Author name: Adrian Smith

Royal Flying Corps & Royal Naval Air Service Henry Greville Marshall was born at Cheltenham on 9 November 1899 and was the eldest son of Dale Marshall, a consulting engineer and his wife Annie, who lived at 30 Winchcombe Street, Cheltenham. The couple had eight children, of whom six were surviving at the time of […]

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Stanley Marmont was the fourth of five children born to Arthur and Gertrude Marmont. He was born on 6 March 1880. At the time of his birth, the family were living in Thornton Heath Surrey where Arthur appears to have been in business. His three elder siblings were born

2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) Unfortunately, no Army Service Record has survived for George Margetts but a good insight into his service has survived in a letter from one of his officers, sent following his death. George Edwin Margetts was born at Kingstone Lisle, Berkshire in 1895 and he was one of 10

8th Battery, 2A Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Thomas Albert Mann was born in the parish of St Mary de Lode, Gloucester on 30 May 1893. His father, Thomas, died in 1917 and mother, Minnie Maud (née Davis) in 1905. At the time of his birth he was living at 18 Deacon Street, Gloucester. It

82nd Provisional Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Samuel Luker was born at Avening, near Stroud in late 1876. He was the son of William and Esther Luker and one of four children (John, Sam, Rose and Hannah). William Luker died in 1889, when Sam was 13. After completing his education Sam was employed as a groom and

52nd (Graduated) Battalion, Manchester Regiment Arthur William Lovesey was born at Gorton, Manchester on 12 February 1889. He was the son of William Abel Snowsell Lovesey and his wife Elizabeth (née Lewis), whom he had married in 1884 in Cheshire. Mr Lovesey senior had been born in Cheltenham in 1856 and died in Gloucester in

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Thomas Loveridge was born in 1868 at St Peter’s, Cheltenham and he declared his age as 44, when he attested for military service on 17 October 1914. He stated that his occupation was a Hawker although the 1901 Census also shows him as a Mender of umbrellas and that he had

Royal Army Service Corps Albert Ernest Loveridge was born in Gloucester in 1886. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) ‘Debt of Honour’ register his parents were George William who was a chemist and Harriet Helen Loveridge, however, it has not proved possible to discover any more details of the family. Albert married Mabel

Royal Army Medical Corps Arthur Grace Louis was born on 29 June 1874 in Prestwick, Lancashire and was the son of Alfred and Cora Louis (née Grace). He was educated at Park Hurst, Buxton, Derbyshire before studying at the Cheltenham College from 1887 to 1891, at which time his father was listed as a Manufacturer

7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Very little detailed information on Private Lootes’ military service appears to have survived. His entry in the CWGC ‘Debt of Honour’ Register states that he served with the 7th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment but evidence suggests that he served with a different battalion. Ernest Frank Lootes was born on 26 March 1886

35th Divisional Train, Army Service Corps (Horse Transport) Hartley Francis Long was the eldest of five sons born to John Long and his wife Frances Sophia. He was born at Berkeley, Gloucestershire in August 1895. After leaving school he became a farm labourer and at the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at