Gloucestershire War Graves Project

1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment Edward William Hammond was found dead, as a result of a gunshot wound to the heart, at his home, 35 Marlborough Road, Gloucester, on 2 October 1918, at about 7pm. A six chamber revolver was at his side. A Coroner’s Inquiry held at Chequers Inn, Painswick Road, Gloucester heard that Hammond […]

1st (Home) Service Garrison Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment Private Hamblett was an early war volunteer, who never saw service abroad. Cecil James Bradley Hamblett was born at Kineton, a hamlet near Guiting Power in 1895 and was one of three children born to Samuel Hamblett (1857-1937) and his wife Sarah Ann (1857-1937).

19th Company, Royal Army Medical Corps Alfred Frederick Hamblett was born at Gloucester in 1891, the son of Joseph and Eliza Hamblett. Finding details about him from census returns has proved difficult but ‘family tree’ information published on Ancestry, posted by what appears to be the Hamblett family, is more than likely accurate. Alfred was

49th Reserve Brigade, Royal Field Ambulance Henry (Harry) Wallace Hancliff was born in Warwick in the second quarter of 1874 and was the son of William Edward (a builder’s shop foreman) and Ellen Hancliff. The couple had six children, Louisa, Emily, Harry, Rosina, Florence and Walter. William died in 1887, aged 53, whilst the couple

6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment Information on John Hanks, pre-war and Army service appears to be very sparse. It is believed that he was born in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire in about 1878 and was the son of John Hanks, a general labourer and his wife Jane. At the time of the 1891 Census the family lived at

Royal Engineers Several of the military records relating to Sapper Hopkins feature only one first name, Frank, which may well be the name by which he was known. It is believed that William Frank Hopkins was born at Reading, Berkshire in 1896 and he was the son of William Hopkins (1851-1932), a consultant engineer and

1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Lewis Richard Hopkins was born at Longborough in 1883, the son of Richard and Hannah Hopkins. Richard senior appears to have spent some of his life as a farmer, a sub-postmaster and latterly as a roadman with the local council. According to the 1911 Census the couple had ten children, of

2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment William Henry Hawkins was born in Sheepscombe, Gloucestershire in early 1887. His parents were Joseph Henry (a gardener) and his wife Charlotte Martha. The couple had three children, a daughter Florence (born 1886), William (born 1887) plus another who probably died in infancy. At the time of the 1901 Census the

1st Battalion, King’s Shropshire Light Infantry William Henry Hawkins was born at Shifnal, Shropshire on 15 November 1883. He was the son of Robert Hawkins (1863-1939), an iron worker and his wife Phoebe (nee Wilkes: 1862-1918) and they had ten children. The 1901 Census indicates that William was employed (aged 17) as a servant at

CCB Gp Labour Corps Thomas Henry Hawkins was born in Gloucester in 1896. He was the second eldest child (eldest son) of Samuel Hawkins (1873-1962), a corn miller and his wife Eleanor (Ellen) Sarah (nee Taylor: 1868-1939). The couple had seven children, four boys and three girls and all had survived by the time of

2/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment The 1911 Census records that Percival (Percy) St Clair Hawkins was living in Cheltenham at 27 Granville Street with his parents, Frank Albert and Caroline Comfort Hawkins and some of his siblings. Up to that point the couple had produced eight children, of whom six had survived. Percy had been born