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28th Battalion (Northwest) Canadian Infantry Leonard Lambley was one of twelve children (three of whom died in infancy) born to William and Mary Eliza Lambley. The couple originated from Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire respectively but moved to the Tetbury area of Gloucestershire soon after their marriage in 1876. Mary died in 1903, leaving William to cope […]

5th Midland Division, Army Cyclists Corps Walter Thomas Jones was born in Gloucester in 1878, the son of Thomas and Mary Jones (née Wells). Both his parents died during the Great War, in 1914 and 1918 respectively. He would appear to have had two brothers, Percy Raymond (born 1883), John William (1876) and four sisters,

13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Hugh Jones was born at Lydney on 21 December 1888, the son of William and Jane (Minnie) Jones, who in 1911 were living at The Moorlands, Lydney. He had one elder sister (Nora) and younger twin sisters Kathleen and Dorothy. Latterly the family home was at The Uplands, Lydney. William Jones

9th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps William Sidney Henry Jones was born in Lydbrook in 1873, son of William Jones (1848-1903) landlord of The Prince of Wales Inn, Upper Lydbrook and Sarah Ann (née Smith) (1845-1907). He was employed in the running of The Prince of Wales Inn and when his father died his mother

10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Thomas Edward Jones was born at Tredworth, Gloucester in 1888. He was the son of Thomas Edward and Maria Jones, who lived at 36 High Street, Gloucester. According to the 1911 Census he had an elder brother, George, a sister called Maria Elizabeth and another brother called William, who could

Mercantile Marine – SS Lizzie Very little information has been discovered about Reuben Henry Jones. He appears to have been born at Newent, Gloucestershire around the second quarter of 1893. The census of 1901 shows him to be the second son of John and Ann M Jones who lived at 2 Brunswick Terrace, Gloucester, his

6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers Harold Elton Jones was born on 22 September 1898 at Ellwood, Gloucestershire, son of Harold Jones (1865-1931), a coal miner, and Elizabeth Mary (formerly Blanch) (1862-1944) of Ellwood House, Ellwood. No military service records survive for Harold Elton Jones, no Medal Index Card which would confirm overseas service, and no Silver

No 4 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Frederick Jones was born at Blakeney in 1898 and baptised, as Fred, at Holy Trinity Church, Drybrook on 8 January 1899. He was the youngest son of Thomas Jones (1860-1911) a Police Constable (later Sergeant) of Gloucestershire Constabulary and Tryphena Ann Jones (formerly Moore) (1864-1919). After his father

Royal Berkshire Regiment Researching Lance Corporal Ernest George Jones has proved particularly difficult, as no documentary evidence of his service and non-service life appears to exist or be identifiable. The CWGC ‘Debt of Honour’ register states that he served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment as a Lance Corporal (number 24606) before transferring to 641st Employment

Royal Air Force Alfred George Jones was born in the second quarter of 1882 at Gloucester to George and Ann Jones. His occupation was bricklayers labourer, prior to his service career. By the start of the Great War his father had died and his mother lived at 40 Chequers Lane, Coney Hill Road, Gloucester. At

15th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps According to his enlistment papers Walter Richard Buchanan Johnson was born at Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), however, the CWGC Register states his birth place to be Pyrmont, NSW. Both appear to be inner city suburbs of Sydney. He was born in 1890, the son of William