Gloucestershire War Graves Project

30th Railway Labour Company, Royal Engineers Arthur Cecil Joseph Russell was a cabinetmaker by trade and had been born in spring 1978 at Small Heath in Birmingham. He and his wife Annie had married in Cheltenham in 1898 and by the time of the 1911 Census, Annie had given birth to seven children, of whom

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment It is believed that Robert William Rowell was born in 1889 in Cheltenham and was the son of Robert and Louisa Rowell, née Elliott. If this is correct then it is known that his father died in 1898 and shortly after his mother re-married to become Louisa Etheridge. According to the

‘D’ Battery, 186th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Ivor Claudius Smith was one of seven children born to William and Harriet Smith of Nailsworth. Both his parents were born locally. Ivor was born in 1897 and baptised at St George’s Church Nailsworth on 2 January 1898. William was a gardener. At the time of the 1901

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Henry Thomas Smith was born in the parish of St Marks, Gloucester in 1894, the son of Henry Jesse Smith, a labourer, who probably worked at Gloucester Docks and his wife Alice. The couple had twelve children, of whom 10 were surviving at the time of the 1911 Census. Henry was

3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry Edward Smith was born in Randwick village on 11 December 1878, the son of Levi and Prudence Smith. In 1881 the family was living in The Lagger (just off Randwick Playing Fields). Edward is listed in the census as the fourth of five children, ranging from 13 years down to four

121st Field Company, Royal Engineers Archibald William Smith was born in Gloucester on 29 March 1884. His parents were George Smith (a carpenter/wheelwright) and his wife Harriett (née Parker) and they were believed to have had nine children. At the time of the 1891 Census the family lived at Reservoir Cottage, Tuffley, Gloucester. By the

35th Reserve Battalion, Royal Field Artillery The 1911 Census return for 36 Glenfall Street, Cheltenham shows this to be the family home of John and Mary Smith and a number of their eleven children. One of the children was Arthur Smith, an apprentice coach maker (for a coach builder), who was born at Caerleon, Monmouthshire.

296th Railway Company, Royal Engineers Thomas Joseph Smart was born around May 1887, in the parish of St. Luke’s, Gloucester. He was the son of Alfred Smart (a labourer) and his wife Jane who (at the time of the 1891 Census) lived at 1 St James’ Street in the Barton district of Gloucester. At that

Royal Air Force Thomas Alfred Victor Smart was born at Chalford on 16 August 1897, the son of Alfred and Mary Ann Smart, who at the time of the 1911 Census lived at Clacton Cottage, Tetbury Street, Minchinhampton. Alfred Smart was a road man and Thomas was their only child. After leaving school Thomas became

1/4th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Jordan Smart was born in the Parish of St Luke’s, Gloucester in about September 1882. His parents were Charles Smart (a polisher by trade) and his wife Elizabeth. He is believed to have had a sister. Charles (senior) had died by the time of the 1911 Census when Charles (junior),

51st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment John William Lance Slee was born at Charlton Kings (in 1900), the son of William and Priscilla Slee of 3 Croft Road, Charlton Kings. He enlisted in the 15th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment In Gloucester, giving a home address in Cheltenham and died of pneumonia on 24 October 1918 in Norfolk