Author name: Adrian Smith

Hampshire Regiment Hubert Francis Hart was born in Gloucester early in 1891 and was baptised at St Catherine’s Church on 20 February that year. He was the son of Francis Ernest Hart and his wife Caroline Ann (née Morgan). The couple had two children, Hubert and Ernest(born in 1888) and the family lived in Gloucester […]

1st Garrison Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) George James Albert Harris is believed to have been born in Gloucester in early 1886 but there is very little known of his early life. On one of his attestation papers it shows his next of kin as being his father, Clement William Harris, of Seymour Road,

Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) The 1911 Census shows Alick James Tyler Harris being one of thirteen children who were born to William Thomas (a wheelwright) and Susanna Harris, eleven of whom were still living at that time. The family home was 55 Sun Street, Cheltenham. Alick had been born towards the end of

13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Clement Horace Harper was born in Cheltenham on 15 October 1881 and was the son of Thomas and Evangelina Taylor; his father was a tailor by trade. At the time of the 1891 Census the family was living at 2 Normal Terrace, Cheltenham. On 18 January 1898 Clement joined the Great

19th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Edgar Hargreaves was born in Burnley, Lancashire in late 1881 but some sources say 1880. There is a something of a mystery regarding his parentage. The CWGC Register states that he was the son of Benjamin and Mary Hargreaves. However, a Public Member Tree on Ancestry lists his parents

Royal Air Force Cyril George Harding was the second son of Francis Samuel and Florence Annie (née Jones), who lived at Church House, Stone, near Falfield. Francis was the respected headmaster of the Stone Church of England School. Cyril was born at Stone on 24 June 1899. His elder brother Francis Percy had been knocked

Royal Engineers (Inland Waterways & Docks) William Nicholas Hanks was born in 1878 at Painswick, Gloucestershire. His parents were Albert who was a general labourer and his wife Mary, who at the time of the 1911 Census lived at Edge Road, Painswick. It is believed that the couple had six children (with approximate year of

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Richard Hubert Hanks (may have been known as Hubert) was born to general labourer Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Hanks (née Workman) on 6 March 1890 at Painswick where they were living at the time of the 1911 Census. The Census shows that they had six children, of whom only four

9th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Private Green appears to be an all too familiar story of a young conscript succumbing to Spanish Flu’, having been in the Army for a very short time. Walter Fred Green was born on 9 March 1899 at Little Rissington and his parents were Alfred Green (1862-1955), a domestic coachman and