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13th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Frank Damsell was born in the third quarter of 1898 and was one of five children born to Elijah and Esther Damsell of France Lynch. Both parents were born in nearby Bisley. Elijah was employed at the local stick works. He was baptised at St John’s Church France Lynch on 11 […]

16th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Henry Dalley was born in Churchdown, near Gloucester in 1895 and was one of seven children with three brothers and three sisters born to Henry (Harry) Dalley, (1858-1930) a farm labourer and his wife Alice (née Pitt: 1859-1929). The family later lived at 16 Sweetbriar Street, Gloucester. Details of Henry’s Army

12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment Ernest Cyphus was born in Sherborne, Gloucestershire and baptised there on 10 August 1890. He was the son of James Cyphus, an Agricultural Labourer (Cowman), and Ann Marie (née Masters). His siblings were Alfred (1864), Francis (1872), William Robert (1874), James (1877), Albert (1883), Leonard (1886), Beatrice (1888), and Bertie

Devonshire Regiment Joseph Ellison Curtis was born in Fulham, London in 1883, the son of James Thomas Curtis who was a carpenter (1846-1921) and his wife Sarah Ellen (née Barford: 1851-1904). He was one of nine children, seven of whom were living at the time of the 1911 census. The family lived at 33 Victory

5th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps The 28 August 1918 was a black day for Minchinhampton Aerodrome, as three of its pilots were killed in one accident. Roy Lytton Cummings was born in Sydney in 1894, the son of Dr Harold L and Marcia Cummings. At the time he enlisted he lived at Franklin, Tasmania

3/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment The majority of information regarding Ernest Robert Clarke has been gleaned from reports of his death and of the inquest, contained in the Gloucestershire Echo of 26 November 1915 and the Gloucester Chronicle and Gloucestershire Journal of 27 November 1915. It is believed that he was born in 1871, possibly in

4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Benjamin George Clarke was born in Cheltenham in the second quarter of 1870. He was the husband of Rachel Clarke and they lived at 1 Somerset Cottage, Swindon Road, Cheltenham. He died on 25 August 1916, according to the Cheltenham Cemetery register, of phthisis pulmonary tuberculosis), aged 46. It is probable

259th Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps It appears that Thomas Nelson Clark was born in Gloucester in or around 1870 and according to the CWGC Debt of Honour register his parents were William Nelson Clark and his wife Harriet. Towards the end of 1892 he married Mary Ann Cox at Gloucester and they lived at

1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort’s Own) John Charles Clapham was born in Cheltenham in August 1887. He was the son of William Edwin and Agnes Maria Clapham and had three brothers and three sisters. On 2 August 1915 he married Frances Taylor at St Paul’s Church, Cheltenham and they lived at 29 Victoria

3/4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment Richard John Churchill was born at St Sepulchre Barracks Northampton where his father who was also named Richard John, was serving as an NCO, on 23 September 1892 (date given on his parents’ divorce papers). Richard (senior) had enlisted in 1874. His mother was Alice, formerly Murphy. I can find no