Author name: Philip Mellor

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Coldrick was born in Gloucester in 1889, one of twelve children born to Thomas and Mary Coldrick. On 20 January 1908 he enlisted into the Gloucestershire Regiment, signing on for seven years with the colours and a further Yive in reserve. His initial posting was to the 2nd Battalion and […]

7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Morgan John Burchett Collins was born and raised in Cheltenham. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, living at 3 Gothic Cottages, Norwood Road. When war broke out, he was amongst the first in the town to volunteer his services and enlisted in the 7th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment. Less than

10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment William George Thomas Collins was born in 1897 to Josiah and Alice Ellen Collins of The Elms Gloucester Road, Churchdown. He had an older brother Frederick and younger sisters Maud and Grace. He answered Kitchener’s call for volunteers shortly after the outbreak of war and joined the 10th Battalion of the

1st Battalion Border Regiment Archibald (Archie) Alexander Cornock was born at Wotton-under-Edge on 9 May 1889, the thirteenth of fourteen children born to Ruth and Charles Cornock. He enlisted in the Army in 1906, when aged seventeen, and joined the 1st Battalion Border Regiment. He saw much overseas service prior to the Great War, in

1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment. Charles Cox was born just outside Gotherington near Bishop’s Cleeve in 1899 and subsequently was brought up in Cheltenham, living at 9 Grosvenor Place. He enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment in Cheltenham as No 51712 but was then transferred to the Worcestershire Regiment. He was sent overseas to France in September

‘A’ Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery Brigade Charles Edward Chainey was born at Blockley (then part of Worcestershire) in December 1886, one of fourteen children born to William Frederick Chainey (landlord of the Crown Hotel) and his wife Sarah. He worked on the land and emigrated to Canada in March 1910. On 20 September 1914

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Valentine Arthur Bayliss Carter was born in Painswick, Gloucestershire in June 1886, to Ashton John Carter, a stone mason, and his wife Elizabeth. By his early teens he had ceased use of the name Valentine and was known by his second name, Arthur. After working for a period as a gardener,

54th Battalion, Australian Infantry Albert Ross Callaghan signed his Attestation papers as ‘Ross Callaghan’, so presumably that was the Christian name by which he was known. Ross Callaghan was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1887. When he attested he was living in the Surry Hills locality of Sydney and his occupation was a