Gloucestershire War Graves Project

1st Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry David John Williams was born in Cinderford, Gloucestershire on 25 June 1887, son of David Williams (1843-1916), a colliery carpenter and wheelwright, and Isabella (formerly Meredith) (about 1846-1937). By 1901 the family had moved to Joys Green, near Lydbrook where he and his father were both employed locally […]

Royal Engineers Ernest Wood’s military service appears to have lasted a matter of weeks. Ernest Mark Wood was born at Hullavington, near Cirencester in 1899. His parents were Henry and Mary Elizabeth Wood (née Payne). The couple had fourteen children, of whom thirteen were living by the time of the 1911 Census. Mary died in

2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment Arthur Albert Ernest Williams was a career soldier, who became a prisoner of war; later interned in Switzerland. He was born in Dublin in about 1884. Apart from this, little is known as to his family background and early life. It would appear that no Army Service or Pension Record

1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment There is evidence to suggest that Alfred was a ‘old soldier’ but queries are raised when trying to construct a timeline comprising civilian and military life: the absence of a surviving Army Service or Pension file means that these questions may never be fully answered. Alfred William Wilkins was born at

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Edward Witts (born 1887) was the second of five children born to Charles Frederick and Sarah Ann Witts. The family were living at Haresfield at the time of the 1891 Census which stated that Albert had been born at Wheatenhurst. Charles was born nearby at Standish and Sarah at Huntley.

Royal Engineers Maurice Alfred Wintle, otherwise Alfred Maurice, Wintle was born in Westbury-on-Severn in 1884 and was the son of Alfred James Wintle (1850-1897), one time farm bailiff, and Charlotte Ann (formerly Harvey) (1855-1926) of Heald Cottage, Rodley, near Westbury-on-Severn. Before joining the Army Alfred was a mason’s labourer. Alfred was at the Royal Engineers

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Edward Samuel Moody (he acquired the surname Wilkes later — see below) was born, it is believed, in December 1892 in the East Dean district of the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. His parents were James Moody (a labourer) and his wife Elizabeth (née Wilce), living in East Dean and they had

2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Unfortunately, very little documentary evidence of Thomas Wilcox’s time in the Army has survived. Thomas William Wilcox was born in 1892 at Milton-under-Wychwood, which is a village about six miles from where he is buried, over the border into Oxfordshire. His father was William Richard Wilcox (1862-1937), a

3rd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry George Henry Wiggins was born in Gloucester in 1899, the son of James Wiggins (1853-1945) and his wife Louisa (née Davis: 1873-1922). By the time of the 1911 Census the couple had had thirteen children, of whom only seven were living at that time. George was the third

1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry Alfred John Williams was born in Cheltenham in late 1899, one of seven children born to Alfred Samuel and Fanny Williams, of whom three had died by the time of the 1911 Census. At that time the family lived at 2 Swindon Terrace, Swindon Road, Cheltenham. According to Leaving

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Welsh Regiment Henry Widdows was Cheltenham born, in 1878, the son of George and Eliza Widdows. In 1904 he married Hannah (Annie) Stevens at St Philip & St James’ Church, Leckhampton. The couple had four children, born in 1904, 1915, 1914 and 1915. At the time of the 1911 Census the family