Author name: Adrian Smith

Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Francis Tyler was born at Maisemore near Gloucester in 1895 and was the eldest son of Edwin and Alice Tyler. According to the 1911 Census the couple had five children, one of whom had died by the time of the census. At this time the family lived at 82 Alma Place, Gloucester […]

15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Percy John Tustin was the son of Raymond David and Elizabeth Tustin who lived at 29 Courtenay Street, Cheltenham. Prior to the war he had been an employee of the Midland Railway Company and he may have served with the Royal Engineers before being transferred to the 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment,

8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment William Henry Turner was born in 1896, the son of George and Bertha Turner, who lived at 60 Newton Street, Coney Hill, Gloucester. According to the 1911 Census his father was a ‘journeyman baker’ and his mother a grocer. According to the Gloucester Journal of 5 December 1914, after leaving school

53rd Battalion, Australian Infantry Sydney George Turner was born in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia in 1891. He was the son of Elizabeth Turner of Bates Street, Portland, NSW: his father was deceased at time of enlistment. He had been an apprentice with the Commonwealth Cement Company and had moved on to become a

8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Oliver John Turner was born in 1890 at Hawling, near Andoversford, Gloucestershire and records show that he was baptised there on 9 November 1890. He was the son of John Kilby Turner (an agricultural worker) and his wife Elizabeth. The 1911 Census records that they had seven children (three sons and

5th Reserve Battery, Royal Field Artillery The story of Driver Maurice Turner is one of a young conscript who succumbed to illness whilst not long into basic training. Maurice Edward Sedgley Turner was born on 23 May 1898 at Adlestrop, the son of Reuben Sedgley Turner (1858-1929), a building contractor and his wife Caroline Ann

Royal Air Force Leonard Frederick Turner was born on 10 January 1898 at Campden, Mickelton, Gloucestershire. He was the son of Alfred Samuel Turner, a hurdle maker on a farm, and his wife Florence Mary Turner. The couple had three children, one of whom was deceased by the time of the 1911 Census when they

Devonshire Regiment William John Tudor was born in the third quarter of 1880 in the Chepstow Registration District, he would therefore have been aged 37 years when he died. He was the son of William Tudor (1840-1913), a carpenter and beer house keeper, of The Carpenters Arms, Woolaston, and Ellen (formerly Jones) (1847-1901). William John

33rd Battalion, Training Reserve Albert James Trussler was the youngest child of six children born Abel Trussler and his wife Louisa Ann (née Clarke). He was born in Mells, Somerset early in 1899. His father was a gardener at Moor Court, Amberley and at the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at Tower

12th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry Although Private Trott died in Westbury-on-Severn, is buried there, is remembered on the village war memorial, and was the given address of his widow shortly after the end of the war, his connection with the village seems somewhat transient. Alfred Arthur Trott was born in Crewkerne, Somerset in 1881, son

1/4th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment Edwin Andrew Trotman was born at Hystfield, near Stone on 29 September 1899. He was the fourth of eight children born to John Trotman and his wife Gertrude (née Jefferies). John was a farm hand prior to being conscripted for army service at Gloucester on 25 May 1918 aged 18 and