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10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) George Rainier Crawford was born in Murree, India on 28 May 1862 the son of Major Francis Haden Crawford of the 98th Regiment. He was first commissioned into the Royal Lancaster Regiment in 1881. He later transferred to the Indian Army and rose to become a substantive […]

9th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment John William Craddock was born in Cheltenham in the second quarter of 1896, the son of Alfred and Mary Craddock, who lived at 4 Western Cottage, Tewkesbury Road, Cheltenham. John enlisted in Cheltenham in December 1914 and was posted to the 9th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Drafted to France on

Royal Air Force Herbert Charles (Bert) Craddock, born on 10 October 1894, was the only son of Sergeant Major Charles Craddock Royal Engineers and Matilda Craddock, who kept the Sudeley Arms public house in Winchcombe Place, Cheltenham before the war. Herbert was a well known local sportsman and a prominent member of Cheltenham Swimming Club.

Royal Navy – HMS Defiance (Wilton) Percy Cox was born on 22 January 1891 in Stroud. He was one of 11 children born to Harry Wilton and Emma Matilda Cox, of 26 Acre Street, Stroud. Both Harry and Emma were tailors. On the 1911 census, Percy was living with his parents and stated his occupation

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Walter Alfred Cox was born at Travancore, South West India, in about 1876. He was the son of John and Anna Cox and had three brothers and three sisters, all born in either India or the Far East. He was aged 39 when he enlisted at Gidea Park, Essex, in December

Royal Army Medical Corps Lewis Alfred Cox was a farm labourer conscript who ended up contracting a disease which led to his discharge and ultimate death, having spent only four months on active service. He was born in Deerhurst in August 1880, one of six children born to Thomas Cox (1840-1919) a farm labourer and

1st Garrison Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment John George Cox was born in Cheltenham in 1883. His parents were John Cox (1858-1889) and his wife Catherine (nee Nash: 1856-1916). Besides John, the couple had two children, Ellen Louisa Winifred (born 1879) and Charles Samuel (born 1888). Following the death of her husband, Catherine remarried in 1893, to

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Herbert Stafford Cox was born in Minchinhampton to Joseph and Ellen (Latham) Cox in October 1887. At the 1911 Census, Joseph stated they had been married for 34 years and had nine children of whom seven were still living. Herbert was one of only two sons. Joseph’s occupation was carpenter. At

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Frank Ernest Sidney Cox was born in Longhope, Gloucestershire in the third quarter of 1895, the son of Henry and Clara Cox, who later lived at 14 Chapel Street, Cheltenham. Before the war he worked on Kayte Farm for Mr Frank Burroughs and enlisted in the 10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment late

Royal Navy – HMS Vivid Ernest Charles Cornock was the eldest son of Charles and Millicent Cornock of Valley Road, Wotton-under-Edge. Ernest was born on 16 June 1896. As a young man Ernest joined the Scouting Movement, one of the first Wotton boys so to do. He was also a chorister at St Mary’s Church,

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Edward Cornock was born at Wotton-underEdge in the second quarter of 1878. He was the son of John and Hannah Cornock. On 2 August 1903 he married Bessie Carter at St Mary’s Church and the couple went on to have eight children, all girls except the youngest, Albert Edward, born