Gloucestershire War Graves Project

Royal Field Artillery Sydney Kilby was born in 1885, son of John Kilby (1847-1904), a colliery check weigh man, and Matilda (née Aston) (1851-1901) of Five Acres, near Coleford. Examination of the 1891 and 1901 Census indicates that the couple had eleven children, eight boys (all of whom ended up working in one of the

13th Observatory Company, Royal Defence Corps James Kidd was one of two sons, whom the parents James and Tamar Kidd lost in the Great War. The couple had had eight children at the time of the 1911 Census, all having survived. Brother Sydney was five years older and died of wounds in France on 20

10th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment William Henry Nelson Keyte was born in Chaddesden, Derby in September 1893, the son of Winfield John Keyte and Annie Elizabeth (née Grove). He was known to his family as Nelson, and had at least one sibling, Ada Elsie (1890). William was enlisted in Cheltenham on 2 September 1914, aged 21,

2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) William John Kerr was the eldest son of Captain Russell James and Miriam Matilda Kerr of The Haie, Newnham-on-Severn. He was born in 1890 when his parents were living at Oakley Street, Chelsea. His father was a barrister. He was educated at Bradfield College before going to Sandhurst from

2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards Ernest Aubry Kemp was born at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in the final months of 1887. He was the son of John (a farm labourer) and Elizabeth Kemp. According to the 1911 Census the couple had eight children, all but one surviving at the time of the census. They lived at Caistor

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars & Remount Service Howard William Kemble was born on 12 June 1871. In 1901 he married Margaret Emily Heron- Maxwell at St George’s, Hannover Square, London. They lived at The Homestead, Quenington, near Fairford. Howard was a member of the Gloucestershire Yeomanry, attached to the Army Service Corps Remount unit at Blackheath,

6th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps Thomas Llewellyn Keen is the only Australian Flying Corps (AFC) man buried at Leighterton who was the recipient of the Military Cross. He was also buried on the day that AFC activity at both Minchinhampton and Leighterton aerodromes came to an end. In many ways his eventful service career

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Until 1931 Blockley was an enclave of Worcestershire, after which it came under Gloucestershire. Benjamin Albert Keen was born in Blockley on 6 February 1893 and was baptised there on 2 April 1893. In most records his middle name of Albert does not feature. His parents were James Keen (1843-1905) a

Royal Navy – HMS Impregnable Arthur Henry Frederick Keen was born in Chipping Campden on 21 January 1885, the son of George and Elizabeth Keen. According to the 1901 Census he was a Stable Boy at Heath Lodge, Ullenhall, Warwickshire. Upon joining the navy on 21 March 1905, he gave his occupation as a ‘domestic

Royal Garrison Artillery (No 3 Depot) Sidney Kear was the son of Mrs Ruth Jenkins of Brockhollands, near Whitecroft, Lydney. His first name in his birth registration in 1894 was rendered as Sydney. Sidney attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) at Lydney on 11 December 1915, giving his occupation as collier. He was placed

15th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment William Barclay Keane was born in St James Parish, Dublin in October 1893, a son of Patrick and Kate Keane. He had one sister. He lived nearby in Kilkenny and was a labourer before entering the Army on 20 September 1913 at the age of 19. Prior to this he had