Gloucestershire War Graves Project

5th (Reserve) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Frederick Townley was born late in 1900, the son of James Arthur and Kate Elizabeth Townley. The 1911 Census states that the family, which included five children, were living at 18 Bennington Street in Cheltenham. At the time of submitting details for the CWGC Register, James and Kate Townley

44th New Brunswick Battalion, Canadian Infantry Alfred John Tooze was born on 10 September 1892 and according to his baptism record dated 9 October 1892, he was the son of Alfred and Eva Tooze. Alfred was a cabinet maker and the family lived at 2 Bath Terrace, Russell Street, Stroud. Alfred was the couple’s first

2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment Harold Tart was a Staffordshire man who came to marry a girl from Mickleton, the most northerly village in Gloucestershire. He was born in Wallbrook, near Sedgeley, Staffordshire in 1894. His father, John Edward Tart (1859-1921) was a coal miner and his mother was Mary Jane (née Clare; 1862-1911). The couple

1/1st Battalion, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Joe Tagg, as he appears to have been known, joined the Army at the age of 52 but served less than two months. Walter Joseph Tagg was born at Carshalton, Surrey in 1862. His parents were John and Emma (née Jackson). John Tagg was a shoemaker, who lived from 1825-1870.

Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps Frances Mary Tooby was born in Ledbury, Herefordshire in 1894, daughter of Arthur Tooby (1866-1932), a stockman and slaughterman, and Mary Elizabeth (formerly Russell) (1858-1905). The family moved from Ledbury to Rockfield, Monmouth and then by 1901 they had moved to English Bicknor. Her widowed father remarried in 1909. She

5th Siege Company, Royal Engineers Joseph William Hancox Timbrell was born in the third quarter of 1897 at Yorkley Wood and later he and his brother, Thomas were adopted by Maurice and Elizabeth Prout of Howbeach, Parkend, Gloucestershire. On 14 May 1915 Joseph enlisted at Monmouth as a Sapper in the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers;

Royal Air Force Archibald George Thornhill was born at Lower Cam in 1892 and was the son of Edwin, who was a chimney sweep and Hannah Thornhill. At the time of the 1911 Census Archibald was employed as a comb grinder which is a role within part of the steel processing process at the firm

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment George William Swayne was born in Painswick in 1864, the son of George and Sarah Swain. He originally enlisted in the Army in December 1883, when aged 19 and a general labourer. He initially signed on for a period of 12 years and joined the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment at Bristol

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Harry Ernest Such was born in Cheltenham in 1877 and served in the South African War in the 1st Gloucestershire Royal Engineer Volunteers, which he had joined on 27 February 1900 and was discharged, as surplus to requirements, on 29 May 1901, having returned from South Africa. On 21 December 1908 he

1st Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Aubrey Lloyd St Clair Thomson was the son of George Frederick who was an artist and Mary Caroline Thomson. He was born in the third quarter of 1891 at The Cottage, Quendon, Saffron Walden, Essex. He was educated at Bedford School and attested for service in the Army at Bedford

Railway Operating Department, Royal Engineers George Stubbs was born in Cheltenham in 1881 and had married Florence Annie Smith on 7 November 1908 at St Peter’s Church in Cheltenham. At the time of the 1911 Census he, his wife and the first of what would eventually become a family of three children were living at