Author name: Adrian Smith

‘B’ Battery, 123rd Brigade, Royal field Artillery Clifford Lewis Gower was born at Fretherne, near Saul, Gloucestershire in the last quarter of 1894. He was the son of Lewis F Gower, a shipwright and his wife Theresa Eliza.. The couple had eight children, seven of whom were surviving at the time of the 1911 Census.

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Austin John Bert Goulding was born in Cheltenham in 1885, the third son of Miriam and the late George Henry Golding of 7 Calcutta Terrace, Cheltenham and also of Melrose House, Mitre Street. Prior to the war he was manager of The Horse & Groom pub in St George’s Place in

Royal Flying Corps Cecil Philip George Gordon was born at Bareitty, India on 17 August 1893 and he was baptised at Nowgong, Bengal in September. He was the first child of Sarah Jane Norah (née French) and Colonel Philip Cecil Harcourt Gordon who were living in Jersey. The couple later had two daughters, Dorothy Norah

3rd Reserve Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers Alexander Weston Gordon was born on 29 July 1859 in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, Ireland and was the third son of General John Gordon CB (Indian Army) of the Cairnbulg family, and Mary Madeleine Roberts. His paternal grandfather, George Hamilton Gordon, was the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and he comes

54th Reserve Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Thomas Henry Goodwin was born in Gloucester in 1881 and was the son of Thomas Goodwin who was a labourer and lived from 1848-1910 and his wife Matilda Ann (née Hill: 1852 -?). As far as can be ascertained he was one of nine children ( four boys and

20th Hussars Lewis Stanley Goode was the third son of Henry (a quarryman) and Arabella Goode and he was born at Mitcheldean in 1891. He was one of a large family of children and at the time of the 1901 census he is shown, along with brothers George and Alfred, as living with a family

14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment George Albert Sidney Godwin was born in Cheltenham in the fourth quarter of 1884 and was the son of Thomas and Ann Godwin, who lived at 39 Worcester Street, Cheltenham. By the time of the 1911 census George was living in Wales and was a labourer. He enlisted in the Welsh

87th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Charles Henry Goddard was born in Gloucester in 1892, the son of Charles and Clara Goddard who lived at 3 St Catherine Street, Gloucester. He must have become a regular soldier at an early age as the 1911 census records him as being based at number 4 Depot, 4 Royal

Military Foot Police, Military Police Corps Charles William Gladwin was born in 1876 in Newent, Gloucestershire, the son of Frederick (1851-?) and Elizabeth Ann (née James 1852-1921). It is believed that he had one brother, George (1877-1913). After leaving school, Charles worked in a bakery, the 1891 census showing him as a ‘baker’s lad’ to

2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment William Alfred Gill was born in the St Pancras area of London in the third quarter of 1900. He was the son of Charles Gill, a labourer and his wife Hannah Ann. He had a brother called Fred and in 1901 the family lived at Raydon Street, St Pancras. His mother