Gloucestershire War Graves Project

Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) The 1911 Census shows Alick James Tyler Harris being one of thirteen children who were born to William Thomas (a wheelwright) and Susanna Harris, eleven of whom were still living at that time. The family home was 55 Sun Street, Cheltenham. Alick had been born towards the end of […]

13th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Clement Horace Harper was born in Cheltenham on 15 October 1881 and was the son of Thomas and Evangelina Taylor; his father was a tailor by trade. At the time of the 1891 Census the family was living at 2 Normal Terrace, Cheltenham. On 18 January 1898 Clement joined the Great

19th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) Edgar Hargreaves was born in Burnley, Lancashire in late 1881 but some sources say 1880. There is a something of a mystery regarding his parentage. The CWGC Register states that he was the son of Benjamin and Mary Hargreaves. However, a Public Member Tree on Ancestry lists his parents

Royal Air Force Cyril George Harding was the second son of Francis Samuel and Florence Annie (née Jones), who lived at Church House, Stone, near Falfield. Francis was the respected headmaster of the Stone Church of England School. Cyril was born at Stone on 24 June 1899. His elder brother Francis Percy had been knocked

Royal Engineers (Inland Waterways & Docks) William Nicholas Hanks was born in 1878 at Painswick, Gloucestershire. His parents were Albert who was a general labourer and his wife Mary, who at the time of the 1911 Census lived at Edge Road, Painswick. It is believed that the couple had six children (with approximate year of

5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Charles Hooper was aged 53 when he re-enlisted for one year’s service in the Territorial Force, on 12 October 1914. On his attestation papers he declared his age to be 49, no doubt concerned that the Army would reject an over 50 year old. He was in fact an ‘old soldier’

3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers Information on Bert Hooper is rather sparse. The CWGC register states that his age at time of death was 23, which would indicate a birth year of 1895. A check of Birth registrations for Cheltenham indicates that the birth of a Frederick Albert Hooper was recorded in the first quarter

Devonshire Regiment Albert Edward Hooper was born at Kinsham in 1888 to James Hooper and Annie Hooper (formerly Tandy). James was born in Overbury and worked as an Agricultural Labourer or Cowman, whilst Annie came from Stoke Heath in Worcestershire. James and Annie had a total of eight children. In 1901 the family was living

Leicestershire Regiment Albert Holyland was born in Wigston Magna, Leicestershire in early 1898. He was the son of Thomas Holyland (1867-1927) and his wife Elizabeth (née Williamson: 1863-1918). The couple had eight children, six of whom (four boys and two girls) had survived up to the time of the 1911 Census. The family were then

10th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Richard Hubert Hanks (may have been known as Hubert) was born to general labourer Thomas Henry and Mary Jane Hanks (née Workman) on 6 March 1890 at Painswick where they were living at the time of the 1911 Census. The Census shows that they had six children, of whom only four