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Royal Navy – HMS Impregnable Arthur Henry Frederick Keen was born in Chipping Campden on 21 January 1885, the son of George and Elizabeth Keen. According to the 1901 Census he was a Stable Boy at Heath Lodge, Ullenhall, Warwickshire. Upon joining the navy on 21 March 1905, he gave his occupation as a ‘domestic […]

Royal Garrison Artillery (No 3 Depot) Sidney Kear was the son of Mrs Ruth Jenkins of Brockhollands, near Whitecroft, Lydney. His first name in his birth registration in 1894 was rendered as Sydney. Sidney attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) at Lydney on 11 December 1915, giving his occupation as collier. He was placed

15th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment William Barclay Keane was born in St James Parish, Dublin in October 1893, a son of Patrick and Kate Keane. He had one sister. He lived nearby in Kilkenny and was a labourer before entering the Army on 20 September 1913 at the age of 19. Prior to this he had

2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment William Bernard Henry Lindsey was born in Gloucester in early 1898; he was baptised at St James’ Church on 15 June 1898. His parents were Samuel George and Sarah Ann (née Hill), then living at 3 Upton Street, Gloucester. Besides William, the couple had two daughters, Elsie M and Beatrice M

1st Battalion, Royal Devonshire Regiment Edgar Daniel Lindsey was born at Chelsea, London in the first half of 1896. He was baptised on 5 July 1896 at World’s End, St John’s Church. He was one of nine children born to George Lindsey (who was working as a stage hand in 1911) and his wife Amelia.

296th Railway Company, Royal Engineers Thomas Lewis was born in St John’s Parish, Gloucester in about October, 1884. His parents were Thomas Lewis and Emily Ann (née Beard). The couple appears to have had at least five children, with Thomas the only boy. It would appear that his father died between 1891 and 1894, possibly

8th Cadet Wing, Royal Air Force Joseph Henry Edwin Lewis, known as Harry, was born 20 October 1900, the son of Henry C and Ellen Louise Lewis, who lived in Clermont Road Gloucester. Henry Lewis was a bricklayer but in 1911 the family moved to 178 Barton Street, Gloucester, to open up a fish shop,

2/4th Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) John George Lewis was probably known as ‘Jack’ and that name appears in some of the records relating to him. He was born on 19 September 1896 at Tetbury and baptised on 14 October of that year. His parents were George Lewis (1867-1909) and his wife Alice Davidson

6th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Cecil Charles Lewis was born in Mansfield, Victoria, Australia in 1896, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Lewis of Thistlebank, Moyhu, Victoria. He was their only child. He was working as a motor driver when he enlisted into the Australian Army, at Melbourne, on 19 April 1916. He gave

Devonshire Regiment Albert Edward Lewis was the third of four children born to Charles and Fanny Lewis of Cainscross near Stroud. He was baptised on 9 January 1898. Charles occupation is given as labourer. The 1901 Census shows the family living in Cainscross. His mother had been married previously to Richard Marchant and married Albert’s

27th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba) On 26 October 1887 Lavinia Elizabeth Ledbetter, then aged 17, gave birth to a son, whom she named Ernest Frederick. Lavinia was unmarried and his father is unknown. In 1889 Lavinia married John Readman, a stone mason, fifteen years her senior and in time Ernest Frederick Ledbetter was joined by