Author name: Adrian Smith

3rd ‘A’ Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Daniel Woodward was born in Gloucester in 1877 and was the son of William Woodward (1845-1915), a blacksmith and his wife Grace (née Powell: 1844-1918). He had three sisters. He appears to have followed his father to become a blacksmith. On 3 April 1899 he married Mary Eliza […]

Royal Engineers Ernest Wood’s military service appears to have lasted a matter of weeks. Ernest Mark Wood was born at Hullavington, near Cirencester in 1899. His parents were Henry and Mary Elizabeth Wood (née Payne). The couple had fourteen children, of whom thirteen were living by the time of the 1911 Census. Mary died in

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Edward Witts (born 1887) was the second of five children born to Charles Frederick and Sarah Ann Witts. The family were living at Haresfield at the time of the 1891 Census which stated that Albert had been born at Wheatenhurst. Charles was born nearby at Standish and Sarah at Huntley.

Royal Engineers Maurice Alfred Wintle, otherwise Alfred Maurice, Wintle was born in Westbury-on-Severn in 1884 and was the son of Alfred James Wintle (1850-1897), one time farm bailiff, and Charlotte Ann (formerly Harvey) (1855-1926) of Heald Cottage, Rodley, near Westbury-on-Severn. Before joining the Army Alfred was a mason’s labourer. Alfred was at the Royal Engineers

1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Harry Waters was born in 1887, the son of William Henry and Mary Jane (née Tubb) Waters. According to the 1911 Census the couple had seven children, of whom six were surviving in 1911. At the age of 13, Harry was working a telegraph messenger at Cirencester Post Office and

2/1st Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Gloucestershire Yeomanry) Frederick George Wasley was born in Brockworth, near Gloucester in 1882 and his parents were William Wasley (1856-1936), a bricklayer and his wife Anne (née Packett: 1857-?). Frederick was the second eldest of nine children, of whom seven were living in 1911. In the latter half of 1902 Frederick

5th Battalion, Australian Pioneers James Warren was born, at sea, on 26 December 1883 and was the son of John James Truro and Rose Warren. His father died prior to 1910 and his mother re-married to become Mrs Torrance, who lived at 720 Beaufort Street, Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia. On his enlistment papers James

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Alfred James Warren was born on 7 August 1892 in Westbury-on-Severn and was the son of Sidney William Warren (1862-1900), a farm labourer, and Susannah (formerly Hayward, later Castledine) (1866-1945). Prior to joining the Army he worked as a groom. Alfred enlisted in mid-1915 and had served in France with ‘B’

8th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Patrick George Walsh was born at Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia in 1896 and was the son of Richard and Mary Walsh of Toowoomba, Queensland. He enlisted, at the age of 19, on 5 October 1915, prior to which he had been a bank teller. He had also served for four

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment As Walker’s marriage certificate states his names as Stephen Henry Walker, I searched Ancestry records accordingly. Stephen Henry Walker appears in the Northamptonshire baptism records for Daventry with a baptism date of 26 February 1898 although from enlistment records Walker was born in March 1895. His father was also Stephen Henry

5th Battalion, Grenadier Guards Very little information documentary information has survived relating to Guardsman Walker’s military service but it has been possible to put together a broad outline of it, from what is available. Harry Walker was born in Dumbleton, Gloucestershire in early 1880. He was the son of John Walker (1833-1910), and his wife