Gloucestershire War Graves Project

2nd Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire Regiment) Unfortunately, no Army Service Record has survived for George Margetts but a good insight into his service has survived in a letter from one of his officers, sent following his death. George Edwin Margetts was born at Kingstone Lisle, Berkshire in 1895 and he was one of 10

1st Battalion, Herefordshire Regiment Lewis Robert Meek, also found as Louis Robert, and Louis, was born at Ruardean in 1887, the son of John Meek, a collier, and his wife Sarah Ann. As Louis Meek he attested for the Herefordshire Regiment, at Ruardean, on 7 April 1908, giving his birthplace and abode as Ruardean, and

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment William Owen Meddings was born in the Parish of St Mary’s, Cheltenham in the second quarter of 1874. He was the son of Henry Meddings, a bricklayer and his wife Sarah and one of six children. It appears that between the time of the 1881 and 1891 Census his mother died,

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment The CWGC Register shows the date of death for Private Meadows as being 24 August 1917, a date which is also shown on his standard CWGC headstone. However, the Register of Birth, Marriages & Deaths clearly shows that death was registered during the third quarter of 1916 and the church burial

Army Service Corps The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ‘Debt of Honour’ Register shows Private H Meaden of the Army Service Corps (ASC), who died on 6 July 1916, as being buried in the Cirencester (Chesterton) Cemetery. The entry gives no further details, other than he has a standard CWGC headstone. A check of the Birth,

13th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry Murray William McKnight was born in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada on 2 September 1896. He was the eldest son of Hanford and Margaret McKnight. He had two younger siblings, Hanford and Marguerite. At the time of his enlistment into the Army, on 20 May 1918, Murray declared himself single, religion

4th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Almost nothing is known of Edward Francis McIntosh’s background. There is no firm evidence that he was born locally. His Medal Index Card shows him to have enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment, with the number 4561 and this was thought to be with the 1/6th (Territorial Force) Battalion. In early

7th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Squad Roy Nelson Victor McGuffie was born on 12 December 1887 at Hobart in Tasmania. He was the son of Daniel and Marie McGuffie and the husband of Lucy Veronica McGuffie of Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Queensland: the couple had three children. Prior to enlistment Roy had an unusual occupation, as

5th Battalion (Saskatchewan), Canadian Infantry George Frederick Wilson McCutcheon was born on 24 April 1894 at Brussels, Huron County, Ontario: he was the son of John and Mary McCutcheon who had left Ontario to homestead at Larcombe, Alberta. A single man, he was working as a hardware clerk at Cereal, Alberta when he enlisted into

62 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Alexander Fenton McCullough is an interesting individual in that he was originally a member of the Canadian Army Service Corps and later was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). He was born on 24 March 1894, in Ottowa, Ontario to Alexander and Mary M McCullough. His father may have

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment No Army Service or Pension Records have survived for Private Mayo, so information on him is scant but such records that do exist enable us to build up a reasonable picture. Charles Albert Mayo (he may have been known as ‘Albert’) was born in Gloucester in 1895. It would appear that