sometime between December 1916 and Feb 1917. He was killed in the Battle of Broodseinde on the 5 Oct 1917 aged 21. Philip Coates Add to this record. 1206088 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). Barry Wilson Add to this record. 1205898 Pte. Henry Joseph Powell 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th May 1917) Henry Powell was killed in action on the 8th of May 1917, aged 19. Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France, he was the son of Mrs. T. E. Powell, of 29 Weston St., Barton Hill, Bristol. s flynn Add to this record. 264814 Pte. Albert Falltrick 2/4th Btn. Gloucester Regiment (d.25th Apr 1918) Albert Falltrick served with the 2/4th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment. Gareth Luce Add to this record. 264470 Pte. Fred C. Cross 9th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Fred Cross, my Grandad, was born in Bristol in 1896. His older brother, Henry Wyndham Cross, had joined the Glosters in 1911. Fred joined the Territorial Force in the 1/6th Glosters in May 1914 when he was just 18. However, by October that year he was dismissed as being medically unfit for further service. He rejoined the 9th Battalion of the Glosters in 1915 and then was on Active Service from early 1916 until at least March 1918. It was in March 1918, whilst with the 9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, that he was assigned to a sick convoy on the 2nd of March 1918 due to inflammation of connective tissue, buttocks. I have 3 photos of him in uniform and a couple of letters/postcards that were sent to him. Steve Cross Add to this record. 264321 Capt. James Henry Maywood 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry (d.23rd Aug 1918) James Maywood was my great uncle, I have his service record from the National Archives at Kew. He was a regular soldier having joined up with the 1st Grenadier Guards then moving to the 1st DCLI and then towards end of war to the Gloucesters as adjutant. He worked his way up the ranks to be come an officer having passed out at Sandhurst. A very capable soldier and only 32 years old when he was killed leaving a wife and two children. Add to this record. 263944 Pte. Ernest Albert Howland 12th (Bristol) Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Ernest Howland was in the 12th (Bristol) Battalion. He was born in 1885 and served between 23rd of September 1914 and 22nd of February 1919 when he was discharged due to being wounded in his legs He was awarded a 15 Star trio and Silver War Badge b182068 Before the war he served as a cleaner on Great Western Railway, Bristol division. His next of kin was Clara Howland. They had married in 1908 He passed away in 1937. Tom Hall Add to this record. 263652 Pte. Albert Thomas Chappell 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment (d.1st Dec 1918) Albert Chappell was born in 1894 at Tresham, Gloucestershire to Albert James and Kate Elizabeth Chappell. In 1901, he was residing with his parents and siblings at The Sheet, Hawkesbury near Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire; and in 1911, he was living with his brother William Albert, mother, and stepfather Richard Godfrey at Bowldon near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. His occupation was farm labourer. He enlisted into the 13th Gloucestershire Regiment on 9th of December 1915 at the age of 22 years and 3 months and was posted to the army reserve to await his mobilization. At the time, he was residing at Ragonel Terrace, Synwell, Wotton-under-Edge. On 23 December 1916, he married Winifred Tavinner at the Tabernacle, Wotton-under-Edge. He was called to the colours with the 1st Royal West Kent Regiment on 22nd of February 1917 at Horfield Barracks, Horfield, Bristol. Then on 11th June 1917, he embarked for France. On 21st of April 1918, he received a shrapnel wound to his left thigh, and on 6th of October 1918 was transferred to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He died of influenza at No. 2 Casualty Clearing Station on 1st of December 1918, and is buried in Caudry British Cemetery, France. Alfred Beard Add to this record. 262659 Pte. John William Newport 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment John Newport served with the 2nd Gloucester Regiment. Pearl Crooks Add to this record. 262466 L/Cpl. Thomas William Meath 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.20th August 1915) Thomas Meath, known as Bill was the son of Laurence Meath and Ellen Goble of Folkestone Kent. He was born on the 16th August 1891. He served in the 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment and in 1911 was with them in Vendala Barracks in Malta. He died on the 20th August 1915 in France and Flanders and is buried in Brewery Orchard Cemetery Bois-Grenier France. Terence Featherbe Add to this record. 262001 Pte. John Herbert Lloyd 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.20th Sep 1917) John Lloyd was a private in the 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and was killed at Passchendaele on 20th of September 1917, aged 19. He is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery. Add to this record. 261583 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. Peter White Add to this record. 261287 Pte. Harold Thomas 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.22nd Oct 1917) Harold Thomas served with the 14th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Michael Fitzgerald Add to this record. 260572 Pte Joseph Lapworth 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (d.8th March 1919) Joseph Lapworth died of his wounds on 8th March 1919. He was sent to Cork Hospital in Ireland shortly before his death. Add to this record. 260363 Pte. Alfred Henry "Critch" Critchley 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment My grandfather Alfred Critchley was born in 1898, he enlisted after his 16th birthday in September 1914. He joined 9th Battalion, Gloucesters. Before the War Act of 1916 young men could enlist at 16, the Act made it that you had to be 18 to enlist. My grandfather died in 1976 peacefully at home in Gloucester. He worked after the war at Feilding and Platts Engineering Company in Gloucester city, retiring at 65 years old. Add to this record. 259968 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. Mick Kippin Add to this record. 259864 Pte. Frederick Abraham Sellek 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Sellek was born in Withycombe on the 28th April 1896. He joined up on the 15th of May 1915 giving his adddress as 10 Park Terrace, Withycombe, Exmouth. He was single, 5' 0", 7 Stone 11 pounds, chest 34" and his occupation is listed as Gardener. He joined the 14th (Bantams) Battalion Gloucester Regimen as a Private. His Next of Kin is given as Eliza Sellek, his mother of 10 Park Terrace, Exmouth. Frederick transferred to 194th Infantry Company, Labour Corps on the 31st of January 1917 at Dieppe. Then to KSOB on the 12th of July 1918. He transferred to the Z list on 14th of March 1919 giving his home address as 80 The Village, Withycombe Exmouth. Frederick died in 1976 Add to this record. 259694 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. David Large Add to this record. 259589 Pte Cecil Percy Vick 7th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.25 Jan 1917) Cecil Vick is on our church Roll of Honour and I am looking into his wartime history as of June 2019. Am still researching Andy Mitchell Add to this record.

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