Author name: Adrian Smith

Australian Flying Corps George Francis Jack Needham was born at Burra, South Australia, on 14 May 1889. He was the son of Richard John and Emma Plumb Needham. His father had died prior to enlistment and his sister Eileen Doris Needham was shown as his next of kin. He was educated at St Peter’s College, […]

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment William Walter Nash was born at Witcombe, Gloucestershire on 15 September 1890 and was the son of Henry Walter and Mary Ann Nash (née Gale). His siblings were Charlotte Blanche (known as Blanche) (born 1886), Henry Reginald (1887), May (1888), Frances Ann (1895), and Nelson Douglas (1898). His mother died in

Royal Air Force Winston Nash’s Service Record is present at the National Archives (AIR 79/2404/276085). The record states only that he was present at the Recruitment Depot when he died. There is no indication of the date he joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) and when birth date evidence is taken into account it must

Royal Army Service Corps Albert James Mynett was born in the first quarter of 1896, the first of five children born to George and Sarah (Eva) Mynett who, at the 1901 census, were living at Frome Terrace Stroud. Both of Albert’s parents were born in Stroud. George’s occupation was stated as tailor’s cutter. By the

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Private Mustow appears to have been a young recruit, who died whilst in training. Albert Henry (Harry) Mustow was born in Hatherop in 1896 and was baptised in the local parish church on 28 March 1897. He was the son of George Mustow(1854-1919), a boot and shoemaker, who, at the time

10th Divisional Company, Army Cyclist Corps In the space of under five years Fred Masters experienced a spell in prison, Gallipoli, Egypt and civilian life before his untimely death at the age of 23. Fred Masters was born on 13 March 1893 at Great Rissington (and baptised on the 7th of May that year). His

13th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment William Walter Mason was born in Gloucester in January 1898. He was the son of Alfred and his wife Sophia Elizabeth (née Leighton). Alfred was a cabinet maker, who lived from 1853-1952, whilst Sophia lived from 1860-1932. According to the 1911 Census the couple had twelve children, of whom eight were

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment The CWGC Debt of Honour Register spells Private Mason’s middle name as ‘Cambrell’ but some records show it as ‘Campbell’. It would appear that the former name is more likely to be correct. John Cambrell Mason was born in Cheltenham on 10 August 1892, the son of William Elson Mason (a

Royal Engineers Ernest Mason was born in 1876 at Westbury on Severn and he was the son of Benjamin and Malinda Mason of Brierley. He married Fanny Kear in 1897 and they had seven children (four sons and three daughters). In 1911 they were living at Brierley and his occupation was quarryman. Ernest died on

11th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Cyril William James Martin appears to have been born in Upper Cam near Gloucester some time in the third quarter of 1899, to Elizabeth Martin (born 1863), who could well have been a single mother as no marriage record can be found for her, prior to Cyril’s birth. According to