Gloucestershire War Graves Project

119th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery Little is known of Charles Albert Hall, other than he was born in Cheltenham in 1891 and he enlisted there into the Royal Garrison Artillery, and served with the 119th Heavy Battery. He was wounded during the final advances in the last weeks of the war and was invalided […]

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Albert Edward Halford was born at Longford, near Gloucester in 1882. He was the son of Henry George Halford (1854 -?) and his wife Matilda Alder (née Stone: 1849-1934). The couple had seven children, four boys and three girls. On 27 September 1902 Albert married Gertrude Mason Watkins at Twigworth (he

Royal Garrison Artillery William Hale (he may also have had a middle name of George) was born in the fourth quarter of 1896 at Cinderford, the son of George and Elizabeth (née Barrett) Hale, of Causeway, Cinderford. George Hale was a colliery blacksmith. William attended Double View Secondary School in the town and after leaving

13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers Wilfred Hale was the fourth of six children born to Joseph and Caroline Hale of Chalford. Both were born in nearby Bisley, marrying in 1881. Wilfred was born in the last quarter of 1892 and baptised Wilfred George at St John the Baptist, France Lynch on 19 February 1893. Joseph’s

9th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment Private Green appears to be an all too familiar story of a young conscript succumbing to Spanish Flu’, having been in the Army for a very short time. Walter Fred Green was born on 9 March 1899 at Little Rissington and his parents were Alfred Green (1862-1955), a domestic coachman and

‘B’ Battery, 123rd Brigade, Royal field Artillery Clifford Lewis Gower was born at Fretherne, near Saul, Gloucestershire in the last quarter of 1894. He was the son of Lewis F Gower, a shipwright and his wife Theresa Eliza.. The couple had eight children, seven of whom were surviving at the time of the 1911 Census.

1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Austin John Bert Goulding was born in Cheltenham in 1885, the third son of Miriam and the late George Henry Golding of 7 Calcutta Terrace, Cheltenham and also of Melrose House, Mitre Street. Prior to the war he was manager of The Horse & Groom pub in St George’s Place in

92nd Squadron, Royal Air Force Clifford Hackman was born on 24 September 1897 at Winchcombe, the son of Edwin and Mary (née Greening, known as Polly). Prior to joining the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Hackman had been employed in the Great Western Railway (GWR) Stores Department at Swindon, from 15 October 1913 to 26 June

94th Training Battalion (16th Gloucestershire Regiment) Albert George Gulwell was one of nine children born to William and Mary Gulwell of Kingscote. Two children had died by the time of the 1911 Census. Both parents were born locally. Albert was born on 20 October 1898 and was baptised at St John the Baptist Church, Kingscote

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment John Guest was born in 1873, one of a number of children born to Joseph and Ellen Guest. His mother appears to have died sometime between 1881 and 1891. He was born at Christelton, near Chester. John appears to have undertaken a number of manual jobs, such as coal mining