Author name: Graham Adams

3rd Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers Edwin John Stephen Moseley was born in Gloucester on 16 September 1882, the son of Edwin John and Ellen (née George). Edwin (junior) married Edith Rhona Hamblin at Gloucester on 3 June 1905. The couple had seven children between the years 1905 and 1912. At the time of the 1911 […]

3/4th (Reserve) Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Albert Victor Morton was born in the fourth quarter of 1893 at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the son of George Henry Morton, a bricklayer and his wife Mary Ann. According to the 1911 Census the couple had eight children but only three had survived up to the time

2nd Reserve Battalion, Royal Naval Division Henry Oscar Morshead (or Harry) was born in Gloucester on 17 January 1887. He was the son of James and Mary A Morshead. At the time of the 1901 Census the family lived at 6 St Luke’s Street, Gloucester and Henry, then aged 14, was a messenger for a

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve William James Morris was the son of James and Annie (née Gainer) Morris and was born at Hucclecote, Gloucester on 22 August 1900. According to the 1901 Census his father was a gardener and the family lived at Court Lodge, Hucclecote. When the 1911 Census was taken Mr Morris had become

415th Field Company, Royal Engineers William Thomas Morgan was born in 1886 at Gloucester and was one of four children (two boys, two girls) born to Frank Milson Morgan and his wife Alice, who both originated from the Forest of Dean. Frank Morgan was a grocer, who died on 10 October 1908. William lived at

51st (Graduated) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Frederick Charles Redvers Morgan was born in Gloucester in the third quarter of 1900, the son of Charles Morgan and his wife Alice Elizabeth (née Carver). As far is can be ascertained the couple had two children, Frederick and his sister Nora Glenis A (born 1913). At the time of

Hampshire Regiment Few papers have survived for Private Morgan relating to his Army service. Alfred Morgan was born in Gloucester in 1878, the son of Henry and Julia Morgan. He married Ellen Louisa Tanner in Coventry on 14 July 1900, he being aged 23 and she one year older. In 1901 they were living in

Royal Engineers Pioneer Mitchell has an unusual background story, notwithstanding the relative paucity of information on his military service. Joseph George Mitchell, who, most likely, was known as ‘George’ was born in Cheltenham in 1856. He was the son of Henry Mitchell (1814-1871), a gardener and his wife Mary (née Edmunds; 1816-1891). He appears to

8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Henry Mitchell was the ninth of ten children born to Samuel and (Victoria) Ann Mitchell of Vicarage Street, Painswick. Samuel was a native of Painswick, his wife having been born in Hucclecote, Gloucester. The couple were married in 1859, their children being born between approximately 1861 and 1887. Samuel was

Royal Navy – HMS Benbow Frederick Mills (who seems to have been known as Fred) was born at Cheltenham on 31 May 1885, the son of William and Ann Mills; his father was a plumber. At the time of the 1911 Census the family home was at 34 Keynsham Street, Cheltenham but by 1918 they

11th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment William George Millin was born in the third quarter of 1888 at Ramsden, Oxfordshire (his birth year indicates that he was actually aged 30 years when he died), the son of George William Millin (1863-1919) and Florence Matilda Millin (formerly Bartlett) (1868-1911). George William Millin was a general labourer and later