Gloucestershire War Graves Project

5th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Very few records have survived relating to Private Phillips’ military service. Alfred John Phillips was born at Oddington in early 1895 and was baptised on 19 January of that year. He was the son of Thomas Richard Phillips (1856-1907), a stockman on a farm and his wife

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Albert James Enoch Parsons (known as Bert) was born in Cranham, Gloucestershire on 26 May 1893, the eldest child of Albert William Parsons and Eliza Jane Parsons (née Fownes). In the 1901 Census, Bert was living at Well Alley, High Street, Tewkesbury with his parents and three siblings; Frank aged one,

127th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Sidney Alfred Perry was born on 6 June 1895 to Sidney Owen Perry (1870-1912), a parcel agent and his wife Eva Annie (née Smith) (1871-1905). According to the 1911 Census the couple had six children, one of whom had died. In 1911 Sidney was living with his father at 85

2nd Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Gilbert Douglas Perry was born at Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW) in 1893, the son of G A and M Perry, who lived at 247 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, Sydney, NSW. He was a civil engineer and surveyor when he enlisted at Sydney on 9 March 1915, declaring that he

3rd Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Alfred Perry was one of six children born to Harry (Henry) and Emily Perry. Emily was born in Stroud and Harry in Stonehouse. I can find no baptism record but an Alfred Perry’s birth was registered in Stroud during the first quarter of 1884 which matches his given age

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment George Victor Cummings Pepperell was born in late 1892 in Gloucester. He was one of three sons born to William H and Ada Eliza Pepperell. William was a hairdresser, whose business was at 5 Worcester Street, Gloucester and at the time of the 1911 Census George was a hairdresser’s assistant in

52nd Motor Company, Army Service Corps Lionel Francis Overthrow was born in Gloucester on 4 August 1891. He was one of twelve children born to William Thomas and Harriet Annie Overthrow, of whom only eight were surviving at the time of the 1911 Census. The family lived at No 10 Blackfriars, Gloucester but between 1911

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Jesse Benjamin Orchard was a pre-war career soldier with almost nineteen years unbroken service. He was born at Old Sodbury in the south of Gloucestershire in 1877 and baptised on 14 October of that year. His parents were Robert John Orchard (1836-1884), a general labourer and his wife Ruth (née Russell:

Royal Engineers (Royal Monmouthshire) George Oliver was born at Charlestown, Cornwall in 1891 and before joining the Army, he worked as a cooper. He attested for the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (RMRE), at Monmouth, on 2 December 1914. He first served overseas with No 5 Siege Company in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force which landed in

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Frederick Oliver was born in Bristol in about 1891. He was one of eleven children born to Robert Oliver (born about 1851), a quarryman, and Elizabeth (née Hoare) (1860-1915), but moved to Coleford when he was aged about four. He became a coal miner and, before the Great War, the