Gloucestershire War Graves Project

10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Joseph Sydney King was born at Leckhampton, near Cheltenham in the third quarter of 1899, the son of John and Annie King, who were then living at Fountain Cottages, St James, Cheltenham. By 1911 the family (Joseph had two siblings) were living at Vine Tree Cottage, Chapel Lane, Great Norwood

8th Battery, 2A Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Thomas Albert Mann was born in the parish of St Mary de Lode, Gloucester on 30 May 1893. His father, Thomas, died in 1917 and mother, Minnie Maud (née Davis) in 1905. At the time of his birth he was living at 18 Deacon Street, Gloucester. It

82nd Provisional Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Samuel Luker was born at Avening, near Stroud in late 1876. He was the son of William and Esther Luker and one of four children (John, Sam, Rose and Hannah). William Luker died in 1889, when Sam was 13. After completing his education Sam was employed as a groom and

52nd (Graduated) Battalion, Manchester Regiment Arthur William Lovesey was born at Gorton, Manchester on 12 February 1889. He was the son of William Abel Snowsell Lovesey and his wife Elizabeth (née Lewis), whom he had married in 1884 in Cheshire. Mr Lovesey senior had been born in Cheltenham in 1856 and died in Gloucester in

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Alfred J Kingscote was born in Gloucester on in 1893. He was the son of Charles F and Emily Marie Kingscote (née Gresty). Charles (senior) was a ‘deal porter’ and at the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at 30 Alma Place, Bristol Road, Gloucester. Charles (junior) had

8th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Herbert Francis King was the youngest of 12 children born to George and Sarah King of Vicarage Street, Painswick. A baptism record of 7 August 1892 shows Francis Herbert born on 20 May 1892 to Sarah and George King. I assume this is the same man. The godparents were listed

‘B’ Battery, 124th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery Frederick George King was born in Gloucester in about 1885, the son of William Charles and Elizabeth Ann King, who at the time of the 1901 Census lived at 4 Raglan Street, Gloucester. William was a plasterer and at that time the couple had eight children. By the

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Langley King was born in Gloucester in 1894, the son of William Arthur and Caroline Martha Catherine King, who at the time of the 1901 Census lived at 31 Eastgate Street, Gloucester. According to the 1911 Census the couple had eight children, five of whom were surviving at that date:

Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) Private King has an entry in ‘Leaving all that was dear – Cheltenham in the Great War’ (J Devereux and G Sacker), however, his forenames are incorrectly shown as ‘Archibald Thomas’. This volume was written before the release of a number of records in the National Archives and therefore it

2nd Reserve Battalion, Royal Engineers Albert Edward King was born on 5 February 1879, the fourth and youngest child and only son of Charles and Sarah King who lived on Chalford Hill. The 1891 Census states that Charles, aged 45, was a stick dresser and his two daughters, Rosina 15 and Frances 17, were bone

Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) Henry Kinchin was a country boy, who moved to Birmingham and volunteered for military service in his mature years. He was born in Mickleton, Gloucestershire in 1871, the son of William Kinchin (1849-1925), a shepherd and his wife Mary (née Hall; 1849-1932) and was one of their nine children. After