Author name: Adrian Smith

1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish) William Harkness Evans was born at Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire on 20 April 1897. At the time of the 1911 Census his family lived at The Verlands, Upton Lane, Gloucester and his father was the headmaster at Barnwood School. Aged ten he headed the scholarship list for Gloucester and

Royal Air Force – Airship NS3 Charles William Printer was born into a farming family at Bulley, on the edge of the Forest of Dean, on 1 April 1895. He was the only son of the three children born to William Isaac Printer and his wife Lucretia Mary. His father died when he was four

Royal Navy – HMS Hampshire Colin Jones was born in Gloucester on 24 January 1878. He was one of four children born to Edward and Elizabeth Jones. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Entrant in June 1893 and served in various warships during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. He was given the rank

Royal Air Force Hubert Frank Fisher was born on 29 September 1884 at Gloucester, the younger son of John and Esther Fisher. Educated at the King’s School, Gloucester; Wycliffe College, Stonehouse and Bedford Grammar School; he undertook a two – year apprenticeship at Braintree, Essex in 1901. Upon completion, he studied mechanical and electrical engineering

Royal Marine Light Infantry – HMS Bulwark Charles James Brown was born in Gloucester on 20 January 1893, one of five children born to Charles William Brown and his wife Mary Ann. His mother died in 1905 and young Charles became a domestic servant upon leaving school. On 2 January 1911 aged just under 18

15th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Kenneth Algernon Brooke-Murray was born in Bengal, India on 8 March 1892. He was the only child of Henry Brooke-Murray, a Major in the Indian Army and his wife Kate May. The family came to live at 7 Painswick Lawn, Cheltenham. Kenneth was educated at Cheltenham College and entered the

5th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Charles Clarence Frederick was born in Spokane, Washington , USA on 7 February 1896 and was an American citizen at the time of enlistment. Prior to enlistment Charles was working as a mechanic in Leongatha, Victoria, Australia. He enlisted at Melbourne on 11 February 1918, having just reached 22

Royal Navy – HMS Viknor Frederick Charles Grimes was born on 5 September 1874 at St Paul’s, Cheltenham and baptised in the local parish church on 27 December. His Navy service record states the year of birth incorrectly as 1875. He was the son of Isaac and Rose Hannah Grimes. Upon leaving school he became