Gloucestershire War Graves Project

Royal Navy – HM Yacht Sapphire II William John Grogan was born at Steyning, Sussex on 3 October 1858. He entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in July 1871 and was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in October 1877, Lieutenant in June 1882, Commander in January 1895 and Captain in December 1900. He served on the […]

145th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Thomas John Grinnell was born in St Paul’s, Cheltenham in the third quarter of 1891, one of five children born to Frederick and Frances Emily Grinnell. At the time of the 1911 Census the family lived at 55 Brunswick Street, St Paul’s, Cheltenham but may have subsequently moved to

12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Arthur Leonard Griffin was born at Gloucester in 1880, the son of James (a publican) and Harriet Griffin. On 4 August 1902 he married Annie Webber (born 17 September 1881) at St. Nicholas Church, Gloucester and at the time of the 1911 Census the couple were living at Pineapple Inn, Westgate

1st Battalion, Welsh Guards John Gregory was the son of Charles and Mary Ann Gregory, who lived at 2 Fairhaven Street, Cheltenham. According to the 1911 Census the couple had ten children, of whom nine were still living at that time. John was born in about 1891. He enlisted for service on 6 January 1915,

4th Regiment, South African Infantry As is so often the case with soldiers who used an alias during their army service, there is a lot of mystery surrounding Private John Gregory. It would appear that he was born in Cheltenham in the third quarter of 1866, the son of John Gregory (a builder’s labourer) and

Royal Flying Corps Cecil Philip George Gordon was born at Bareitty, India on 17 August 1893 and he was baptised at Nowgong, Bengal in September. He was the first child of Sarah Jane Norah (née French) and Colonel Philip Cecil Harcourt Gordon who were living in Jersey. The couple later had two daughters, Dorothy Norah

3rd Reserve Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers Alexander Weston Gordon was born on 29 July 1859 in Bagenalstown, Co Carlow, Ireland and was the third son of General John Gordon CB (Indian Army) of the Cairnbulg family, and Mary Madeleine Roberts. His paternal grandfather, George Hamilton Gordon, was the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and he comes

Royal Navy – HMS Bellona Frederick Caleb Gregory was born on 15 January 1888 at Tewkesbury, the son of Benjamin Thomas Gregory and Ann (née Bassett). On 15 October 1906 Frederick enlisted in the Royal Navy, as Stoker, on terms of a five year engagement plus seven in the Reserve. He left the Navy in

54th Reserve Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery Thomas Henry Goodwin was born in Gloucester in 1881 and was the son of Thomas Goodwin who was a labourer and lived from 1848-1910 and his wife Matilda Ann (née Hill: 1852 -?). As far as can be ascertained he was one of nine children ( four boys and

20th Hussars Lewis Stanley Goode was the third son of Henry (a quarryman) and Arabella Goode and he was born at Mitcheldean in 1891. He was one of a large family of children and at the time of the 1901 census he is shown, along with brothers George and Alfred, as living with a family

14th Battalion, Welsh Regiment George Albert Sidney Godwin was born in Cheltenham in the fourth quarter of 1884 and was the son of Thomas and Ann Godwin, who lived at 39 Worcester Street, Cheltenham. By the time of the 1911 census George was living in Wales and was a labourer. He enlisted in the Welsh