Author name: Graham Adams

3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment Arthur Collins was born at Hamfallow, Berkeley in 1899, and according to the 1901 Census Arthur was listed as Arthur Hopkins, nephew to William and Esther Collins. William was employed as a cattleman farmer, he and his wife had three children of their own, all older than Arthur. Sometime before […]

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Coldrick was born in the St Mark’s Parish of Gloucester in 1889. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Coldrick, who had twelve children, ten of who survived up to the time of the 1911 Census. Thomas’ occupation was a plasterer and he died in 1910. On 20 January

8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Thomas James Cobert was born at Gloucester on 6 August 1895. His parents were James (a labourer) and Elizabeth (née Waters), who at that time lived at New Street, Gloucester. The couple had also had three daughters (Maggie, Dorothy Mary and Maria Magdeline). Maggie died at the age of one. It

2nd Garrison Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment John Edward Cobb was born in Gloucester in 1879 and it is known that he was baptised on 19 August in that year. He was the son of Jesse (1837-1902) and Sarah Cobb (née Ruther; 1838-1893) and one of three children. At the age of 18 he enlisted in the

8th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Thomas Clutterbuck was born at Bedminster, Bristol on 1 September 1877, the son of Andrew Sydney and Beda Thealia Clutterbuck. His father, a steam tramcar engine driver, had been a corporal in the Artillery, who had served in the Zulu War. On 11 November 1893 the family (parents plus

51st (Graduated) Battalion, South Wales Borderers Albert Edward Clutterbuck was a young soldier, who appears to have died very shortly after discharge on medical grounds. He was born in Leonard Stanley in early 1899 (he was baptised on 12 March of that year). His parents were John James Clutterbuck (1865-1956) and his wife Eda Mary

440th Agricultural Company, Labour Corps Richard Henry Clifford was born in 1895 at Nympsfield, near Dursley. He was the son of Robert and Edith Alice (née Jones) Clifford and the couple had six children, Abel, Richard, Edward, Alexandra, Bartimore and Christopher. At the time of the 1911 census the family lived at Townsend, Nympsfield and

11th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Abel Clifford was born in 1889 at Pinkney Sherston, Wiltshire. He was the eldest son of Robert and Edith Alice (née Jones) Clifford and the couple had six children, Abel, Richard, Edward, Alexandra, Bartimore and Christopher. At the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at Townsend, Nympsfield and Robert

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Frederick Clements was the youngest son of William and Alice Clements of Oolite, New Street, Cheltenham and was born in Cheltenham in the fourth quarter of 1894. He joined the Territorial Army on 6 November 1911, enlisting as No 1520 in the 1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, with whom he served

393rd Battery, Royal Field Artillery William Henry Bulpit was born in 1881 at Catherington, near Horndean in Hampshire. His parents were Charles Bulpit (1848-1930) and his wife Ann Elizabeth, who also appeared to have Bulpit as her maiden name (1855-1936). The couple appeared to have had two children, William and his brother, George, born in

No 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Henry (or Henri) Louis Buland was born in Le Havre in about 1892 and at some point emigrated to Australia. His service papers indicate a sole next of kin – his brother Leon Joseph Buland, who lived at 43 rue Auguste Comte, Le Havre. In civilian life Henry was