Author name: Graham Adams

51st (Graduated) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Henry Joseph Slatter (known as Harry) was born at Norton on 12 August 1900. He was the son of Charles Norton (1858-1907), a farm worker and his wife Ellen (née Griffiths: 1863-1915). The couple had six children, Harry was the younger of two boys but three of their children had […]

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Henry (Harry) Greatorex Sims was born in Gloucester (about 1894), the son of Thomas Francis and Martha Agnes Sims, confectioners, of Royal Bakery, Charlton Kings and Royal Cottage, Horsfair Street, Charlton Kings. He enlisted in the 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in Cheltenham in September 1914. He first went to France

Royal Navy – HMS Vivid Ernest William Simons was born in Tewkesbury on 15 August 1898, the son of Ann Simons, a daughter of William and Priscilla Simons. Ann was born in Tewkesbury and was a domestic servant in 1901 and subsequently married Thomas Fletcher in 1907. Royal Navy records indicate that his mother was

1st/1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Stuart Vincent Silvey was born at Stonehouse, Gloucestershire in early 1894, the son of Joseph Frederick Silvey and his wife Amelia Emily. It is believed that he was their only child. At the time of the 1911 Census, the family lived at Tivoli House, Haywards End, Stonehouse. Joseph Silvey was

263rd Company, Royal Defence Corps Thomas Henry Short was born at Joyford, near Coleford in 1860, son of Henry Short (1836-1905) and Jane (née Burgham) (1836-1895). As Thomas Short he enlisted at Monmouth on 8 July 1878 and attested at Brecon on 11 July 1878 as Private 1612 for service with ‘25th Brigade at Monmouth’,

6th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Oscar Dudley Shepherd was born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia in 1887, the son of Frederic and Anna Lauren Gibbion Shepherd, of Teneriffe, Goulburn. His occupation at the time of enlistment was a motor driver and mechanic and on his enlistment papers he declared a conviction for ‘fast

Royal Air Force Donald Humphrey Sessions was born on 21 February 1897, the youngest son of Herbert and Rebecca Sessions: his father was a timber merchant. The family lived at Quedgeley Court, Gloucester and the 1901 Census shows the household was supported by several servants. He entered Radley School in 1911 but reportedly left in

3rd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) Wilfred Seeley was born on 8 December 1899 at Rotherham, Yorkshire. He was the son of Elijah and Clarissa Elizabeth Seeley. At the time of the 1901 Census he was the youngest of five children (four sons, one daughter). His father was a furniture dealer. He

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment Ronald Douglas Sealey was born in Rodborough, near Stroud in early 1900. He was baptised on 15 April 1900. His parents were William Sealy, a printing compositor (1860-?) and his wife Kate (née Prowlin: 1870-1951). He was the only son of four children, the youngest of whom was born in

Royal Air Force Sydney Albert Scriven was born on 25 May 1899 in Badgeworth, Cheltenham, the son of Charles John George and Caroline Annie Scriven (née Dimery). In 1901, he and his family were living at Rosedale House, Badgeworth, Cheltenham. His siblings were Charles Reginald (1896), and Gilbert George (1898). Sydney was enlisted in London

109th Protection Company, Royal Defence Corps According to Leaving All that was Dear – Cheltenham and the Great War by Joe Devereux and Graham Sacker, John Screen was an ex-soldier of the regular Army, having served as a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment during the South African War, being awarded the