Author name: Adrian Smith

Royal Army Medical Corps Francis William Young was born at Burcombe, Chalford on 26 November 1885 and was the third son of John and Jane Young who were both born locally. He appears on the 1891, 1901 and 1911 Census, living in Chalford. His father was a wood turner. Francis had two older brothers, Ernest […]

2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment James Henry Edward Yiend was the son of Alfred who was a stonemason and Margaret Yiend and was born at Winchcombe in the second quarter of 1893. By the time of the 1901 Census, Margaret Yiend was shown as a widow and head of the household. Before the war James had

Royal Marine Light Infantry – Portsmouth Division Frederick Robert Wyman was born at Ebley, Stroud on 4 August 1886 and was the son of Watson T and Frances Wyman, who, according to the 1901 Census had five sons. On 10 July 1903, just short of his 17th birthday he joined the Royal Marines at Deal,

3rd Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) Rifleman Jesse Wright was a pre-war professional six days before the final date for consideration as a casualty of that war. Jesse Benjamin Wright was born in 1882 in Cirencester. His parents were Alfred Benjamin Wright (1856-1930), a builder’s foreman and his wife Elizabeth Emily (née Mortimer:

‘D’ Company, 2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Richard Fitzpatrick Worthington was born in Guernsey on 30 April 1881, the youngest son of Richard Burton and Lucy Helen Worthington. His father was formerly in the Indian Civil Service. He was educated at Tonbridge School (family lived at 21 Manor Grove, Tonbridge at that time) and he went

Royal Air Force Guy Workman was born in Forest Green, Nailsworth in the fourth quarter of 1883, the fourth son of Charles and Elizabeth Workman. On 27 June 1906 he married Evelyn Cugley at the Dominican Priory Church, Woodchester and the couple had two children, Raymond Eric, born in 1907 and Florence Winifred born in

1/6th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment Ellis James (Jack) Workman was born in Gloucester in 1889, one of three children born to Elias and Alice Workman. At the start of the Great War he was employed as a printer, possibly in Stafford, as this is where he attested for four years service in the Territorial Force

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Arthur Bertram Workman was born in Minchinhampton in the second quarter of 1887, the son of Frederick and Hannah Workman, who at the time of the 1901 Census had three children. When the census was held in 1911 Arthur was living with his brother and sister in law at 47 St

20th Battalion (Tyneside Scottish), Northumberland Fusiliers Researching George Woolsey throws up a number of contradictions because according yo the Births, Marriages and Deaths Register (BMD) he was born in Brandon, Suffolk and his birth was registered in the second quarter of 1867. The CWGC Register states that his parents were Harry (Henry) Woolsey and his

1/3rd Gloucestershire Battery, 1st South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Edwin Henry Woodward was born at 64 Widden Road, Gloucester in early 1897. He was the only child of Frank who was a pattern maker with the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Waggon Works and his wife Emma. Prior to the start of the Great War